Teaching Care Assistant
England Lane Academy, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, WF11 0JA8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: 29 hours a week. 38 weeks a year.
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- 14.61
What skills and experience we're looking for
Overall Purpose of Job:
As a Teaching / Care Assistant, you will provide one to one personal support for pupils with additional needs. You will provide special educational and/or medical support to ensure their successful engagement with and access to learning. You will need to maintain professional records and appropriate notes in relation to the individual pupil.
Support the pupil:
1. Ensuring a pupil with an Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) is able to access the curriculum and engage punctually and successfully in the learning process
2. Attending appropriate training to support the medical needs of a pupil (hygiene/feminine hygiene, nappies, catheterisation, tracheotomy, breathing apparatus, use of a hoist. etc.)
3. Attending to the personal care needs of a pupil and providing support for their emotional wellbeing ((hygiene/feminine hygiene, nappies, catheterisation, tracheotomy, breathing apparatus, use of a hoist. etc.)
4. Supporting a pupil consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs
5. Establishing good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding to individual needs.
6. Communicating with parents/carers, multi-disciplinary teams and senior leaders as directed, to be part of the holistic and effective team around the pupil.
7. Encouraging the pupil to act independently as appropriate and promote their self-esteem
8. Identify and celebrate areas of success for the pupil
9. Provide feedback to the pupil in relation to their progress, achievement and other matters. 10. Encouraging acceptance and inclusion of the pupil with additional needs
11. Support the pupil in examination/formal test circumstances as directed.
Support other staff:
12. Supporting the delivery of guidance/advice to staff in the academy to support specific pupil needs.
13. Assist other staff in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate.
14. Prepare and use specialist equipment, plans and resources to support pupils access to learning.
15. Implement related personal programmes and records, report and monitor as required (e.g., feeding, social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid, toileting, behaviour, communication and interaction)
16. Ensuring the health and safety of yourself and others and adhering to infection control criteria where relevant
17. Ensuring changing areas are restocked with necessary equipment (e.g., wipes, gloves, disposable bags)
18. Ensuring the cleanliness and operating readiness of changing areas and learning spaces (e.g., changing beds, emptying and washing out bins, bodily fluids etc)
19. Ensuring the general tidiness of specific changing areas (e.g., spare clothes, containers for individual pads and other items needed for personal care duties)
What the school offers its staff
As part of Delta Academies Trust, we are an academy that: ➢ Places the health, safety, welfare and well-being of every member of the school community at the centre of everything it undertakes.➢ Challenges, supports and encourages everyone to do their best, building self-confidence in students in all aspects of their lives.➢ Has high expectations for individuals: both students and staff.➢ Encourages collective responsibility around improving aspiration, attainment and positive behaviours for its students, staff and the wider community.➢ Is a caring school, based on social responsibility, honesty, equality and consideration for others ➢ Promotes and achieves success, both collectively and with individual students and staff. Encourages self-help, self-determination and self-improvement.➢ Promotes inclusion, by collaborative working within the academy and equally with outside agencies and partners. ➢ Expects courtesy and co-operation, where enterprise, initiative and transformation affect every area of academy learning and academy life.➢ Is at the centre of its community; a vibrant and welcoming venue, acting as a resource and a catalyst to community and individual growth.
Commitment to safeguarding
THE DESIGNATED SENIOR MEMBER OF STAFF WITHIN THIS ACADEMY IS: Casey Milton.
England Lane Academy fully recognises the contribution it makes to Child
Protection and the safeguarding of all children/pupils. Ensuring risks to children/pupils at our Academy are minimised will enable them to achieve, be happy and safe. Every child deserves the chance to reach their full potential.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
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About England Lane Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 213 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- England Lane Academy website
- Email address
- gravesc2@elacademy.org.uk
Our aim is to give you information and a taster of life at our academy. We are always keen to welcome visitors to our school so please contact us if you would like to arrange a visit or require more information. A free paper copy of any of the information on our website can be provided on request. Our vision for England Lane School is for a school where everyone works together within a positive, calm and caring environment which demonstrates high standards of behaviour and mutual respect. We believe that our children need to leave us with well developed personal and social skills, independence, high self motivation, healthy lifestyles, strong self belief and secure basic skills in literacy and numeracy. At all stages, we will promote these core aspects with parents, carers and the wider community.
Arranging a visit to England Lane Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gravesc2@elacademy.org.uk.
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