Teaching Assistant

Call/email Alisdair to get an application form and to receive a full job description

This school is part of a UK wide group of 30 Special Needs Schools.

They have an amazing benefits and will pay for all your training.

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Salary: £11.72 - £12.78 per hour, depending on skills and experience (£19,370.70 to £21,122.66 actual salary)

Hours: 37 hours per week - Term Time Only

This school is a 'Good' (Ofsted, October 2023) rated innovative provider of specialist education, supporting young people aged 11 - 19 with complex needs including autism, moderate and severe learning disabilities; speech, language, communication and interaction needs and behaviours that can challenge.

Your Skills & Qualifications

* Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting

* A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent?is desirable

* GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C

* Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.

* Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD

* Ability to adapt

* The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual

* Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs?

* Ability to follow plans and work professionally and effectively alongside a range of professionals.

Benefits:

* Training and Development

Within this schools' group, they strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. They offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.

* Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising they have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for the cycle to work scheme and car scheme.

* Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year they compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. They also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.

* UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

* Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important and they have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.

* Refer a friend for £1,000

They’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

Integritas Education Recruitment and School Staffing Ltd are acting as an employment businesses for this position.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and we are therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion