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The Vacancy
Westcliffe Primary School Governors are seeking to appoint a temporary Grade 4 Teaching Assistant to commence from 1st September 24 to 31st August 2025. There may be an opportunity to extend this contract into the next academic year.
Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a school which is at the heart of the community and where the community is in its heart? A school recently recognised as being, ‘a warm and welcoming environment for all members of the community’ and one where pupils are described as having, ‘strong relationships with the staff and each other.’ (Ofsted: November 2022.) If this is you, then the Headteacher and Governing Body of Westcliffe Primary School are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant from 1st September 2024.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our team of non-teaching support staff. The successful candidate should be adaptable in their approach and able to work on their own initiative. They should be an excellent team player who is both creative and hard-working and vitally, have a good sense of humour. Ideally, we are looking to appoint someone with experience of supporting children with Special Education Needs.
Application closing date: Mon 1st July - 12.00 noon
Interview date: Tuesday 9th July 2024
We welcome applications and encourage a visit to the school prior to interview.
To arrange a visit, please contact the school Business Manager, Cheryl Alderson, preferably by email at: businessmanager.westcliffe@northlincs.gov.uk or by telephoning (01724) 861602
Why join us?
We offer:
Competitive salaries
Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%
Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement
Flexible and agile working
A modern workplace with access to great technology
Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work
Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities
Our values and culture
We stay true to our values:
Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.
Striving for excellence and high standards.
Using our resources wisely and with integrity.
Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.
Our organisational goals are to be:
Progressive and enabling in our approach.
Financially and environmentally sustainable.
Safer recruitment
As an employer, we will:
· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.
· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.
· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.
· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.
· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.
Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.
All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.
The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
The Council
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.
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