Teaching Assistant L1 - Several Vacancies Available

North Lincolnshire Council; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

North Lincolnshire Council is seeking dedicated Teaching Assistants for St Hugh’s School, catering to students with moderate to severe learning difficulties. Join a supportive environment where your engaging skills contribute to students' educational journeys. This permanent, part-time role offers 31 hours per week during term time, starting September 2025.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated individual.
• Ability to engage students effectively.
• Skills in personal care and behavior management.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing pupils’ learning and self-care skills.
• Manage pupils’ behavior under teacher's direction.
• Engage students in their learning process.

Skills

Engagement

Behavior Management

Teamwork

Job description

Teaching Assistant L1 - Several Vacancies Available

Salary: Grade 2 £16,624 per year

Location St. Hugh's School, Scunthorpe

Hours: 31 hours per week, term time only - plus 1 training Day

DBS: Yes Enhanced with Barred List Check

This is a Permanent , Part Time vacancy that will close in 9 days at 09:00 BST .

The Vacancy

Start September 2025

Due to establishment requirements we are seeking a number of Teaching Assistants to join our school. St. Hugh’s School is a well-resourced, purpose built school for students aged 11 to 16 years with moderate/severe learning difficulties/profound and multiple learning needs, many of whom have additional needs, ASD and complex medical needs.

Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated person looking to join a warm and welcoming school?

You will have a talent for engaging students and make a valued contribution to their learning.

Main responsibilities will be to assist in developing pupils’ learning, personal self-care skills, and in managing pupils’ behaviour, under the close direction of the teacher or other senior member of staff.

Hours of work:

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and thorough safeguarding checks will be conducted. The safeguarding responsibilities of this post are outlined in the job description and person specification..

Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references, and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974. For more information, please refer to the DBS Code of Practice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice

Please note, it is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply for work in regulated activity with that group.

Location:

St Hugh’s School, Bushfield Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB

Tel: [phone]

Please apply for this job online. See job descriptions and employee specifications.

Please note: Applicants who have applied for this position within the last six months need not reapply.

For an informal discussion for this post please contact Chris Palmer, Deputy Head Teacher on 01724 842960

Closing date: Monday, 9th June 2025 at 9:00am

As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.

The Council

We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.