Teaching Assistant
Ibstock Community College, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6NE8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
27 August 2024
Closing date
24 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
10 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time, term time: 25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed term for one academice year
Actual salary
- £13,820.02 - £14,052.49
Pay scale
- Grade 6, Pay Point 9 - 10
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications:
Essential
GCSE
or equivalent in Maths/ numeracy and English/literacy Grade C/4 or above
Experience:
Desirable
Experience of working in a child-focused environment, either as an employee or a volunteer
Experience of supporting teaching and learning in a formal setting
Experienced of supporting children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities
Experience of eye gaze or other AAC technology
Essential
Knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of safeguarding/child protection and health and safety procedures
Skills/Attributes
Ability and willingness to undertake professional development
Good interpersonal skills
Empathy with children and young people
Ability to work effectively as part of a team,
General Circumstances
An understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities and the ability to apply this to strategic work and day-to-day situations
Safeguarding
Responsibility and accountability for Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Awareness of current legal requirements, national policies and guidance on the safeguarding and promotion of the well-being of children and young people
Able to recognise indicators that may lead to concerns and to take immediate action
Is committed to ensuring the safeguarding and well-being of children and young people and takes appropriate action where necessary
Factors not already covered
Must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010
What the school offers its staff
Vision
MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
inspiration innovation integrity
We have a compelling desire to provide high quality, personalised and rounded education for everyone, right in the heart of our local community. We believe that no school can be deemed successful unless all those around it are also successful, popular and flourishing. Hence we believe that dynamic, mutually accountable collaboration and challenge between local schools as members of the LiFE MAT is the cornerstone of our future success.
Each of our schools needs to be seen as a leader of, and vital to, its local community; each school is regarded as fundamental to the identity of its surrounding community. In this capacity we will relentlessly promote the values of inclusion and the celebration of diversity, alongside personal responsibility and respect.
Values
- Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
- Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional commitment to activity beyond the school gate
- The relentless pursuit of excellence by; expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating elite performance inside school and in the wider world
- Valuing and promoting the celebration and understanding of diversity and qualities of our staff and students
- Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported
- Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies
- Ensuring our curricula are agents for the promotion of our values
Mission
Long term goal
- Outcomes equal to the best nationally and internationally for every school and every child
- Every child receives a truly rounded education resulting in a strong moral compass, a globally competitive skill set and a confident sense of self
- Every school is a hub for community activities, a centre for extended services and a source of immense pride for students, their families and other local stakeholders.
- Providing high quality buildings, engaging classrooms and excellent sporting facilities
- Delivering innovative learning resources and materials
- Ensuring a well-disciplined and caring environment
- Exploiting cutting edge technologies to expand the opportunities for students, staff and our community to benefit from learning in a digital age.
- Each school is confident and thriving in its development; schools are beyond challenge from Ofsted in achieving the aims and values of the LiFE MAT.
Medium term objectives
Vision
MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
inspiration innovation integrity
We have a compelling desire to provide high quality, personalised and rounded education for everyone, right in the heart of our local community. We believe that no school can be deemed successful unless all those around it are also successful, popular and flourishing. Hence we believe that dynamic, mutually accountable collaboration and challenge between local schools as members of the LiFE MAT is the cornerstone of our future success.
Each of our schools needs to be seen as a leader of, and vital to, its local community; each school is regarded as fundamental to the identity of its surrounding community. In this capacity we will relentlessly promote the values of inclusion and the celebration of diversity, alongside personal responsibility and respect.
Values
- Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
- Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional commitment to activity beyond the school gate
- The relentless pursuit of excellence by; expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating elite performance inside school and in the wider world
- Valuing and promoting the celebration and understanding of diversity and qualities of our staff and students
- Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported
- Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies
- Ensuring our curricula are agents for the promotion of our values
Mission
Long term goal
- Outcomes equal to the best nationally and internationally for every school and every child
- Every child receives a truly rounded education resulting in a strong moral compass, a globally competitive skill set and a confident sense of self
- Every school is a hub for community activities, a centre for extended services and a source of immense pride for students, their families and other local stakeholders.
- Providing high quality buildings, engaging classrooms and excellent sporting facilities
- Delivering innovative learning resources and materials
- Ensuring a well-disciplined and caring environment
- Exploiting cutting edge technologies to expand the opportunities for students, staff and our community to benefit from learning in a digital age.
- Each school is confident and thriving in its development; schools are beyond challenge from Ofsted in achieving the aims and values of the LiFE MAT.
Medium term objectives
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ndurgai@lifemultiacademytrust.org.uk
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ibstock Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 808 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ibstock Community College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ndurgai@lifemultiacademytrust.org.uk
Ibstock Community College has 570 students on roll and is at the heart of the local community, serving families in Ibstock and the surrounding villages of North-West Leicestershire. We are at an exciting stage in our development with plans to expand from a Key Stage 3 (11-14) school to welcoming students from 11-16 from autumn 2022. We also anticipate exciting future developments and opportunities when we join LiFE Multi Academy Trust later this academic year.
As students, staff, parents and governors we share the following values and beliefs:-
Resilience
Equity
Success
Pride
Encouragement
Curriculum
Trust.
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
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