Teaching Assistant - TA2 and HLTA combined role
Hob Moor Community Primary Academy, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 4PSThis job expired on 2 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Closing date
2 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790.00 - £31,586.00 Annually (FTE)
Teaching Assistant - TA2 and HLTA combined role job summary
Hob Moor Community Primary Academy
Teaching Assistant – TA2 and HLTA combined role
30 hours per week (12 hours as TA2 and 18 hours as HLTA) to be worked during school term time
Fixed term until 31/8/2025
Actual salary range - £19,205 - £20,477
About the Trust
Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.
We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.
About the role
Hob Moor Community Primary Academyare looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to work within our dedicated team. This is a combined Teaching Assistant role, consisting of 12 hours per week as a Teaching Assistant level 2 and 18 hours per week as a HLTA.
As a Teaching Assistant you will play a key role in the child’s day, you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of all our children. You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step by step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils. Implementing clear boundaries and routines. You will use behaviour management in all areas around school. You will also guide the children to help them to develop friendships and relationships with other adults in the school and their peers.
As an HLTA, you will work closely with and be supported by the school's teaching staff to cover PPA time. As part of this role you will be responsible for the teaching, learning and assessment of a specific group of pupils.
The job requirements
We are looking for someone who has experience of working with children, in a supportive capacity and has good verbal communication, strong time management, organisational skills and the ability to work well as part of a team as these are all essential to this role.
You will have the ability to build a good rapport with parents and carers and the wider school community.
Ideally you will be an experienced Teaching Assistant with knowledge and understanding with regards to child development and the curriculum and how to enhance a child’s experiences and build upon their learning.
Working with us
All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.
We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.
The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.
Closing date: Monday 2nd September 2024 at 12.00noon
Interview date: To be confirmed
For enquiries please contact, Lucy Tomlinson, School Business Partner, l.tomlinson@ebor.academy
Visits to our school are welcome and encouraged, please contact us to arrange this.
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.
About Hob Moor Community Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 291 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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School location
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