Teaching Assistants for our Woodland Department (PMLD)

Chiltern Wood School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3NE

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,391.00 - £19,734.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistants for our Woodland Department (PMLD) job summary

Downley site vacancies are based in Woodland Department, catering for pupils who have Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties or Severe Learning Difficulties with additional physical and sensory needs.

We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals to enable communication, physical, social and emotional development for each individual. We have extensive facilities on site to support this development and provide learning opportunities through a variety of experiences, lessons and routines.

If you are interested in learning how to contribute purposefully to the educational and social development of children and young people and you feel you have the qualities to successfully attend to their welfare and emotional needs, please view our website to take a virtual tour of the departments or contact the school office for further details.

Previous experience is not essential as full training will be provided.

Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

In the event that we deem personal statements have been AI generated, candidates will not be shortlisted for interview. On that basis, please ensure that your statement is authentic to avoid your application being discarded.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Chiltern Wood School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 204 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chiltern Wood School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chiltern-wood-school

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