Teaching Assistant Southampton, England
Job description
Interview Dates: ASAP after receipt of application
Start Date: ASAP after interview
Hours of Work: Flexible, in line with the nature of a casual contract. Our normal working hours are 9am – 3.15pm, plus an additional hour each Tuesday for staff meetings.
Contract Type: Casual Contract/5 posts available
Vermont is a small special school in Southampton for children aged 5-11 who experience social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. All of our young children experience challenging behaviour and may also have many associated conditions and disabilities such as ADHD, Autistic Spectrum disorders and attachment disorders. Every child has an Education, Health Care Plan.
Vermont is a ‘good school’ (OFSTED Jan 2018) who are looking for enthusiastic and passionate individuals to work with pupils unable to access mainstream education. You will be expected to become part of the expanding ‘Vermont family’ and would work across the school with individuals and small groups covering absences on a daily, weekly and termly basis. The work will include supporting the learning of our pupils under the direction of a class teacher and helping in raising attainment and building self-esteem so they can achieve their full potential.
This is a challenging yet rewarding role so strong interpersonal skills are required as well as a willingness to support challenging pupils. Specific training will be given to enable you to carry out this element of the role.
Previous experience of working within a setting similar to Vermont is desirable but training will be available for the right candidates.
Application Procedure
The job description, person specification and application form can be found on our website – www.vermontschool.co.uk. The vacancies section can be found under the Key Information Heading. Please note CVs will not be accepted. If you would like to find out more about our school or this role please email Lynne McKeown, Deputy Head teacher on [email protected]. As part of our recruitment process, we ask candidates to spend a day in school to get a better understanding of the challenges related to this role/school. This will be followed by a more formal interview.
Safer Recruitment
Vermont School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exemptions) order 1975
This post is covered by the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with young people. You are therefore required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind overs) including those which are “spent”. The amendments to the Exceptions order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are “protected” and are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on filtering cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
