
Teaching Assistant
Brookfields School, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 3JAThis job expired on 29 April 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
6 June 2022
Closing date
29 April 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 March 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week; Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - Initially 10 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full time equivalent salary
- £19,265 – 20,043 FTE
Actual salary
- £16,717.51 - £17,392.63
Additional allowances
SEN allowance £1,347 FTE per annum, actual £1,168.88 SEN
Allowance pro rata per annum
Teaching Assistant job summary
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to work the SEND pupils within our school. The main purpose of the role is to work under the instruction/guidance of teaching staff to undertake work/care/support programmes, to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
We would welcome candidates who can demonstrate the following:
NVQ 2 or equivalent in teaching assistance
Some experience of working with children with SEND
The ability to work effectively within a team environment, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities
The ability to promote a positive ethos and role model positive attributes
Good level of interpersonal, numeracy and literacy skills
An understanding of Safeguarding procedures and is able to promote the welfare and safety of children that they come into contact with
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Brookfields School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Size
- 141 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Brookfields School website
- Email address
- sbm.brookfields@halton.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01514244329
Brookfields is a primary special academy situated in Widnes, Cheshire. Our school provides a quality, inclusive and specialist education for pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorders. The school is part of the Shaw Education Trust.
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