1:1 Teaching Assistant

Role Description

The Headteacher and Governors wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to work one-to-one with children. This is a temporary role connected with a pupil in Year 2 with an Education Health Care Plan working full time ie 32.5 hours a week. The contract will be for term time only ie 39 weeks per year. Part-time job share will be considered eg 8.30-12.00pm / 12.00-3.30pm.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, hard working person who can demonstrate the ability to:

• Work creatively and independently;
• Work as part of our successful and friendly team;
• Show initiative and be self-motivated;
• Work independently with individuals and support the needs of pupils’ Education and Health Care Plans supporting behaviour and learning;
• Able to meet the requirements of the Level 1 or 2 Teaching Assistant Lincolnshire County Council Job Description.

Application Process

Please return an application form, available from the school website –www.mdcp.org.uk, by Thursday 20th November

Interviews to take place week beginning 24th November

For further information and an application form to apply, please visit our website www.mdcp.org.uk or contact Mr Ratchford Headteacher on [contact hidden], email: [contact hidden].

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful candidate will undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Lincolnshire County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we welcome all applications from all sections of the Community.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 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

Please note it is an offence to apply for this post if you are barred from regulated activity with children.