Care Team Assistant

Job Reference #

EDV/2025/TWOA/25258

Location

Defoe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£7,661.75 Annually (Actual)

Actual Starting Salary based on FTE of £24,413

Closing Date

11:59pm, 26th Oct 2025

Start Date

ASAP

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Do you have the aspiration and desire to make a difference?

We are offering the opportunity to join our friendly and dedicated team in our warm and welcoming school.

As a Care Team Assistant, you will be working with a supportive and experienced team who work collaboratively with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds to meet the physical, medical, sensory and emotional needs of our children. Our Care Team Assistants provide personal care for our children, supporting with other care needs such as feeding & positioning, and supervising and encouraging them in positive play and behaviours.

The role is offered based on 13.5 hours per week over 3 days: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10am- 2.30pm. This is a term time (plus 1 week) contract for a fixed term until August 2026.

Our school caters for children from 3 to 16 with complex physical, medical and sensory needs. We have an evolving school population of 100+ pupils with ever more complex needs. Our special school is in purpose built accommodation, has an outstanding reputation for the personal development of our pupils and holds inclusion at its heart. We were rated Good (Ofsted November 2021).

Why work for Ormiston Academies Trust?

Our vision is to create a school system where every child thrives, regardless of background. Our people are at the heart of our approach – they are our greatest asset. We exist to provide the best learning opportunities every day, in every school for every child. It is the people and teams in our Trust who make this a reality and ensure we have the greatest impact. If you join us at Ormiston, whatever your role, you can be sure of a role with purpose and meaning.

Ormiston, where every member of staff enjoys…

• The opportunity to build on the legacy of those who came before – being part of one of the longest standing Trusts, created with the sole purpose of enabling children and young people to thrive
• Working for a Trust nationally recognised for its impact on disadvantaged children – a rewarding, stimulating career where staff are challenged to be the best they can be, for the pupils we are proud to serve
• Being part of a team and community where you belong – receiving bespoke and holistic support from a well-resourced and ambitious network of experts and professionals that work at the heart of communities
• A supportive environment to grow your career – an extensive professional development programme, alongside flexible working arrangements and generous benefits

About you

To succeed in this role, you will be patient and reliable, be able to work well in a team which works proactively to meet each pupil's needs. Experience of working with children of a similar need is always preferable, but not essential, full training will always be given. We offer excellent support to our staff, ensuring that all get the additional support and training they need and opportunities to build upon their experience.

In return we offer you:

• The chance to make a real difference to the lives of children with complex needs and their families.
• A warm and personable working environment, the size of which supports close working relationships with our wider school community.
• Access to a wide range of professional development opportunities, including high quality CPD on the latest thinking around teaching and learning delivered by award-winning experts in this field.
• Access to the Trust-wide employee benefit scheme.
• Free onsite parking.
• Supportive working environment within an academy focused on the wellbeing of staff.
• Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension scheme.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Lucie or Kelly via email at

If you want to join our friendly and dedicated team please apply before the closing date, early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.

Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children's Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here:

All the academy policies can be found here:

Kelly Root & Lucie Wakefield

Defoe Road, Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 6SG