Teaching Assistant/Hydrotherapy Assistant Level 1, 20 hours per week

Cromwell High School, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5BJ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  17 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14.23 - £14.68 Hourly This is a grade 2 post and the hourly rate is inclusive of 8% SEN allowance

Teaching Assistant/Hydrotherapy Assistant Level 1, 20 hours per week job summary

This post will primarily involve supporting the swimming teacher to deliver either hydrotherapy to pupils with physical difficulties or helping pupils with autism and/or severe learning needs to access ‘water fun’ sessions to help with their sensory processing needs. Pupils may also be referred for therapeutic water sessions as part of individual programmes. All applicants should be willing to work with pupils from any class throughout the school and a good level of physical fitness is required.

We are seeking to employ a positive, enthusiastic individual whose personal attributes will contribute to a team of staff fully committed to ‘going the extra mile’ for our pupils’ needs. It is essential that the successful applicant will have experience- in either a paid, voluntary or in a personal capacity- to demonstrate:

1) Performing a caring/supportive role.

2) The physical ability to continue to support secondary aged pupils through periods of challenging behaviour strictly following the principles and procedures of the school’s training programme (which prioritises avoidance of this need).

3) Successful experience of team work.

4) The ability to support pupils with changing/dressing including moving and handling.

5) Physically able to go in the water to support pupils under the supervision of the swimming teacher.

Experience of working in an educational environment and/or with people with learning difficulties is desirable but not essential. See the job description and personal specification to understand the precise requirements for this post. Please note that Cromwell High School has the highest standards of child protection and that this post is exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and all candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Cromwell High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cromwell High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cromwell-high-school-dukinfield

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