Level 2 Teaching Assistant - Hallmoor School - Forward Education Trust

Hours per week: 32.5hrs per week, term time only

Contract Type: Permanent

Hallmoor School

50 Scholars Gate

Kitts Green

Birmingham

B33 0DL

Telephone Number: 0121 809 1510

Email Address: recruitment@fet.ac

Job Start Date: ASAP

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Teaching Assistants to join Hallmoor School, part of The Forward Education Trust. The Trust was established in 2017 and is a growing Multi Academy Trust serving special schools across the West Midland area.

Hallmoor School caters for the needs of an increasingly diverse pupil population with a wide range of educational difficulties, ranging from moderate, severe, and complex needs. Some pupils also present with communication, physical, sensory, behavioural, or autistic difficulties requiring additional adult support and specialist intervention.

The ideal candidate will have experience of supporting and assisting pupils with physical learning and sensory difficulties and will be able to work collaboratively with teaching staff in order to plan and deliver high quality educational provision for our young people.

Hallmoor School is committed to providing continuous professional development for all staff. We offer a supportive, motivating, and engaging working environment. All applicants must have GCSE grades A-C or equivalent in English Language.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability

to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 9 September 2022, 9am

Complete the attached application form and email it to: recruitment@fet.ac

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

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

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.