Teaching Assistant
Full time, Term time only (37 hours Monday-Thursday 8-4pm, Friday 8-3:30pm. Term time only, 39 weeks per year)
Salary: £18,615- 19,300 NJC 5-7 (£21,575- £22,369 FTE)
Reports to: Assistant SENDCo
Part of: SEN Team
Application Deadline: 6 March 9am
We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join the team at Bristol Free School. As part of our commitment to be ambitious for all members of our school community, this post is designed to help to undertake work, care and support programmes to facilitate learning of students by assisting teachers in enabling students to access the curriculum.
We are looking for an inspirational and motivated individual who is committed to ‘Bringing out the Best’ in every student and working in an environment where young people of all backgrounds are supported and encouraged to succeed.
Support staff at BFS are highly valued, highly professional and always have young people’s best interests at heart. Central to our ethos are the positive relationships and personalised approach which we take with all our students. As a member of the BFS support staff team, you will be encouraged to be pro-active, take the initiative and look for ways in which you can better serve students through your role.
Essential Criteria
Experience
• Experience of working in a school or a similar role
• Experience of working with young people in a school or extra-curricular context is desirable
Professional knowledge
• GCSE or equivalent (NVQ level 2) passes in English and mathematics (literacy and numeracy)
• Relevant first aid knowledge desirable but not essential
Values and Behaviours
BFS is a values-based organisation which seeks to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values.
Our values will be assessed through the selection process. We therefore ask all applicants, when providing their supporting statement, to incorporate not only how they meet the essential criteria for the role but to also how they demonstrate our values.
Our BFS values are:
Community - We promote responsibility, trust and fairness taking a positive, active role in the community we serve.
Ambition - we set the highest expectations and academic ambitions to ensure our students make excellent progress from their starting points.
Opportunity - We aim to prepare students to achieve their best taking the opportunities BFS offers them so they become well educated active citizens.
If this role sounds like something you would be interested in, then please apply today! We look forward to hearing from you.
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the BFS HR Team by email.
BFS celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
To confirm, If offered the post, appropriate checks will be carried out prior to your start date. These checks will include (but are not limited to) a full DBS check.