Health Care Assistant

Join our team at Danecourt School as a School Health Care Assistant!

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, term time only

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children? Do you have experience in providing personal care and managing medical needs within a school environment? If so, we want you to join us in supporting our pupils and staff.

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and flexible person to join our team as a Health Care Assistant. The successful candidate will work alongside classroom staff to support the medical needs of the children attending Danecourt.

We are looking for someone with:-

• Experience of supporting children with medical needs  in a school environment 
• Basic first aid qualification and a care certificate is desirable
• Willingness to attend/undertake relevant training 
• The ability to respond and communicate with children. 

Danecourt is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of Academies in Greenwich, Kent & Medway. Our academies transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.

Danecourt is a special school catering for primary aged children who have special educational needs. The school caters for children with a wide breadth of need including complex learning difficulties, autism and social emotional mental health needs. We enjoy a range of specialist facilities and additional therapy support along with outdoor learning spaces and sensory play rooms.

In return we can offer you:

• A positive working environment
• National terms and conditions and Local Government Pension Scheme
• Programmes of CPD with possible cross trust development opportunities
• Early salary access scheme & financial advice (wagestream)
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Further information about the Trust is available at www.Maritimeacademytrust.org 

A full job description can be found  in the attached application pack, along with a link to the application form in My New Term.

Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

In line with KCSIE 2023 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and to share any pertinent information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children with Hiring Managers to be discussed at interview stage.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via the My New Term website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.