Teaching Assistant EYFS/KS1 (Special school setting)
Woodside Academy
Erith
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- Expired
- Salary:
- FTE Salary is £23,020 (which will be pro-rated down to reflect hours and weeks per year)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2023
Job overview
Woodside Academy – Part of London South East Academies Trust
Teaching Assistant EYFS/KS1 (Special school setting)
Location: Woodside Academy, Colyers Lane, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PB
Contract Type: Permanent, (8.40am-approx 3.15pm) Term time (39 weeks)
Post Start Date: March 2023
Closing Date: Tuesday 7th February 2023 (midday)
Interview Date: TBA
Your Opportunity
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified Teaching Assistant to work in the EYFS/KS1 phase. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience of working with children with special needs, including those with autism, is essential. The successful candidates will join a friendly, supportive team with opportunities for further training.
We can offer you:
- Work in a safe, successful and inclusive community.
- Access to a wide range of resources and support to help you in the role.
- The opportunity to join an experienced team.
- Enhancement of your skills through continuing professional development.
Our children are a delight to teach. They and our school have great potential.
About Woodside Academy
Woodside Academy is an all age special school, (EYFS-Post 16, for pupils with a primary diagnosis of autism). The school is a flourishing and vibrant learning community located in the London Borough of Bexley. The school’s moto is “All together better” and we are committed to achieving our shared goal of individual and collective excellence for all. Visitors to the school frequently comment on the warmth of the welcome they receive, as well as, how much pupils and staff enjoy being at school.
Woodside Academy is part of the Belmont Woodside Federation, as such both Belmont and Woodside academies joined the London South East Academies Trust, LSEAT, in April 2019.
Benefits
The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 24 days (excluding bank holidays). There are excellent pension schemes, including employer contributions (Teachers’ Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme or Nest). Staff also have access to employee assistance programme, free onsite parking, salary sacrifice cycle to work/ bike loan scheme, lease car scheme and annual season ticket loan.
As the Trust supports a number of children and vulnerable adults, all staff are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Accordingly, all staff will be subject to an ‘Enhanced’ DBS (formerly CRB) check, along with a Children’s Barred List check if in regulated activity. Any offers of appointment may be withdrawn if these checks prove to be unsatisfactory to the Trust. Self-disclosure will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you fail to make a full disclosure or provide sight of your DBS certificate then your offer of employment is likely to be withdrawn. The Trust's DBS policy covers the recruitment of ex-offenders which is available upon request.
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About Woodside Academy
This special, over-subscribed academy offers provision for 4–19-year-olds with Autism (ASD) and moderate learning needs.
Our calm, caring, welcoming and purposeful environment ensures that every child is well supported, with learning and therapy tailored to individual needs.
We value trust, honesty and kindness and focus on helping our pupils to become happy and confident.
We prepare our pupils for all stages of development by raising their achievement and helping them to develop strong communication skills. This ensures they can be heard, are informed and can make meaningful choices – which are all key to future success.
We also focus on the development of independence and social communication and interaction with our rich, child-centred curriculum. This is tailored to individual need, ability and wellbeing – encompassing ambitious academic and holistic aspirations as our young people journey towards adulthood.
At the end of Year 11, pupils achieve qualifications in English, Maths, Science and a vocational subject. They may choose either to progress onto local colleges or to remain at Woodside for their sixth form education. Our young people typically access a range of further education courses according to their interests and ability, with staff and external advisors providing support and guidance regarding the progression options on offer to them.
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