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Teaching Assistant Level 2 – Fixed Term - two positions

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Cherry Oak School
Salary
£18,562 - £20,493 pro rata
Closing date
15 Nov 2021

Job Details

Teaching Assistant Level 2 – two positions

£18,562 - £20,493 pro rata

Hours: 20 per week, term time only

Contract Type: Fixed Term to 31 August 2022 to provide additional education

Cherry Oak School

60 Frederick Road

Selly Oak

Birmingham

B29 6PB

Telephone Number: 0121 464 2037

Email Address: recruitment@cherryoak.bham.sch.uk

Job Start Date: 1 January 2022

Cherry Oak School is a Primary School for pupils with cognition and communication difficulties. Federated with Victoria School and Victoria College, Cherry Oak School provides pupils with a bespoke curriculum for all our explorers and connectors. The school is undertaking an exciting new chapter. The successful candidates will be outstanding classroom practitioners with passion for seeing pupils thrive. Candidates will be able to inspire and engage our pupils and will be keen to join our committed staff team on our journey to becoming an outstanding school.

We are seeking to appoint two teaching assistants working part time. The roles will be specifically for helping our pupils ‘Covid recovery’ owing to the lasting impact of Covid-19. This will involve supporting targeted pupils for interventions, during lesson time. Staff have identified those who are most in need of bespoke interventions. Using the best strategies – based on long term research – that will enable our children to achieve the most positive outcomes and have the most impact.

You will be able to make good use of a range of technology to support both learning and communication. Development of pupil reading, including phonics will be a key aspect to the role – relevant training will be provided. The roles will ideally suit people who wish to work in a vibrant SEND environment.

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate:

• flexibility

• their ability to work using own initiative, and work effectively as part of a team

• how they communicate clearly and effectively with pupils and colleagues

• the desire to take ownership of tasks

• the passion and commitment to supporting children and young people with Special Needs

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 15 November 2021, 12.00 noon

For further details and application pack please visit our website

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; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

BCC is a Living Wage employer

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.

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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