Teaching Assistant - One to one (St Nicholas CE First School)

Working Hours: Mon – Fri, 1.30pm – 3:00pm, 10 hours per week.

Fixed Term – Attached to EHCP funding

St Nicholas CE First School has a vacancy for a 1:1 Teaching Assistant to start as soon as possible.

This role is to work with a pupil and deliver the outcomes and provision within the EHCP. The pupil has specific complex needs as below:

· Communication and Interaction Needs

· Cognition and Learning Needs

· Toileting needs

. Complex sensory needs

This role will entail predominantly lone working with the pupil, exploring spaces such as sensory rooms and school grounds. Candidates who are interested must be self-motivated, resilient and able to adapt and create opportunities within the moment for a pupil who is currently self-led.

Applicants can expect from us:

· a positive and approachable wider staff team

· a well-resourced school

· clear routines, systems and behaviour expectations

· a supportive leadership team (including SENCo and MAT SENCo)

Applicants MUST

· have proven experience in supporting a pupil with complex SEND

· have good IT skills

· be good communicators and take seriously the responsibility for the pastoral welfare and safety of pupils

be punctual and reliable

· be committed safeguarding

· be positive and resilient characters

· be fit and able to deliver Speech and Language programmes and other programmes determined by professionals

· be happy to work on their own with the pupil as needed

· be able to work outdoors in all weathers as needed.

In this role, you will need to be committed to making a difference. Our school is a welcoming and supportive Christian environment in which to work. If you are a friendly, patient and hard-working individual, we would love to hear from you. The successful candidates will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Visits to the school are welcomed: Please contact the school office on 01902 842998 to arrange.

CLOSING DATE Mon 14^th July @ 9am

INTERVIEW DATE Thurs 17^th July am

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NOTIFED OF CALL TO INTERVIEW by Mon 14^th July 6pm

PLEASE SEND APPLICATIONS FORMS TO hr@cmat.academy

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 – the successful applicant will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS certificate. As the post will involve regulated activity with children, it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are included on the children’s barred list held by the DBS. Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are \’protected\’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

Codsall Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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