Teaching Assistant Level 1

Mossbrook School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8JR

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  8 July 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 June 2024

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: 33.75 hours Monday to Friday 8.15am to 3.30pm 39 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £23500 and £23893

What skills and experience we're looking for

LEVEL 1 TEACHING ASSISTANT POSTS

PERMANENT – to start September 24

Monday to Friday 8.15am – 3.30pm

Mossbrook School educates and cares for primary aged pupils who have a range of learning difficulties and disabilities including Autism and challenging behaviour.

Are you keen to take on a new challenge, and have a ‘positive can-do attitude’ which will enhance our happy team? Mossbrook School is a split site school which educates and cares for primary aged pupils who have a range of learning difficulties and disabilities including Autism. In addition, many of our children have social, emotional and mental health needs. We are looking for an empathic practitioner who is up for working in a challenging, forward thinking school. We require level one teaching assistants who have high expectations and standards and will be excellent classroom practitioners.

• Are you a calm, flexible and empathic classroom practitioner?
• Are you passionate about working with children who have learning difficulties and autism?
• Are you committed to supporting children’s needs when their behaviour challenges us?
• Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of children and their families?
• Do you want to work in a school where ‘pupils come first’ and are taught and cared for as the individuals they are?
• Do you have high standards and expectations?

If you answered yes to the above questions, then you might be the teaching assistant we are looking for and we might be the right school for you.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Wonderful children who we learn from every day
• Supportive parents who have a strong sense of community
• A professional, committed and friendly staff team
• A strong positive ethos and a school where everyone is valued and treated with respect
• The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities
• A committed and dedicated leadership team and Governing Body

Closing date: Midnight on 08/07/24

Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. As part of our safer recruitment process, an online search will now take place

We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Commitment to safeguarding

We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Applying for the job

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About Mossbrook School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 11
• School size: 161 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Mossbrook School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: lsmith@mossbrook.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01142372768
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mossbrook-school (opens in new tab)

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