Teaching Assistant, Level 3
Pine Green Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 0UBThis job expired on 2 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
2 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
5 December 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
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- Full time 35 hours per week Permanent: Term Time + Inset Days (39 weeks). Part time 35 hours per week Permanent: Term Time + Inset Days (39 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary £21,968 - £23,194
Actual salary
- Actual Salary: £18,032 - £19,039
Pay scale
- Salary £21,968 - £23,194
What skills and experience we're looking for
Pine Green Academy is a special day school for 126 children aged 7-16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH). The school is at an exciting phase in its development. We are in the fourth year, following academy conversion, now being sponsored by The Shaw Education Trust. We are a small school where all pupils are well known and understood by our experienced staff and we are proud of our pastoral care which ensures our pupils are well supported.
The Executive Headteacher is seeking to recruit a Level 3 Teaching Assistant to work across our schools. (Various key stage vacancies). If you want to make a difference to the lives of our children and can develop a holistic approach to meeting Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) to enable learners to make good progress in the classroom then we would like you to apply. You will be working with pupils to promote self-awareness, emotional regulation and self-worth and help to remove barriers to learning, enabling pupils to make at least expected progress. You will promote positive values, attitudes and behaviours to pupils.
If you would like to discuss the vacancy/vacancies or visit the school by appointment you should contact the recruitment team on jobs@pinegreen.set.org in the first instance.
You must be able to demonstrate:
- Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to relate well to a wide range of people.
- Work constructively as part of a team whilst being able to demonstrate initiative.
- Willing to work towards NVQ Level 3 or recognised equivalent.
- Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes and in particular, barriers to learning.
- Ability to plan effective actions for pupils at risk of underachieving.
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
What the school offers its staff
The Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (28 days holiday rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service + Paid Bank Holidays FTE)- (Support Staff Only)
- Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
For full details of the role and responsibilities then please review the Job Description and Person Specification.
CV’s will not be accepted alone therefore please submit a full application form.
The school is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students and expects all staff to share this commitment.
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 Pine Green Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 16
- School size
- 96 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Pine Green Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@pinegreen.set.org
The School, formerly known as Valley Park School, offers specialist provision for children and young people aged 6 to 16 with social, emotional and mental health needs.
Situated within a unique and engaging urban forest campus, they are able to offer a comprehensive package of both academic and pastoral support to meet the complex needs of young people who have SEMH needs.
The school motto, ‘Believe, Achieve, Succeed’, is not merely a slogan but a guiding principle for whole school improvement, in which a culture of aspiration, achievement and personal growth is developed.
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