Salary: Grade 6/ Levels 1-4 (£21,989 to £24,447 pa)
Hours per week: Full – Time - Monday to Friday.
8:45 – 3:30 (4 days / Week – M, T, Th F) 8:45 – 4:30 (Weds – training / meeting time)
Contract type: Full time (until 31/08/2023)
Closing date: Sunday 2nd January 2022
Interview date: w/c 17th January 2022
This vacancy is advertised by North Yorkshire County Council on behalf of Applefields School.
Applefields School is a thriving secondary aged special school in York.
We are looking to recruit a diligent, hardworking Teaching Assistant (Level 3) to work at our main site in York.
The ideal candidate will:
● Be child centred in their approach to education
● Be committed to helping our students achieve the very best and become as independent as possible
● Be able to provide effective support for the development of the students’ communication
● Be able to develop strong relationships to support the development of the students’ personal and social independence skills
● Support students with their personal care and welfare needs
● Be confident supporting pupils with challenging behaviours
● Be a strong advocate of inclusion
● Be confident to accept responsibility and work independently, able to demonstrate initiative and have flexible attitude to the challenging demands of working with children and young people with additional and complex needs
● Be able to work collaboratively
Have a high level of personal resilience
In addition :
The successful applicants will be confident and capable to plan and lead teaching and learning, have a good level of IT skills and work with the teacher to evidence learning and contribute to EHCPs. They will be able to direct and support other teaching assistants and support workers within the class. They will be an effective communicator to liaise with parents and other professionals and record using the PBS cloud. They will undertake CPD and further their professional development by taking on responsibilities that meet their skills and support the needs of the school.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful applicants to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Servic
The salary is Grade 6 / Levels 1-4 Salary £21,989pa to £24,447pa
Please contact Samantha Hepworth if you wish to find out more about the post.
samanthahepworth@applefieldsschool.co.uk.
It is a full –time appointment until the 31st of August 2023.