Teaching Assistant - 2 posts
Banks House School, Norwich, NR5 9HA5 days remaining to apply
Closing date
24 June 2025 at 1am
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,785 - £24,500 pa
Teaching Assistant - 2 posts job summary
Part of Cascade Care
Tel: 07496361346
Email: recruitment@cascade-care.com
Website: https://www.cascade-care.com/
Headteacher: Dawn Wale
- Salary - £21,785 - £24,500 pa depending on experience + inspection bonus
- Permanent
- Full Time (M-F)
- Term Time only
We are excited to be recruiting for Teaching Assistants based at our purpose built social, emotional and mental health school in Norwich. We believe this is an exciting opportunity for a inspiring and motivating individual to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people at Banks House School.
Cascade are an innovative company with multiple Outstanding homes (CQC & Ofsted Regulated), at the forefront of expansion to provide excellence throughout multiple counties. We provide unique opportunities of bespoke education to meet the needs of our pupils with specialised staff providing outstanding educational experiences within a safe, stimulating and rich learning environment.
'Cascade Children’s Home and School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; we ensure that the highest priority is given to following ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.’
Our School Values and Ethos
- Care for and respect themselves, others and the environment
- Achieving beyond previous expectations, experiencing success
- Know how to make safe choices
- Be able to read and write so they can communicate consistently with an increased vocabulary linked to experiences
- Acquire maths and computing skills
- Be active, immersing themselves in the community and the outdoors
- Embrace their uniqueness and engage in the diversity of British Values
- Enjoy attending school and making decisions independently with the skills to access the next stage of their lives
- The school specialises in educating its pupils through bespoke individualised learning programmes, delivered using high-quality teaching and pastoral care. Pupils within Felix House present with an Educational Health Care Plan and need additional support surrounding Social Emotional Mental Health..
Wherever possible we extend learning beyond the confines of the school and out in the community; collaboratively working with the children’s home, creating an environment of 24/7 learning.
The successful applicant will be an inspiring and motivating individual that can build positive working relationships with children and young people.
As a teaching assistant you will support them with their social, emotional and mental health needs. You will be creative and have high expectations of pupils outcomes.
It is desirable for the candidate to have the following qualities
- Be compassionate & empathetic.
- Adaptable and able to use your own initiative
- Ability to adapt teaching support according to pupils individual needs, abilities and attainment levels.
- Can inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
- Can form positive relationships with children and young people.
Duties include :
- To set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils including the careful presentation of work and the care of books and equipment.
- To support pupils with their learning under the direction of teachers and management.
- To support teachers with any administrative tasks.
- To promote good progress and outcomes by pupils.
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.
- Prepare and present displays.
- Take responsibility for pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required.
- Record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of pupils.
- Support pupils to develop their skills of independence, resilience and confidence.
- Support the use of ICT in the curriculum.
- Administer first aid and/or medication (once trained).
- To participate in curriculum and management planning meetings, meetings with colleagues, parents and other agencies.
- Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.
- Work with others on curriculum and pupil development to secure improved outcomes.
- Promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils.
- Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
- Ensure that safe working practices are adopted in order to maintain a safe working environment for employees and pupils.
- Take part in the school’s appraisal and supervision procedures.
- Take part in further training and development in order to improve teaching and learning.
- Communicate effectively with pupils, parents, and carers.
- Collaborate and work with colleagues other relevant professional within and beyond the school.
- Develop professional relationships with colleagues.
- Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour within and outside the school.
- Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality.
- Understand and act within the statutory frameworks.
- Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, following the school’s policies and staff code of conduct.
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
How to apply
A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.
For this job, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website, to apply via our online application form.
Closing date: 24 June 2025
Interview date: 2 July 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Banks House School
- School type
- Special school, ages 13 to 19
- School size
- 5 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Banks House School website
School location
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