Care Assistant

School:  Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Academy

Location: Nottingham

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Part time - 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only

Band: OLOL Band 2, NJC Scale Points 3 - 5

Salary: Actual Salary Band £14,245 to £14,820

Start date: 31 August 2022

Closing date: Monday 6 June 2022

Do you have experience of working with young people aged 3 – 11?

Are you an enthusiastic and committed Care Assistant looking to join a warm and welcoming school?

You will have a talent for engaging children and will be required to work flexibly across all age groups and abilities.

You will encourage acceptance and inclusion of children with special needs and assist with their personal care. There will be opportunities to develop within the school and make a valued contribution to our children's learning.

You will:

• Inspire and enthuse our children

• Be caring and supportive.

• Be committed to achieving excellent results.

We offer:

• A team of talented and highly committed staff.

• A supportive working environment. 

• Access to first class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.

• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.

• Professional assistance and cycle to work scheme.

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Academy, part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, is an Ofsted rated Outstanding school.

For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact 0115 9152392.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school to arrange this.

The Trust and Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants.

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. 

We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

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