Science Technician

**Science Technician**

At The Stockwood Park Academy, we offer a school that will genuinely invest, support and develop you to become an outstanding practitioner and enable you to keep climbing the career ladder. If you are ambitious about excelling in your career and taking onadditional responsibilities, we will give you the opportunities that you crave.

It is incredibly important to us here at The Stockwood Park Academy that all our staff are valued, listened to, mentored, challenged and given adequate opportunities to develop. As a Teaching Trust, we offer exceptional teacher training and high-qualityprofessional development programmes catered to your needs. Consequently, we have many success stories of staff that have joined us and been given excellent CPD and training that has allowed them to climb the career ladder.

**Key Duties**
- Provide and prepare all equipment, chemicals and specimens for practical sessions and examinations.
- Advise and support teaching staff in the safe and proper use of equipment and contribute to demonstrations as required.
- Under the direction of the Senior Technician, carry out minor repairs to equipment.
- Contribute to the maintenance of the laboratories and equipment in a clean, safe and tidy condition at all times
- Some experience in the care and / or education of children
- Great team-working skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Willing attitude

**Safeguarding**

**_'We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’._**

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers andthe Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as: "Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and takingaction to enable all children to have the best outcomes."

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.