Teaching Assistant Level 2 at Somerford Community Primary School

Somerford Primary School

Draper Road

Christchurch

BH23 3AS

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Frampton

Telephone: (01202) 485436

TEACHING ASSISTANT LEVEL II - FIXED TERM LINKED TO CHILD’S FUNDING

We are looking for an outstanding teaching assistant to work in our school who has significant experience of working with children with special educational needs, especially those who have communication and interaction difficulties.

Somerford Community Primary School is an inclusive setting at the heart of our community. We value the staff who work with us and offer a supportive team to work with. We also offer many benefits to support staff well-being and want our staff to be recognised for their work with our children.

An understanding of trauma-informed practices, as well as how to support children with communication and interaction difficulties will be important. They will also be able to implement effective behaviour management strategies to support children who are dysregulated due to their individual needs. The role could be to support in either Early Years, Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2, dependent upon experience.

The successful applicant will be required to work 30 hours and 50 minutes per week, Monday to Friday 8.40am – 3.20pm, with half an hour lunch break, 38 weeks per year. (Term time only) BCP Grade 4, pro rata. This will be a fixed term contract linked to the child’s funding until end of term, July 2027

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

We are 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

Somerford 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.