Teaching Assistant
Cheltenham
About you
We are looking to appoint a Learning Partner who would like to work somewhere that could make a real difference to children’s lives. You will join our dedicated and friendly team to support teaching staff with their responsibility for the development and education of pupils, some of whom may have a wide range of special needs.
The Role
The successful candidate will be a hardworking, enthusiastic individual that wants to be part of a warm, welcoming Special School and should have a passion for working with special educational needs and disabilities, which include severe learning difficulties; physical difficulties; profound and multiple learning difficulties; severe autism and challenging behaviours.
The Trust
We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.
Our Benefits
By joining our team, we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (TPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme. Applications for flexible working or job share will be considered on an individual basis.
Additional Information
SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK.
Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack and understood our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders which can be found on our careers page.
Please click on Apply Now to complete an online application.
Salary: £19,531.00 Annually (Actual)
Hours Per Week: 32.5
