Teaching Assistant Level 1

The Martin Bacon Academy, Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DH

16 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
13 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £19,588.00 - £20,246.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant Level 1 job summary

Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Martin Bacon Academy Sixth Form, Northstowe

Salary: Level 1Grade 4, Point 3 - 5 of the Meridian Trust Special School Pay Table

(£25,855 - £26,754 FTE)

Hours of Work: 32.5 hours per week across 39 weeks

Monday: 08:45 to 15:45 (13 Mondays will have a 16:30 finish for CPD)

Tuesday: 08:45 to 16:15

Wednesday: 08:45 to 15:45

Thursday: 08:45 to 15:30

Friday: 08:45 to 15:30

We have an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team as a Level 1 SEND Teaching Assistant. This key role will support the teaching of students at Martin Bacon Sixth Form.

The Opportunity

A great chance to work with a strong, fun enthusiastic team at a new Area Special Provision with fantastic SEND resources
Provide Support to Students to access learning and encourage interaction and independence
Work closely with the Class Teacher and Class Team to support the inclusion of children

The Ideal Candidate

Have a good educational background
Be confident in supporting children with a range of learning needs and/or challenging behaviours
Have experience in working with children across all key stages, using initiative and providing evidence of successful outcomes
Possess excellent interpersonal skills to make and sustain positive relationships with staff and children
Be a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution focused attitude
Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity

Benefits of working for us include:

Free on-site parking
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Eyecare vouchers
Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
Cycle to work scheme
Reduced staff membership to the facilities at Academy Leisure, Sawtry
Free tea and coffee making facilities
Generous sick pay and annual leave

Due to expansion and growth of the school we have an exciting opportunity for new Teaching Assistants to join our fantastic SEND team.

Opening in January 2025, The Sixth form, over time will offer 20 places to pupils aged 16-19. Pupils attending will engage in a functional and vocational curriculum, based in a building shared with Northstowe Secondary College, but also accessing learning opportunities in the community, for example travel training. The students learning will be accredited through OCR Life and Living Skills as well as access to English and Maths Functional Skills qualifications. They will be able to select option subjects alongside their mainstream peers and will be fully supported by specialist trained staff who are employed by MBA. Any additional Specialist provision, for example Hydro Therapy or Rebound Therapy, will be delivered at MBA.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities. Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 28 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing Date for Applications: 13/10/2024 at 23.59

Interviews to Take Place: 17/10/2024 for half a day

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

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.