Healthcare Assistant - Part-time - Special Needs Position

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-7056-522S
• Posted:17/11/2023
• Pay:Actual salary £17,725 (including SEN allowance)
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:04/12/2023 at 10:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Are you a caring, warm, compassionate and supportive person looking for your next career move within the Education Sector? If so, we would love to hear from you.

A Personal Care Assistant is required at this very special school. We are looking for a Personal Care Assistant to work across the school, Monday to Friday 8.30am-3.30pm or 10am-2pm, term time only including inset days. Salary KR4 plus SEN Allowance. 

The role could be working across all school learning approaches, with a range of needs or could be supporting an individual pupil. A rota would be in place for the Personal Care Assistant to support classes with personal care throughout the day, in order to support teaching and other staff in assisting the delivery of the curriculum and other learning processes.

Job Purpose:

• To provide 1:1 care of the day-to-day needs of individual pupil(s) under the direction Learning Approach Lead, Strategic Lead and Classroom Teachers. This will also be in conjunction with healthcare professionals, nurses etc. To support teaching and other staff in assisting the delivery of the curriculum and other learning processes, in direct contact with pupils.

Main Duties:

• Provide help with dietary needs, medication administration, mobility and personal care including supporting bathroom visits.
• To adhere at all times to the personalised plan of care for each child, and to school policies.
• To work in line with handling plans and HCPs as well as EHCP and any other personalised documentation for pupils.
• To support with manual handling of assisting students, pushing wheelchairs etc.

Please see job description for a full list of duties.

You will benefit from opportunities for further professional development and career progression as we value and support staff in all aspects of school life.

The successful candidate will also have a strong commitment to inclusive principles and be committed to safeguarding children and young people.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is an “Outstanding", forward looking school with an international reputation. We are ambitious for our pupils, and we pride ourselves on working with many leaders in the field of special education.

We play an important role in our community and enjoy strong local links which give our pupils opportunities to play active and meaningful roles in their own communities.

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the 3 links below.

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access. You can see it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOR-PlaONI (If the link doesn’t connect - You Tube “Five Acre Woodstock 2019 – Amazing Festival in a Day”)

Nathan Grisdale was on the X factor and reached the “Six chair challenge”. He heard about our school. He wrote a song for us and filmed it with our pupils. You can see it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJF9MlJHt-I (If the link doesn’t connect – You Tube Nathan Grisdale - Don't Give Up (Official music video)

Jack Rose broke the Itunes Top Twenty with his collaboration with Five Acre Wood School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maa_veNaobU (If the link doesn’t connect – You Tube: Five Acre Wood feat Jack Rose – Hall of Fame

If you want to work in a school that prides itself on making a difference to the pupils and families who we work with then please say ‘hello’. We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicola Devereux
• Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
• Telephone: (01622) 743925
• Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Healthcare Assistant job description