Teaching Assistant - Level 1 Supporting SEND complex needs

Birchwood Primary School, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 1QU

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 November 2024

• Closing date

  7 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,737.00 - £23,114.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary, fixed term for 10 months, 4th November to 31st August £12589.82

Teaching Assistant - Level 1 Supporting SEND complex needs job summary

A unique opportunity has arisen to join a passionate team of staff at Birchwood Primary School, part of the Community Academies Trust. We are seeking a Level 1 Teaching Assistant to work within a highly motivated and successful team of knowledgeable staff to support children with complex needs.

Birchwood Primary School is a successful and oversubscribed, two-form entry community primary school. Our positive school culture and excellent relationships are built on consideration and respect. Together, our school community continuously strives to improve further to achieve our ‘Birchwood Best’.

As a member of staff, the post holder will become part of our team responsible for supporting individuals with their Education and Health Care Plans and will also be responsible for the personal care and needs of our children. The successful candidate will ideally have experience working in a Teaching Assistant role within a primary school and will be aware of the challenges that children with complex needs can face.

The role will entail undertaking work with children with special educational needs to support their development and learning. Working under the direction of our SENDCo and class teachers, they will support access to learning in the classroom and outdoors. This role will have an adapted daily timetable, as it will involve working in the classroom for periods as well as at break and lunchtime to cater to the specific needs of our children.

Birchwood is part of the Community Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust with the express purpose of transforming schools into community hubs through applying a holistic view of education.

If this role is of interest to you and you feel you can contribute to successful learning for all at Birchwood, all the information is available on our website at www.birchwoodprimaryschool.com. Applications are to be made through ‘My New Term’.

If you require any further details or wish to learn more about our school, please contact Jill Jackson, Office Manager, at 01827 892913.

Closing date for applications is: Monday 7th October 2024 @12 noon

Interviews will take place on Monday 14th October 2024

Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from the Community Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Community Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Community Academies Trust Registration No 0747273-6

“Education is for improving lives and for leaving your community and world better than you found it”

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Birchwood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 452 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Birchwood Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birchwood-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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