Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Level 3 Teaching Assistant

30 hours per week, term time only

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who will work with our existing team with The Pilgrim Pathways School. The Pilgrim Pathways School is an outstanding alternative provision educating children and young people across four centres based in Fulbourn and Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

The Pilgrim Pathways School is a school for children and young people in Tier 4 acute psychiatric adolescent units for students aged 4-18 who stay residentially and for students aged 4-18 who are in Addenbrookes Hospital. Pupils are taught within small teaching groups or on a one-to-one basis.

· Addenbrooke’s Hospital education team provide education to children and young people across the Addenbrooke’s site aged 4-18 years old who have physical health conditions.

· Croft Centre provides education to young people currently accessing The Croft Children and Families unit – a social, emotional and behavioural difficulties specialist unit for children aged 4-13 years old.

· Darwin Learning Centre provides education to young people currently accessing the Darwin Centre for Young People - a Tier 4 adolescent psychiatric unit for young people from the ages of 13-17 years old with mental health difficulties.

· Phoenix Learning Centre provides education to young people currently accessing the Phoenix Centre – a complex eating disorders specialist unit for young people from 12-18 years old.

· The Home Treatment Team which provides a service to young people who are aged 12 -18 and their parents/carers whilst they are in the acute phase of mental illness and present with severe impairment), significant risk or high complexity where a community CAMHS provision would not be sufficient to engage the family and/ or Young Person, contain risk or progress treatment.

✔    Do you have skills to help deliver primary, KS3 and GCSE curriculum subjects?

✔    Do you have energy, ambition and resilience?

✔    Can you deliver warmth and a sense of fun?

✔    Are you flexible, creative and enterprising?

✔    Are you a team player and able to work positively as part of a wider team?

The successful candidate will be joining our team of passionate, skilled and friendly practitioners who are committed to providing high quality learning opportunities to young people during their time at the Pilgrim Pathways School. 

You will need to have an unconditional and positive regard for the well-being of the young people, have a friendly and patient approach and promote the inclusion of all pupils ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop. Should you have any

questions or wish to discuss the role further, applicants can visit the school

website www.pilgrim.cambs.sch.uk.

We would encourage you to contact us to arrange to speak with our Head Teacher, Nadine Gooding-Hébert to discuss the role and our school setting. Please arrange this via email to: head@pilgrim.cambs.sch.uk

Pilgrim Pathways School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all successful candidates will be expected to have a DBS and other relevant employment checks.

Closing Date: 23/05/2024

Interviews: Week commencing 03/06/2024

Position to start: 01/09/2024