Teaching Assistant
The Becket School, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QYThis job expired on 8 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, term-time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,681.00 - £21,796.00 Per Annum
Pay scale
- Band 4
What skills and experience we're looking for
What We’re Looking For:
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification with experience working with SEND students.
- A strong ability to connect with students, recognising signs of distress and offering reassurance.
- A commitment to providing outstanding support for students in partnership with teachers and other staff members.
- The skills to inspire and encourage children, helping them build confidence in their abilities.
- A caring and supportive attitude, with a passion for achieving the best outcomes for all students.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for us?
At the Becket School, we offer:
- A salary of £19,681 - £21,796 per annum (OLOL Band 4, SCP 11 -17).
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- Access to first-class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
- Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme– emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider.
- Staff discounts and a salary sacrifice scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme
Further details about the role
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for our Trust. Everyone is welcome - those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith. We ask that you are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.
The Trust actively supports Apprenticeships, with many Teaching Assistants (TAs) enhancing their skills in SEND through these programs.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
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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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Becket School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1185 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Becket School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@ololcmat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01158515454
As a Catholic school we recognise the uniqueness and worth of each individual and that each of us has a valuable role to play in The Becket. Students, staff, families , governors – all work together seeking the very best and giving their best.
Each individual child is important to us and our expectation is that all our students will develop and grow as young people as they make their journey as part of our community.
What makes The Becket special is the real sense of community that you can see and sense as you walk around the school. There are very good relationships between staff and students and we aim to work in partnership with our parents and families. The quality of teaching is strong and our staff are talented, caring and dedicated. We also have high expectations for all our students and this is one of the main factors behind our excellent reputation both in our local community and beyond into the East Midlands Region.
Arranging a visit to The Becket School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@ololcmat.co.uk.
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