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Teaching assistant vacancy
The Bellbird Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
1:1 Teaching Assistant for a named child with medical needs in lower key stage two
This is a part time position Monday to Friday, 8.45am until 1.15pm, term time only to start as soon as possible. This position is a job share and so the hours are fixed. The pupil has a rare neurological condition that affects the spinal cord and impacts on mobility and respiratory function. All appropriate training to support the medical needs of this pupil will be provided with ongoing support from the medical team.
We believe that learning is for all of our school community, we work together to constantly review our provision to meet pupil needs. We are looking for someone who is not afraid of development and who is committed to their own lifelong learning as well as children’s.
The Bellbird Primary School is a Local Authority maintained school with two-form entry. We have a large school site with numerous outdoor learning spaces.
The Bellbird Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are conditional and subject to references and an enhanced DBS check. Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including the right to work in the UK. Disclosure and Barring Service and two satisfactory references.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact
Please contact the school office on (01223) 833216 or email us at: office@thebellbird.cambs.sch.uk to arrange a visit or for an application form or to ask any further questions about this role.
Interview date 29th February or 1st March
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For further information regarding the medical needs and training to support this pupil, please contact Christine Thompson in the Nursing Team involved with supporting in school care of this pupil. They can be reached on 01223 218061 or at ccs.childrenscomplexcare@nhs.net
What will you be doing?
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who has the skills listed below.
Essential:
• Passionate and inclusive about giving the best opportunity possible to all of our children
• Able to work flexibly and collaboratively within a team
• Adaptable to the work in the ever changing environment of a school
• Enthusiastic, energetic and committed to improving outcomes for all
• Able to follow clear instructions and complete paperwork as part of day to day routines
Desirable but not essential:
• Health/care background
• Understanding of medical needs/conditions
• Can start as soon as possible
About you
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who has the skills listed below.
Essential:
• Passionate and inclusive about giving the best opportunity possible to all of our children
• Able to work flexibly and collaboratively within a team
• Adaptable to the work in the ever changing environment of a school
• Enthusiastic, energetic and committed to improving outcomes for all
• Able to follow clear instructions and complete paperwork as part of day to day routines
Desirable but not essential:
• Health/care background
• Understanding of medical needs/conditions
• Can start as soon as possible
Full training and ongoing support from a well established team around the child will be provided to the successful applicant.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
