BUC11082
Fixed Term / Secondment
Full Time
Enhanced with Barred List
19 Mar 2024, 11 p.m.
26 Apr 2024
hr@thomashickman.bucks.sch.uk
Overview
New role? New you!
Thomas Hickman School is going for a '2024ward thinking' approach to the new year! If you too are forward thinking, innovative and are seeking to grow your career in this kind of environment, look no further than THS! A school where we pull together and work through each term with passion and enthusiasm!
Come and visit and take a look around.
Check out our vision on our website and if it’s a match with yours, then don’t hesitate to apply!!
https://www.thomashickmanschool.com/
Come and join us!
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Depending on Experience
Contract type: Permanent / Fixed term
Hours: Various hours are available between 8am and 4pm Monday to Thursday and 8am to 3.30pm on Friday
Closing date: 26/04/2024 00:00
Interviews to be held: Applications will be considered on arrival and interviews may be offered before the closing date.
About us
We are all B.I.R.D.S at THS – Brave learners, Independent and Inspirational learners, Resilient and Respectful, Determined and Scholarly – could you be one of our BIRDS too?
- We are a trauma-informed school with our own, bespoke ‘Hand on Heart’ approach to managing behaviour and relationships.
- We have a full-time therapist who works both with the children but also offers supervision to all staff members
- We have specialised teachers for Sport, Music, MFL
- We have wonderful children who need great Teachers and TAs
- We have a rich and diverse parent/carer community who support the school fully
- We have a Whole School Wellbeing Support package, with access to private mental health support, GP support, Counselling, physiotherapy, and an annual nurse-led health screen to name a few elements of this resource.
About the role
We are seeking an Early Years Teaching Assistant to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. See job description for further details.
About you
- Be ambitious to take their career to the next level
- Have the highest expectations of our children and a desire to develop the whole child.
- Have a keen interest on how Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences impact learning (Hand on Heart)
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Embrace our diverse community and celebrate difference - We have a ‘No Outsiders’ policy here!
- Have a clear understanding of how to raise standards through excellent classroom support
- Be a BIRD with a keen sense of humour, open to change, and the ability to enthuse and motivate
Other information
Please visit our website https://www.thomashickmanschool.com/job-vacancies for an Application Form. Completed application forms should be emailed to hr@thomashickman.bucks.sch.uk.
Please contact Jane Verney, HR Co-ordinator if you wish to arrange a school visit.
School Address: Belgrave Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 9HP.
Office Tel: 01296 485683
We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS and qualifications check will be carried out upon appointment of the successful candidate.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
Please note that we complete a search of the online profiles of all candidates invited to interview.