KS2 Forest School Teaching Assistant - Aspire Alternative Provision
Location: Chalfont St Giles
Overview
This is an incredible opportunity to be a part of the development of a unique and brand new Key Stage 2 provision at our beautiful woodland site Shortenills - 'Finding My Voice'.
Term time only: Yes
Salary Type: Aspire Support Staff Pay
Salary details: Actual pay for 39 weeks £21,099 to £26,959 for 37 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week. Part time and flexible arrangements available.
Closing date: 01/12/2024 00:00
Interviews to be held: By individual appointment.
About us
Aspire provides ‘outstanding’ alternative educational provision and support for secondary age students. Students attend full or part-time and are referred to us by schools and the Local Authority. Our focus is to support young people, together with their families and schools, to reach beyond their potential and enable them to flourish by developing positive behaviours, attitudes and aspirations.
Website: https://www.aspireap.org.uk/
About the role
This is an incredible opportunity to be a part of the development of a unique and brand new Key Stage 2 provision at our beautiful woodland site Shortenills - 'Finding My Voice'.
- Rooted in the principles of nurture and forest school, a 1-day per week alternative provision to run alongside a mainstream offer.
- Designed to change lives, this is a unique approach that will support young people to change their narrative and the narrative that others have of them.
- The intervention will take place outdoors or in our yurt. It will run daily with a different group of children each day.
About you
This position will suit someone who:
- is looking to work in a role that is very different to mainstream primary/forest school teaching.
- wants to make a difference through doing things differently.
Other information
For further information please visit www.aspireap.org.uk .
To apply for this role. Please complete the Aspire application and recruitment monitoring forms and send them to [email protected]
Aspire is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. An enhanced level DBS check and references will be required along with the completion of a pre-employment health check.
- 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).
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
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.
