What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to recruit two enthusiastic and caring Specialist Teaching Assistants who can support the teaching and learning of all our pupils, including providing 1:1 support for pupils with an Education Health Care Plan.
The successful candidates will:
* Promote our friendly Catholic ethos
* Have excellent standards of literacy, numeracy, and spoken English
* Demonstrate excellent behaviour management and communication skills to support students with diverse needs and abilities
* Maintain high expectations of learning and behaviour for all
They will work under the instruction and guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work, care, and support programs, enabling access to learning for pupils and assisting in classroom management. Work may be carried out within or outside the main teaching area.
This role requires specialist skills, knowledge, and equipment within a specialized context, working with children facing substantial additional challenges, which may be learning, physical, emotional, or behavioural.
What the school offers its staff
Our Catholic schools welcome pupils and staff of all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and nearly half of the teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic faith.
St Peter’s Catholic College is part of the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, which includes 32 primary schools and 6 secondary schools. With over 12,300 pupils and 1,500 staff, it is one of the largest Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK.
We offer:
* Happy and enthusiastic students eager to learn and benefit from an enriched, extended curriculum
* Hard-working and dedicated colleagues
* Good professional development opportunities
* Supportive governors and parents committed to our school's success
Additional benefits include access to:
* Vivup lifestyle savings and store discounts
* Vivup discounted gym memberships
* Vivup cycle scheme
* Full wellbeing package
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organization is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers, and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the "Keeping Children Safe in Education" guidance. Employment offers may be contingent upon checks such as:
* Childcare disqualification
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks
* Medical assessments
* Online and social media screening
* Prohibition from teaching
* Right to work verification
* Satisfactory references
* Assessment of suitability to work with children
You must disclose any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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