Apprentice Teaching Assistant
High Oaks
Hounslow
- £10,530 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2022
Job overview
Apprentice Teaching Assistants
Oaklands is an Outstanding special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple difficulties and autism. We have a Primary school (New Oaks) and Secondary School (High Oaks). High Oaks is based in our purpose built new school building (close to Osterley Tube Station and other public transport links) that offers state of the art facilities for our students. New Oaks Primary School is based in our newly refurbished site at Woodlands Road.
Due to our rapid and continued expansion we are looking to appoint apprentice teaching assistants to work within our class teams across the school, supporting the teacher and other classroom staff in delivering education to small groups of students that have severe physical and learning disabilities. We have vacancies in our Primary and Secondary teams. Apprentices will be enrolled on an appropriate course of study and will work towards a Level 3 certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools or an Early Years Qualification dependent upon which area of the Oaklands group they work.
If you have a good basic education and are interested in developing your skills and a career working with young people who have learning difficulties, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Applicants must be fit and willing to undertake personal care including toileting and feeding. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
We value our employees and offer excellent training and support along with a pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and other well-being benefits.
Oaklands is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory fully enhanced DBS check and references being received. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of a 26 working week probation period.
Details of this post are available on the school’s website: www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk.
If you believe you have what it takes and would like to join our friendly team, please complete and email the application form to HR@oaklands.uk.net . Please indicate clearly in your application how you meet the person specification.
Closing Date: 9am on Friday 20th May 2022
Interview Date: Thursday 9th June 2022
Start Date: ASAP or September 2022
Pay Scale: £7.50 per hour (to be reviewed in the second year of the apprenticeship)
Actual Salary: £10,530 per annum
Contract Type: 2 Year Fixed Term Apprenticeship Contract, term time only
Hours of work: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks a year. (Term time only plus Inset days)
Actual working times differ between the primary and secondary school.
Additional hours may be required during school holidays to complete the apprenticeship training.
Staff will be required to work with a curriculum team until 4.30pm one day per week.
Applicants who have applied for this post and have been unsuccessful within the last six months are advised not to apply again.
CVs will not be accepted
No Agencies Please
Attached documents
About High Oaks
Interested in developing your career in special education?
We are holding an open day on 24th April for anyone interested working in special education to come and visit our new school and specialist independent college - Great Oaks.
Oaklands is an excellent special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow. We provide specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple difficulties and autism. We have a Primary school (New Oaks), Secondary school (High Oaks) and a specialist independent SEN College provision (Great Oaks). We can cater for students aged from 4 to 25 across the Oaklands group.
We are interested to hear from qualified teachers (QTS/QTLS) who are already working in special education and looking for a change, NQT's and those who work mainstream but are considering branching out into special education. All teachers are invited to come along and see our school and college and find out more about what its like working here.
We value our employees and offer excellent training and support along with a pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and other well-being benefits.
Call or email Lindsey Banks HR manager on 0208 560 3569 lbanks@oaklands .uk.net to book a place on the open day.
Careers at Oaklands School
Can you make a difference to children and young people’s lives? We have opportunities for people who wish to develop a career working with students with learning disabilities.
We need to employ many more staff over the coming years and would like to hear from anyone looking to develop a career in special education.
Oaklands is at an exciting point in its development; we are currently working towards expansion and full school relocation to a purpose built new school in Hounslow for September 2018. The schools will be based on two sites and will consist of a new primary school (New Oaks) opening in September 2019, along with the current secondary school (High Oaks) and an independent post 19 college (Great Oaks) opening September 2018.
Oaklands is a specialist educational provision for students aged 3 – 25 who have severe learning difficulties (SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), or autism (ASD).
Oaklands believes that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief.
Career Opportunities
Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Relief/Bank Learning Support Assistants
Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
Teaching Assistant (TA)
Teachers
Lunchtime Assistants
Relief/Casual Minibus Drivers
The application form, job descriptions and person specifications can be found for all positions on our website http://www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk/page/?title=Career+Opportunities&pid=96
Upon completing their apprenticeship, our staff can progress onto LSA or TA roles.
We offer teacher training sponsorship and are currently sponsoring 4 of our TA’s through teacher training, 3 of whom started their career at Oaklands on our teaching assistant apprenticeship.
We would like to offer work experience placements to students interested in pursuing a career in special education and are always keen to hear from those wanting to volunteer in our school.
Benefits of Working for Oaklands School
•Membership of Pension Scheme
•Extensive CPD training programme for all staff
•Membership of Perkbox (eg. discounted shopping/cinema tickets)
•Employee Assistance Programme (Counselling, information and support)
•Well-being and medical support
•Childcare voucher scheme
•Annual flu jab
If you would like to find out more about working for us, please get in touch with Lindsey Banks our HR Officer on 0208 560 3569 or email lgrahame.313@lgflmail.org
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