Full-Time and Part-Time Pupil Support Assistant

Ashgate Croft School; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 16,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashgate Croft School is seeking a Pupil Support Assistant to provide care and academic support to pupils with complex needs. The role involves assisting with personal care, feeding and therapy programmes under therapist guidance, and helping teachers with classroom preparation.

Applicants should have care experience and be prepared to undergo Disclosure and Barring Service checks. The post offers either full-time or part-time hours across 39 weeks per year.

Qualifications

• Experience in care settings or supporting pupils with special needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist pupils with personal care needs (toileting, feeding, eating programmes).
• Support therapists with prescribed therapy programmes under guidance.
• Help teachers with general classroom preparation and supervision.

Skills

Care experience

Job description

Ashgate Croft is a large and complex area special school. We provide education and care for pupils with learning difficulties, including autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties and associated communication, behavioural and physical needs, and we follow a bespoke curriculum to meet each child's needs which is informed by the EQUALS curriculum.

We are seeking to appoint a Pupil Support Assistant to provide support and guidance to other Teaching Assistants/Pupil Support Assistants as needed. You will be responsible for supporting pupils’ personal care needs by assisting them with toileting, changing, gastrostomy feeding and eating programmes. You will be required to carry out prescribed therapy programmes under the guidance of therapists and teachers and to assist teachers with general classroom preparation. This would suit someone with Care Experience.

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

This vacancy is being advertised as either Full-Time (32.5 hours 8:45am - 3:45pm) Mon-Fri 39 weeks per year or Part-Time. Please can you specify in your application whether you are applying for Full or Part time hours.