Teaching Assistant - Chiltern Wood School High Wycombe
Job description
Overview Term time only +INSET days (39 weeks per year) Salary Type: Bucks pay 1b - R2 FTE £20,297 - £23,961 Per annum Full Time Equivalent Salary details: Actual pay £16,328 - £19,276 Per annum based on 36 hours per week type: (Part time positions are for 2-4 days per week) Hours: 36 hours per week 8.15am - 15.45pm with additional hour on Tuesday (to 4.45pm) Closing date: 31st August 2023 00:00 Interviews to be held: September 2023 About us Chiltern Wood School is an expanding Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years. The school is located over two sites in Cressex and Downley and Teaching Assistants may be asked to work within any of our departments for children with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties across either site. For more information please visit the school website: About the role We have opportunities for full and part-time Teaching Assistants to join our dedicated class teams. You will be well supported by experienced and welcoming staff within a well-run, hard-working school which holds as its core value the wellbeing of its pupils, parents and staff. Downley site vacancies are based in Woodland Department, catering for pupils who have Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties or Severe Learning Difficulties with additional physical and sensory needs. Cressex site vacancies are based across all departments, working with children with severe learning difficulties and complex ASD of both primary and secondary age. About you We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals to enable communication, physical, social and emotional development for each individual. We have extensive facilities on site to support this development and provide learning opportunities through a variety of experiences, lessons and routines. If you are interested in learning how to contribute purposefully to the educational and social development of children and young people and you feel you have the qualities to successfully attend to their welfare and emotional needs, please view our website to take a virtual tour of the departments or contact the school office for further details. Previous experience is not essential as full training will be provided. Other information If you are interested in applying - please do complete and return your application form - we would love to hear from you. School Tours can also be arranged if required. Applications to be sent to Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level, online searches and satisfactory references This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare: All unspent convictions and conditional cautions All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to and the (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order'). It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview. Buckinghamshire Council
