General Teaching Assistant + SEN, Alverton Community Primary School

Salary: £15,853.48 per annum Grade: C Contract: Fixed term. Maternity Cover. (with the possibility of extra hours in our after school club) Hours: TMP GTA with SEN 27.5 hours, term time only, Location: Alverton Community Primary School, Mount Road, Northallerton DL6 1RB Start date: Required January 2025, for 2 terms until July 2025 Alverton is a happy and inclusive school, near the centre of Northallerton, where children enjoy learning and achieving in the context of a rich, vibrant, broad and balanced curriculum. We strive to use our beautiful grounds as an extension of our classrooms. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic caring and dedicated teaching assistant to join our Targeted Mainstream Provision on a fixed term contract until July 2025. A passion for working with Key Stage 1 and 2 children with communication and interaction needs is essential. The successful candidate will be required to work in partnership with the team. They will also be required to work alongside class teachers throughout the school to provide a broad range of activities to support the children's development and learning. You will be joining a strong and friendly team who are committed to providing an enabling environment where children are at the heart of everything we do. The right candidate will show initiative and be able to contribute to children's individual targets as well as complimenting the strengths of the existing team. A sense of humour would be an advantage! Experience of working with children who have additional needs would be preferred but is not essential. A key feature of the job will be the opportunity to participate in relevant CPD and it is expected that the successful candidate will be driven to engage positively in all training opportunities provided. Visits to the TMP are warmly welcomed on Tuesday 1 st October at 1:15pm or Wednesday 2 nd October at 3:30pm. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and this post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance. For further details and an application form, please contact the school office: email: [email protected] or on (01609) 773524 Application closing date: Monday 7 th October 2024 at 11:59pm • For the personal statement section of the application, please outline your experience, strengths and reasons why you would be a suitable candidate in a statement that is no longer than 1 side of A4. Key Documents: Application Form Job Description Key Dates: Shortlisting: Tuesday 8 th October 2024 Interviews: W/B Monday 14 th October 2024 NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party. North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.