Teaching Assistant

Role: Teaching Assistant

Location: Cambian New Elizabethan School, Kidderminster

Hours: 40 per week 8.30am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only

Salary: £21,782.64 per annum

Are you a Teaching Assistant looking for a new challenge or perhaps you would like to begin a career in education?

We are now recruiting for teaching Assistants to join our school.

The successful applicant will work as part of a team under the direction of a qualified teacher assisting pupils to access a broad curriculum, based on the National Curriculum. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills as well as being able to work flexibly in relation to tasks undertaken.

Experience isn't essential, we will give you all the training and support needed. 

Pay & Benefits

Salary of £21,550.72 per annum

5.6 weeks paid annual leave with 7.4 weeks unpaid (Term Time employees)

Health benefits, including dental and optical cashback after 2 years.

Support: 24/7 helpline and hardship grants through the CareTech Foundation.

About us:

Cambian New Elizabethan School is a day school for 45 students aged 7 – 19 that offers outstanding opportunities for boys and girls with a diagnosis of communication difficulties, autism spectrum conditions, complex needs and challenging behaviour.

Set in large, private grounds amid a campus of historic buildings in rural Hartlebury, Worcestershire, Cambian New Elizabethan School is a relaxing place of learning, where young people receive the specialist education and therapeutic approach they need.Our pupils are taught in small class groups, with some requiring a 1:1 staff to pupil ratio.

We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer. And we are committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.