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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    4 November 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    18 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subjects

Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,500.00 - £23,893.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary: (30 hours per week) £16,562 - £16,893 - Band D, Points 5 - 6. Salary will be pro-rata based on part-time, term-time working.

Teaching Assistant (30 Hours) job summary

ACET is a forward thinking and rapidly developing multi-academy trust. We are seeking to appoint ambitious an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support the learning and teaching of children and young people at Swinton Academy.

This role may be attractive to those who may already have experience of/or working with children in any setting and who may therefore have relevant skills and knowledge they wish to develop, the applicant must have a good understanding of autism. Applications are welcome from graduates seeking to gain experience in an educational environment.

Under the guidance of others the Teaching Assistant will:

  • Promote and support student access to the curriculum
  • Support children in their learning
  • Work with class groups, individuals and small group
  • Model and promote positive values, attitudes and behaviour
  • Have a willingness to by fully involved in the life of the academy

This role is for 30 hours per week, term time only. This includes 2 out of 5 INSET days each academic year as directed, with availability to work any or all of remaining 3 INSET days at short notice should the need arise, and for which additional payment will be made.

You will be based at Swinton Academy, however the role may, on occasion, involve working at other academies within the trust.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Swinton Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
995 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

School location

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