Teaching Care Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization is seeking a Teaching / Care Assistant to provide one-to-one support for pupils with additional needs. Candidates should have a good standard of written and numeracy skills and experience in supporting children, as well as an understanding of relevant policies. This role offers fantastic career prospects with extensive benefits, including generous holiday entitlement and training opportunities.

Benefits

Minimum 35 days holiday entitlement

Unlimited discounts on various retailers

Discounted gym memberships

Access to employee vehicle leasing scheme

Excellent pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good standard of written and numeracy skills.
• Experience supporting a child with additional needs.
• Ability to support the medical and personal care needs of a child.
• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice.
• Good communication skills both oral and written.
• Ability to build trust with a pupil and their parents/carers.

Responsibilities

• Provide one to one personal support for pupils with additional needs.
• Maintain professional records related to individual pupils.

Skills

Written and numeracy skills

Experience supporting a child with additional needs

Ability to support medical and personal care needs

Good communication skills

Ability to work constructively as part of a team

Job description

Overview

What skills and experience we're looking for

As a Teaching / Care Assistant, you will provide one to one personal support for pupils with additional needs. You will provide special educational and/or medical support to ensure their successful engagement with and access to learning. You will need to maintain professional records and appropriate notes in relation to the individual pupil.

Responsibilities

• Provide one to one personal support for pupils with additional needs.
• Provide special educational and/or medical support to ensure successful engagement with and access to learning.
• Maintain professional records and appropriate notes in relation to the individual pupil.

Qualifications and attributes

• A good standard of written and numeracy skills
• Experience of supporting a child with additional needs
• Ability to support the medical and personal care needs of a child
• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice
• Understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
• Good communication skills both oral and written
• Ability to build trust with a pupil and their parents/carers
• Experience of supporting and facilitating pupils learning and progress
• Ability to use basic technology to support the role
• Ability to build positive relationships with all stakeholders
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team

What the school offers its staff

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including:

• Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.
• Financial: unlimited access to a huge range of discounts on holidays, days out, retailer and cashback deals including Curry’s, John Lewis, Tesco and B&Q.
• Lifestyle and Wellbeing: discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, cycle to work/Technology scheme, free annual flu jab and 24/7 access to a market leading Employee Assistance Programme providing expert information specialists trained by Citizens Advice and access to professionally qualified counselors accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
• Motoring: access to an employee vehicle leasing scheme, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on car/van hire.
• Pension: excellent employer/employee contributory pension scheme with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Personal and professional: we offer a range of training and development opportunities for you to grow and develop.

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.