Teaching Assistant

North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1LZ

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2023

• Closing date

  17 April 2023 at 5pm

• Date listed

  13 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 32 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,189 - £21,968 pro-rata
• Pay scale: NJC 4 - 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking outstanding, dynamic Teaching Assistants to start in post in May 2023 to work with small groups of pupils. Our ideal candidates will have excellent teamwork and communication skills, boundless patience and resilience and the ability and enthusiasm to make a difference with pupils who have a range of SEND needs. For a full list of duties, please see the job description.

We are looking for people who embody Wave Trust's values; someone who has diverse experience, as well as a passion for working with young people with additional needs.

For a full list of duties, please see the job description.

What the school offers its staff

Work with Wave: What’s in it for you?

• Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Counselling
• Occupational Health Services
• Professional Development & Training
• Salary depending on experience
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Free Will Writing Benefit
• Health & Wellbeing Champion
• Company sick pay dependent on service
• Free refreshments in workplaces

Further details about the role

Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies and aSpecial Academy.

We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon, Cornwall and we are expanding to Somerset with our special free school. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher/further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online check.

Applying for the job

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About North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 13 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@waveedu.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-cornwall-alternative-provision-academy (opens in new tab)

North Cornwall Academy is located in Bodmin. We work closely with all of the secondary and primary schools within our partnership to ensure the needs of those most vulnerable pupils are met. Our curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of our pupils and staff work extremely hard to ensure pupils are given every opportunity to succeed and aspire. We work closely with a diverse range of outside agencies both statutory and voluntary so that our young people can access the support and guidance they need. The staff are very hardworking and creative and always go the extra mile with the young people on roll.

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