Havering Schools Jobs
Teaching Assistant
- Employer: Empower Learning Academy Trust
- Reference: ELAT/24/283759
EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST
Hall Mead School
Marlborough Gardens, Upminster, Essex, RM14 1SF
Tel: 01708 225684
Head Teacher: Maria Ducker
Teaching Assistant
Hours: 30 hours per week/38 weeks per year
Salary: Grade 1/2 Spinal Point 3-5. £18,324 - £18,877per annum. FTE £26,238 - £27,030 per annum (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Required September 2024
Inspire and be inspired
Hall Mead School wish to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who will be committed to supporting students with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability). The successful candidate with be a committed practitioner who is committed to helping students achieve their best academically as well as socially.
This is an excellent opportunity for graduates to gain experience, if considering a career in teaching.
The Learning Support Department is a very large department with over 80 EHCPs (Educational Health Care Plans). It has a suite of rooms in the ‘Personal Learning Centre’, accommodating an Additionally Resourced Provision for Autistic students, Nurture Groups for vulnerable students, bespoke Key Stage curriculum and a Life Skills Flat.
Experience of working with children is desirable as is education to graduate level but these are not essential for an application to be considered.
In return, Hall Mead School will offer you:
- The chance to work and develop in an outstanding school
- Enthusiastic, well-motivated pupils who are eager to learn
- State-of-the-art facilities and classrooms
- High quality professional development
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Flexible working opportunities
- Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Cycle to work scheme
Applications
Please forward your completed application to Lisa Wellard, HR Officer at hr@elatschools.co.uk by 12pm, Wednesday 26thJune 2024.
Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date.
For further information about this role, please contact hms-lsoffice@elatschools.co.uk
Empower Learning Academy Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer that is committed to safer recruitment. All applicants must be prepared to undergo screening to confirm their suitability to work with children.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please forward your completed application to Lisa Wellard, HR Officer at hr@elatschools.co.uk by 12pm, Wednesday 26thJune 2024.