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Everyone deserves an incredible future
Become a Teaching Assistant Apprentice at Red Moor School part of Acorn Education and Care and start working towards yours.
About Us
Red Moor School is a specialist provision located in Lanlivery near Bodmin in mid Cornwall. The school provides full-time specialist co-education for children and young people aged 5 to 16 who have social, emotional, mental health and communication difficulties or associated behaviours that challenge.
Unable to achieve in a mainstream environment, our aim is to help pupils excel by providing a structured, nurturing approach, with students accessing a broad, balanced, engaging and extraordinarily rich curriculum.
With its large building and extensive grounds, Red Moor School is an environment where children learn to thrive both in the classroom and outdoors, helping them to be the best.
Red Moor School is a small, but growing, staff team, including strong links with local therapists to enrich the curriculum further.
The opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice to Red Moor School to complete a recognised Teaching Assistant Level 3 Qualification whilst also learning to work within a school environment and have a real impact on Children's lives. Join an amazing team making our schools and classrooms supportive, enriching places where vulnerable children and young people achieve far more than they ever expected.
Learners will build an advanced understanding of how to provide quality teaching and how to influence and support learners. Some of the areas of development include:
* Contributing to the implementation of learning activities
* Evaluating the performance of lesson plans and how to improve for the future
* Working independently in teaching group and individual activities
* Working in partnership with teachers to help support and deliver lesson plans and objectives
Entry Requirements
Red Moor School will support you through your qualification alongside Busy Bees Training Provider and you will have a dedicated mentor within school.
If you cannot provide certificates for Maths and English, you will be asked to complete your Functional Skills Maths and English as part of the apprenticeship.
You will be expected to do some 'off-the-job (OJT) training, and you will be asked to do 20% of your contracted working hours undertaking this training. Your OJT must be relevant to the apprenticeship standard and will be supported by our school to provide you with new knowledge, skills and behaviours required for the role.
Why join Acorn Education & Care?
* £17,840 per annum (£10 per hour)
* 40 hours per week
* Term Time Only
* Fixed Term Contract - 18 to 24 months with the intention to go permanent after completion
* Fully Funded Apprenticeship
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:
* Holidays are equivalent to 5.6 weeks per annum
* Life Assurance
* Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
* "Your Wellbeing Matters" – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:
* A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
* 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
* Cycle to Work Schemes
* Electric Car Purchase Scheme
* Critical illness cover
And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.
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