Whether you are an experienced Teaching Assistant looking for a new challenge, or someone early in their career looking for the next step, these posts will be rewarding and fulfilling. If you are passionate about giving Every Child Every Chance, and ready to support all of our learners to flourish, we would love to hear from you.
We pride ourselves on our comprehensive induction process and delivering ongoing professional development to all of our staff. We will give full training to the right person, as we believe strongly that it’s much more about attitude and approach than it is about experience. As a result, we welcome applications from people who are passionate about working with children, no matter what their background is.
A brief outline of the responsibilities of the role, some of your duties and responsibilities include supporting individuals and groups to help them learn. To establish an effective and purposeful learning environment in partnership with teachers and other colleagues. Assisting teachers in assessing the needs of individual children. The skills and qualifications that you will need to be successful in this role are, being competent to NVQ Level 2 standard in Supporting Teaching and Learning or equivalent (or willing to achieve this.) To have a strong knowledge and understanding of the role and your expected role and responsibilities. An understanding of special learning needs such as SEND, ASD, ADHD, Global Delay, Attachment, Physical and Speech & Language needs. A good knowledge of how to support learning, with practical ideas on how to achieve this. The ability to recognise that each child has specific needs that need to be nurtured and developed through careful and sensitive support and intervention.
The successful candidate will have the following personal qualities. An inclusive, passionate and principled approach to all aspects of your role. You will have and maintain high standards of personal organisation while being resilient and hard-working.
When completing your application please ensure that you add at least 2 references with the first being your most recent employer.
In addition, it is essential that your application includes a full employment history and accounts for any periods of time where you were not in active employment.
If you have any questions about the vacancy or would like to know more about Castle Mead School and Nursery please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Littlefair, admin@castlemead.equamead.org.
Please note that the starting salary will be based on qualifications, L3 Qualified candidates, Grade E, £25,183 - £25,992 per annum pro rata. Non L3 Qualified candidates, Grade D, £24,404 – £25,183 per annum pro rata.
This role will involve contact with children and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.
We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.
This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures and all interviews, regardless of role, will include questions about approaches to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and follows all guidance in the most recent Keeping Children Safe in Education.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.
