Teaching Assistant
This job expired on 9 December 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
9 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
28 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Pathway 3 , £19,778 - £21,091 (FTE £26,409 - £28,163)
Teaching Assistant job summary
Teaching Assistant
Contract:Fixed Term until 31/08/2025
Hours: 32.5 hours, 39 weeks per annum (term time plus one week)
Working pattern: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm
Salary: Pathway 3 , £19,778 - £21,091 (FTE £26,409 - £28,163)
Site: Queen Katharine Academy
Closing date: 9th December 2024
Start date: ASAP
Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.
Are you passionate about education and eager to make a difference in young learners’ lives?
Are you able to provide support for pupils, especially those with special needs?
Are you committed to ensuring our pupils' safety and access to learning activities?
If so, join our team of teaching assistants who want to make a difference to our students!
Your role:
As a Teaching Assistant, you will work with students in the classroom and with small groups, supporting them to access learning activities to meet their needs. There may also be occasions where you are required to support students in providing personal and intimate care as some of our students need assistance with everyday activities. You will establish mutually respectful and supportive relationships with our students. The role will be both challenging and rewarding and although experience of working with secondary school-aged students would be an advantage, it is not essential: we would consider personality and commitment of the utmost importance. Full training will be given.
About us:
We cater for students with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, including those with Education Health and Care Plans. We have recently moved to a new and exciting bespoke area within the setting, offering superb facilities to meet our students’ needs. The department is well resourced and includes fantastic practitioners. We are looking to appoint a colleague who shares our vision and determination to help every student achieve their potential.
Collaboration, educational research and professional development are at the core of how the schools within Thomas Deacon Education Trust work together. With a clear focus on colleagues at all levels, the Trust is well placed to provide great opportunities. At Queen Katharine Academy, you will be given effective support to develop as an outstanding Teaching Assistant.
Why work for us?:
We are part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust and we can offer you:
- Progression opportunities across the Trust
- Continuous development, e.g. training, coaching
- Access to one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK (LGPS & teachers’ pension scheme)
- Free flu vaccinations
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recommend a Friend Reward scheme
- Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Trained Mental health first aiders
- Collaborative working across schools in the Trust
Ready to transform lives through education? Apply now and make a difference!
TDET - Working together to transform lives through education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.
If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail at hrteam@tdet.education
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.
About Queen Katharine Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1675 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Queen Katharine Academy website (opens in new tab)
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