Teaching Assistant Level 1

St Luke's Primary School, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1BN

10 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
29 April 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 16 hours per week, 11:30am - 1:30pm Monday to Friday plus 6 extra hours per week, days and times to be agreed at interview stage.
Contract type: Permanent
Actual salary: Grade 2, £8,760 per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require new people to join our team.

We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic people to help support the children at lunchtimes and with their personal care needs.

Working at St Luke’s can be rewarding and challenging, but most of all never dull.

At St Luke’s we have a belief that we are champions for every child.

If you share this vision then St Luke’s is the place for you.

You are encouraged to visit the school before making your application.

What the school offers its staff

We have a Professional Development lead who will organise all of your training, whilst you are at St Luke's.

We understand that most people who start at St Luke's may not have worked in a special school before and therefore we offer a comprehensive induction package.

We have training or Team Time every Tuesday Night (4:00 to 4:50pm) and we have three training days and 4 twilight training sessions each academic year.

We use these to support training and development.

Our training and development package includes the following areas:

Understanding the different needs of the children (including autism, sensory needs, physical needs and speech and language development)
Understanding and supporting children with challenging behaviour – at St Luke’s we follow a therapeutic approach to support children, which focusses on understanding the children’s needs and putting strategies in place to reduce potential incidents
How to best support a teacher within a busy classroom environment
Developing your understanding of communication skills, including Makaton signing
Understanding child development
Level 1 Team Teach
Moving and Handling Training
Safeguarding Training

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.