TEACHING ASSISTANT 2B

Location

Elm Tree Community Primary School, Elmers Wood Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6SA (158 on roll)

Tel: 01695 50924
School website: www.elmtree.lancs.sch.uk/

Summary

Would you like a new challenge in an outstanding Special School, working with a range of needs in a friendly and supportive environment, committed to developing staff? We are looking for a Teaching Assistant 2B interested in developing their career. Previous experience of working in a special needs setting is not essential as we are looking for an individual that is passionate about working with children and is willing to support our vision. We currently have 158 children on roll aged between 4 and 11 years.

The position will be Monday-Friday, 32.5 hours a week and term time only. Please see attached for a break down of the hours. You will join a team that is passionately committed to harnessing the educational potential of all our children whilst encouraging them to engage in daily life with increased confidence, self-esteem and independence. At Elm Tree we believe that good staff wellbeing is essential for cultivating a mentally healthy school, for retaining and motivating staff and for promoting pupil wellbeing and attainment. We now have a staff mental health and wellbeing team who hold termly meetings to promote wellbeing across school.

Examples of this includes, random acts of kindness days, Secret Santa, ‘thank you’ board in the staff room and bingo/quiz nights. Due to most of our children travelling to get to school, we run our own transport. We currently have 15 minibuses and numerous taxis that we use daily to get our children to and from school. On each of our vehicles, we have a member of staff supervising the children. Being on transport is an optional extra for all of our support staff and is paid at a TA3 rate of £14.13 an hour.

This role is casual. The majority of the transport team work an extra 17 hours a week on top of the 32.5 hours for the TA2B contract. If you have any further questions regarding this aspect, please email the Transport Manager, Jordan Calderbank – calderbankj@elmtree.lancs.sch.uk.   The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As this is a term time only position, the successful candidate will paid for 45.25 weeks of the year.

This equates to £19,196 - £20,786.

An Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check will be sought for the successful candidate. Please see attached the job description for more information regarding the role! Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.

If you are interested in this role, please email your application form over to Jordan Calderbank, HR & Transport Manager - calderbankj@elmtree.lancs.sch.uk by 12 noon on Friday 28th February 2025.

Equal Opportunities statement

An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

 

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.