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Teaching/Welfare Assistant

The Bridge School Sedgemoor, Bridgwater, TA6 5HT

This job expired on 1 July 2022 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 July 2022 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 May 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Part time
  • 32.5 hours per week 39 Weeks per year.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,426 - £15,010

Teaching/Welfare Assistant job summary

The Bridge School are seeking to appoint permanent Teaching Assistants & Welfare Assistants on a permanent contract. Start date: As soon as possible

32.5 hours per week 39 Weeks per year. (Term time plus INSET days) Term time hours of work: Monday - Friday 08.30 until 3.15 pm each day other than Tuesday finish time of 4.30 pm for staff meeting. Start date: As soon as possible

Grade 14  £14,426 - £15,010 Actual annual gross salary. Dependent on experience

We are looking for teaching assistants and welfare assistants to support both our teaching & learning team and our welfare team.

Teaching Assistants: Support teaching and learning, working 1:1 and with small groups of students, supporting the class teacher to deliver planned learning opportunities.

Welfare Assistants: Working as part of the welfare team, provide mentoring support to students, supporting attendance and safeguarding team and providing support around behaviour incidents.

The Bridge School, Sedgemoor is the Pupil Referral Unit for mainstream schools in Sedgemoor, we support a number of students across the age range from 4 - 16 years where they are at risk or have been permanently excluded from mainstream schools. We are looking for dynamic, positive, creative and resilient practitioners who can support children and young people across the school.

The post-holder will need to be able to problem solve, show empathy and resilience and be able to support children and young people with complex needs. They may be required to support with behaviours which challenge, liaise with parents and carers and work 1:1 and with small groups of students.

You may be required to take students off-site and in to the community to support them with their educational or welfare programmes.

You will be expected to demonstrate:

Excellent Communication skills
An understanding of how children and young people learn
An ability to build positive relationships with students, staff and families
Good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
We can offer ongoing CPD opportunities, promotional opportunities and a very supportive and skilled team. The Bridge works as a part of a wider team within a formal partnership with both Polden Bower and Avalon Schools.

If you feel you have what it takes to work with us to achieve the very best for our students we would very much like to hear from you.

Enquiries are welcomed, please call Dave Kennedy 01278 421148 or contact Sue Pring for further information and an informal chat on 01278 496386.

Closing date: Friday 1 July 2022

The Bridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All posts require a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references. (Employment cannot commence until all pre-employment checks are in place)

Email: HR@poldenbower.org.uk

Telephone: 01278 421148

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 The Bridge School Sedgemoor

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 34 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Bridge School Sedgemoor website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@poldenbower.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bridge-school-sedgemoor (opens in new tab)

The Bridge School, Sedgemoor is one of four Pupil Referral Units commissioned by Somerset County Council and Somerset schools. We provide services through a number of centres for students who have a range of social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. All students are referred through their mainstream schools in the Sedgemoor area.

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