TEACHING ASSISTANT – LEVEL 3
Blackfriars Academy, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TFThis job expired on 7 July 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
7 July 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 32.5 hrs per week (8.45 – 3.45 Mon – Fri) 39 weeks per year (Term time + 5 INSET days)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed term until 31st August 2023
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 6 SCP £21,269 – 23,953
Actual salary
- FTE Pro rata £15,932.83 - £18,257.62
TEACHING ASSISTANT – LEVEL 3 job summary
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you want to work with incredible young people?
Do you want to work in a supportive, happy environment?
Do you want to work term time only?
Come and visit Blackfriars!!
Blackfriars Academy is a generic special school catering for pupils from year 7 up to year 13, with a wide range of abilities.
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our school on a full time basis. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with SEN pupils. You will work under the direct instruction of teaching staff providing specific support to the teacher in the care of pupils and management of the classroom. Work may be undertaken in the classroom or outside the main teaching area and will include personal care of the students including the administration of medication and manual
handling. This rewarding role will contribute enormously to the children in our school offering them the life chances that they deserve. Our students are hard-working, polite and extremely resilient so the role will be one filled with joy … and hard work!
Blackfriars Academy is proud to be part of Shaw Education Trust which is a growing, multi-academy trust based in Staffordshire. As part of the trust, our new colleagues will benefit from high quality professional development and will be supported in their career progression by our new and motivated leadership team. You will be an outstanding person willing to embrace and develop our collective values and ethics. In return your efforts will be recognized and rewarded and your contribution valued and celebrated by our whole school community. Our sole aim is to enable every one of our children to thrive and reach their potential as well as enjoying their time at Blackfriars.
If you would like to join us on our exciting journey, then please apply.
Please telephone on 01782 987168 and speak to Helen Smith, HR Officer for further information.
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.
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About Blackfriars Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Blackfriars Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hsmith@blackfrriars.shaw-education.org.uk
At the outstanding rated Blackfriars Academy we are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience for children with a wide range of special educational needs aged 10 to 16. Ours is a welcoming school where each student is supported to develop a positive sense of self-worth and discover all that they can achieve.
Our committed staff team is what makes us exceptional. We expect them to continually build on their expertise and experience so they can offer the best possible opportunities to students in their care.
The broad and balanced curriculum we offer allows students to follow the National Curriculum, as well as working towards a range of externally accredited schemes tailored to their individual needs. We work with students to nurture their skills in vocational and leisure activities so they can build their capacity and capability to live and work as adults within our society.
As a school judged to be outstanding, we are also able to lead a Teaching School Alliance. This allows us to share the skills and expertise of our school with mainstream schools and Higher Education institutes and others in the local community to help create an increasingly inclusive society.
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