Temporary & Permanent Teaching Assistants - Term Time - Special Needs Position

Shenstone School, Crayford

Ref:KCC303-7001-19S
Posted:22/03/2019
Pay:Grade Bexley 5 (£11.50 per hour)
Start Date:May 2019
App Close Date:29/04/2019 at 09:00
Interviews:Tuesday 7 May 2019 at Shenstone Sidcup site

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Teaching Assistants based at Shenstone School Crayford/Sidcup to start May onwards.

Temporary Teaching Assistants (9.00am-3.45pm on a temporary basis)/Permanent Teaching Assistant (9.00am-3.45pm - 39 weeks per year on a permanent basis) Grade Bexley 5 (£11.50 per hour)

Grade Bexley 5 (£11.50 per hour)

Tour of both sites: Tuesday 23 April 2019 10.00am at Crayford and 11.00am at Sidcup

Closing Date for Applications: 9.00am on Monday 29 April 2019

Interviews: Tuesday 7 May 2019 at Shenstone Sidcup site

Are you looking for a challenge and able to support/encourage our wonderful SEND children to achieve their full potential in a class room setting?

Our school needs caring and enthusiastic staff to support the children (multiple temporary positions and one permanent) alongside our vibrant team.

Teaching Assistants – Are you dynamic and enthusiastic? We can offer you work as a Teaching Assistant on a permanent and temporary basis. Qualifications and experience essential. Duties will include supporting the Teacher in the delivery of the curriculum and all aspects of the classroom work. It is a physical job (using slings and hoists). Teaching Assistant daily duties involve manual handling and using Team-Teach strategies. You need to be conscientious, reliable, hard-working and be able to work on your own initiative as well as being able to support the team. The pupils are amazing and will give you a sense of achievement when they make progress, however small. Training will be given on many aspects.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages. References will be requested for those short listed ONLY and prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

To apply for this vacancy please download and complete the attached application form which you may either return directly to the school or email to jobs@shenstone.bexley.sch.uk. Details are on our school web site www.shenstone-tkat.org/.bexley.sch.uk.

Please note the School Office will be closed from Tuesday 9 April through to Monday 22 April. Any correspondence needed during this time will not be answered until School reopens on Tuesday 23 April.

The answer phone will be on during the Easter break where you can leave a message to confirm your attendance for the School Tour which takes place on 23 April.

Please note that we are now part of The Kemnal Academies Trust and you need to apply using the TKAT application form. PLEASE SEE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE FOR DETAILS OF HOW TO APPLY.

Information about the school

Shenstone is an all-through school for children and young people with Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD). We work across three sites within Bexley. Two sites are primary (Sidcup and Crayford), and the third site is our growing secondary provision (located in Thamesmead for 2024/25 before moving to a purpose-built new site in Belvedere in September 2025). Exciting times are ahead for everyone at Shenstone School.

Our staff are passionate about providing our students with the best learning opportunities. Working in partnership with parents and carers, we successfully foster and develop a positive attitude in our young people and support them to have opportunities that will allow them to achieve beyond their expectations. The support and guidance students receive from staff give them the confidence to learn independently and strive to achieve their most aspirational outcomes. The school positions itself as a centre of excellence for its students, parents/carers, staff, local authorities and the wider community.

We aim to ensure that all students have the maximum opportunity to participate fully in society to enhance their life chances. We pride ourselves on ensuring that learning remains purposeful but is equally fun. We are committed to supporting the emotional health and well-being of all our students, staff and parents/carers, and we stand by our motto of “Together we engage, thrive and achieve”.

We are very proud of Shenstone School and our achievements, which include autism accreditation through the National Autistic Society, The Wellbeing Award for Schools, Outstandingly Happy School status, Move Centre of Excellence Award, National Online Safety Certified School status, and we are also an accredited Arts Award Centre. We continue to expand with new ideas and initiatives to maintain and improve services for students and staff.

Staff at Shenstone School can access the following benefits: excellent induction and probation processes, comprehensive in-house training, competitive pension scheme, employee counselling services, vaccination programmes, on-site mental health first aid team and various other well-being and social activities.

Job Contact Information

Name:Georgia Bissett
Address:94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
Telephone: 01322 524145
Email: hr@shenstone-tkat.org

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