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Educare Assistant – Permanent Contact
Pay grade: B Scale Point 4-6 TTO
Hours of work:
5 days, 27.5hrs per week, TTO 38 weeks plus 5 training days, total 39 weeks
(FTE - £23,114 - £23,893). Actual £14,757 - £15,253

Penny Field School is a special school for children and young people aged 2-19 with complex educational needs and disabilities. We are looking to receive applications from dedicated professionals who are passionate about improving the outcomes and life chances of our fantastic students.

Main Duties:

• To attend to the pupils’ personal and intimate care needs and implement related personal programmes (including feeding, social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid, and toileting, hydrotherapy/swimming, behaviour and communication and interaction) as required.
• Ensure the cleanliness and ‘operating readiness’ of changing areas and learning spaces i.e. changing pods, work tops, changing beds, emptying and washing out bins.
• To be responsible for the general tidiness of specific changing areas.

Our Candidates:

• We require skilled, enthusiastic people who are willing to learn.
• You will need to be flexible and adaptable, a good communicator, cheerful, calm and work as part of our team.

In return we will offer:

• A commitment to you and your professional development.
• Strong, supportive leadership and staff.
• Wonderful pupils who will reward you with many memories that will last throughout your entire career.

For a discussion about the post please contact Hannah,[email protected] via email.

For further information about the role please visit www.pennyfields.org.uk

Please email completed applications to [email protected]

Closing date for applications is: 09.00am on 11th September

Interviews to be held on: 18th September.

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.

Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post. We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/ countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.

All applicants need to complete the Equal Opportunities form. Please click link for further details http://bit.ly/WATEqualOpportunities

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions. If the attached documents do not meet your accessibility requirements, please contact the recruiter directly. For more information about the accessibility of this website, please click this link https://jobs.leeds.gov.uk/accessibility.