Teaching Assistant - Personal Care
The Westwood Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8DYThis job expired on 2 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
2 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
18 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 31.25 per week Mon - Fri
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31/08/2025
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £23,114 and £24,294
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust is seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Teaching assistant to join our dedicated.
Location:
Based at Westwood Academy.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be a Teaching Assistant at The Westwood Academy with a particular focus on a student with personal care needs.
Requirements:
- An ability to work in the classroom supporting teachers with school pupils and to be a positive role model
- Working 1:2:1 or with small groups
- Excellent communication and teamworking skills
- Dedicated, creative and hardworking individual
- A real willingness to learn new skills
- Emotional self-awareness
- Emotional self-control
- Transparency
- Adaptability
- Initiative
- Optimism
- Empathy
- Organisational awareness
What the school offers its staff
About Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust:
Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust comprises of two schools within its umbrella, offering a rich and diverse learning environment. With a commitment to excellence, innovation, and development, we are dedicated to providing a nurturing space for both students and staff.
The Westwood Academy is nestled in a leafy suburb on the outskirts of Coventry within walking distance of the University of Warwick campus, where our strong partnership with the University and other local employers fosters innovation and opportunity. Committed to our path to reclaiming our ’Good’ status we offer a nurturing and vibrant environment where talent is recognised.
Classrooms are fully equipped with large interactive TV screens and all the latest technologies at both the schools across the Trust.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking Trust that values innovation and collaboration. If you are ready to make a significant impact on the future of teaching and thrive in a supportive and dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply.
- Benefits:
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- A supportive team of colleagues across the school
- A positive, community, environment with an innovative learning culture
- A dedicated and forward-looking management team, with highly skilled staff upholding high expectations and aspirations for our students.
- Shared on-line resources to support the development of student learning.
- a wide enrichment programme in which you can participate.
- employee well-being benefits via our Employee Assist healthcare programme (Benenden) physiotherapy, 24/7 GP and mental health support, retail and gym discounts, free flu vaccination, a laptop and free on-site parking.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Westwood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 915 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Westwood Academy website
- Email address
- admin@twa.kmat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02476467779
The Westwood Academy is a school in the Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust
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