Level 2 Teaching Assistant

3 weeks ago


Wednesbury, Sandwell, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

Start date 2 September 2024

Hours 32.5 term time only

High Point Academy

Friar Park Road

Wednesbury

WS10 0JS

Contact email

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teaching Assistant to join High Point Academy, a brand-new purpose built special free school in Friar Park, Wednesbury. Our new Academy will educate up to 90 pupils aged 11 to 16 years with autism and moderate learning difficulties.

This new Academy is part of Forward Education Trust, a growing Multi Academy Trust established in 2017 serving special schools across the West Midland area. Forward Education Trust is committed to providing continuous professional development for all staff and encourage a supportive, motivating, and engaging working environment in all of our Schools.

All applicants must be qualified to NVQ level 2 or equivalent and be able to evidence this on request.

Forward Education Trust is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest quality staff. To do this, we have an Employee Value Proposition offering a range of benefits, including:

  • Teacher's Pension Scheme or Support Staff Local Government Pension Scheme employer contribution
  • FET HUB – all employee information all in one place
  • paid for health cash plan - employee and dependent children benefit, with option to add partner
  • employee questionnaire - consultation with staff on a range of issues and ideas
  • salary sacrifice scheme
  • cycle to work scheme
  • access to the NHS approved Thrive app, supporting mental health and wellbeing
  • comprehensive induction and probation support and an ongoing performance management and appraisal system
  • easy purchase scheme, salary deduction
  • Smart Tech in association with Currys
  • enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
  • free, totally confidential advice with face-to-face consultations
  • personal and professional learning and development, including FLICK online learning
  • access to discounts and offers from Reward Gateway and MyPerks
  • occupational health service to support the needs of individual staff
  • staff recognition, e-cards to celebrate success among colleagues, awards throughout the year in line with Trust behaviours and values
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • policies being developed to support positive health and wellbeing, family friendly working, special leave of absence, flexible working and menopause
  • a commitment to develop new ideas to show we really value what you do for our children

    This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

    How to apply

    Please apply online

    The Trust may review applications upon receipt and may call applicants for interview prior to the advert closing date. Therefore, you are encouraged to make an early application for this role and we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date. Please note that only Forward Education Trust Application forms will be accepted; we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them in place of an application form.

    This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

    This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means 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. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

    This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.



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