Teaching Assistant - Booker Park School
Location: Stoke Mandeville
Overview
Are you planning ahead and looking for a new challenge to start as soon as possible? Would you like to become part of our team, and be part of transforming a child’s life? If you share a passion for making a difference and recognise the value in today’s world of supporting the most vulnerable, then we’d like to hear from you. You do not need to have had extensive training prior to starting, just an enthusiasm to work with children and a willingness to learn.
We are seeking to appoint teaching assistants to work with students in our care at Booker Park School. Enjoy the benefits of working within Buckinghamshire Council including financial rewards and discounts on purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants, pension scheme and a 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay - Range 1
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 30 hours per week
Closing date: 05/01/2025 15:00
Interviews to be held: To be conducted as suitable applicants apply.
About us
Booker Park is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools together with the secondary provision and post 16 students based at Stocklake Park School.
With 237 pupils on roll, Booker Park caters for primary aged children with a broad diversity of complex needs including profound and multiple, severe and moderate learning difficulties. Almost half of the pupils have an additional diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition. We look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve their potential in a caring and supportive environment.
We are fortunate enough to have wonderful facilities including two large halls, a computer suite, hydrotherapy pool, soft play room, an observational mirror room, dark room and sensory theatre. We have purpose built outdoor spaces including a MUGA (multi use games area), climbing castle, pirate ship and sensory path which are available to all pupils.
Website: www.thevalefederation.com
About the role
Working under the instruction and guidance of teaching and senior class staff this rewarding, and sometimes challenging role, will include supporting our students to access and engage with teacher led curriculum and learning activities.
The successful candidate will assist with the implementation of individual education and behaviour plans carrying out work in the classroom or outside the main teaching area. Assisting with personal care, attending to hygiene needs and administering medication are also key tasks. Comprehensive training is provided as appropriate to the role and continued professional development of our staff is encouraged. Please see candidate pack for further details.
About you
Resilience, common sense and a commitment to working as part of a team will make you an ideal candidate for this role. We are looking for people who have an appreciation of the positive attitudes needed to encourage independence in our students. You will be able to communicate with all members of our school community liaising with other professionals in order to carry out recommendations required. A good working knowledge of ICT to be able to effectively support learning and a commitment to training is expected. Please see candidate pack for further details.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lynne Worley on the number below. For further information on our recruitment process please visit our website.
Completed applications should be emailed to: [email protected]
Closing date: 5th January 2025. CVs alone will not be accepted.
Interviews will be conducted after receipt of successful applications and shortlisting If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of the closing date, you must assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
School Address: Booker Park School, Stoke Leys Close, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9ET
Office Tel: 01296 427221
Email: [email protected]
The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake preemployment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process.
We are an equal opportunities employer and operate safe recruitment practices including online checks. The successful candidate will need to have an enhanced DBS clearance.
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 Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (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.
