Teaching Assistant - The Conifers Primary

Join our 'THRIVE’' Team

We are looking to appoint an experienced, motivated and resourceful teaching assistant 30 hrs per week, Term Time only, 39 weeks per year on a fixed term appointment to join our established and dedicated team, who have a passion for and commitment to, supporting children with their learning and emotional wellbeing.

You will be supporting children with their emotional needs so they can access the curriculum and become effective learners.  You will be working as part of a small team, alternating between supporting children in the THRIVE Base and also, in their respective classrooms.  

Candidates will need to have a calm and positive demeanour, be able to build excellent relationships with children, staff and families and demonstrate a sound understanding of how children develop, both emotionally and intellectually. 

It is desirable to have trained as an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA), be Thrive trained or have an understanding of working with children with ASD.

A visit to the school and our THRIVE Base is warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please telephone or email the school office on 01305 771289 to arrange an appointment.

Thank you for your interest in this position and we look forward to hearing from you.

Conifers Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Conifers Primary School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.