SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant

Grade 4, 32.5 hours per week, permanent role, start 1/9/22

Main purpose of role

To provide support for an SEND pupil, working with the child in the classroom/beyond the classroom and supporting the learning as directed by the teacher.

Skills / experience required

• An enthusiastic individual, who is motivated to improve children’s life chances through their  practice.
• Patience and a non judgemental attitude.
• High expectations for all pupils, including the very youngest and those with additional needs
• A flexible approach to your work and excellent team working skills.
• Someone courageous and nurturing with a good understanding of how children learn.
• Someone who will relish the opportunity to be a role model within our developing school and lead by example as we grow.
• A problem solver and team-player who will contribute positively to our small staff team.
• A values led individual with high expectations of achievement and behaviour in themselves and others.

What we offer you

You will join our small, motivated and dedicated team, serving a newly opened school at the heart of a growing community. This role is full time but can be suitable for job-sharing so we welcome applications from candidates who would like to work part time as well.

Barton Park Primary School opened in September 2020 to reception, year one and two. Our nursery opened in April 2022, allowing us to develop and strengthen our early years educational offer. 

This is a once in a life-time opportunity to help support the growth of a new school. Your proven enthusiasm, high expectations and dedication to excellence in special needs education  will help us make a difference to the life chances of children of our emergent school community and in turn we will support you through ongoing professional development. Ideally, you will have a teaching assistant qualification, but will invest in the training needs of the successful candidate. 

A £500 Golden Hello (R&R) payment will be paid for successful candidates applying directly to RLT for this role, payable after a qualifying period of one month in this role. (payable as £250 initially and a further £250 after 6 months service has been completed).  Please see our attached information sheet for more details.

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust; our collective vision is to be a Trust where pupils and staff thrive in schools which demonstrate:

• all-round education, academic success, lifelong learning and strength of character
• sustainable continuous improvement; no school standing still
• all schools being good and outstanding, or improving rapidly
• collaboration that is raising standards, and reducing workload
• where pupils, staff, parents and communities value all we do to support the best possible outcomes and experiences for our children and young people

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

How to apply / closing date 

Apply through the TES website or the MyNewTerm website : http://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/147865/EDV-2022-BPPS-74343

NB: We do not accept CVs without an application form. 

Closing date - Monday 4th July at midday

Shortlisting date - Monday 4th July

Interview date  - Wednesday 6th July

The River Learning Trust and Barton Park Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.  Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You should contact the school if you are unsure if this role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link:  RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates . For Barton Park’s child protection policy please visit the Safeguarding page on our website : Barton Park Safeguarding

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. For further guidance for applicants click on the this link: list of offences that are not filtered

All staff uphold trust in their profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

What benefits does the Trust offer to its employees?

• Annual pay increase for support staff (in line with grade boundaries) and for Teachers (subject to government framework and successful performance review)
• A Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with favourable terms for all employees
• (Teachers Pension for Teachers; LGPS for Support Staff)
• Moving from the public sector? Those without a break in service can be reassured that RLT will recognise their continuous service.
• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practises that support you in and beyond your workplace.
• Offering flexible working wherever we can, in order to support the work-life balance of our employees.
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave.
• Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 24 days rising to 32 day plus bank holidays  per annum - dependent on grade of role and length of service) 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

 

For further information please visit the website https://www.bartonpark.oxon.sch.uk/ 

As part of the application process we invite applicants to:

Complete an application form on the TES website or MyNewTerm  website: http://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/147865/EDV-2022-BPPS-74343

You are welcome to write a covering letter of no more than 1 side of A4 to accompany your application, but this is optional. 

Please send these by email to: office@bartonparkprimary.org by the closing date.