Teaching Assistant - Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy

Full Time Teaching Assistant required for September 2021

Fixed term contract, 1^st September 2021 – 22^nd July 2022

Grade 3, £18,562 - £18,933

Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy are looking for the right person to join us.  Required for September 2021, this is a rare opportunity to join us on our pursuit to become an 'outstanding' Alternative Provision Academy and centre of excellence for inclusive education.  This is an exciting time to join the Chaselea family as we continue our journey with a new Headteacher and having joined the Manor Hall Academy Trust.

Chaselea is proud to:

• be a pastorally centered, supportive and improvement focused school;
• have supportive, forward thinking and positive leadership and management teams;
• show commitment to workload regulation and staff wellbeing;
• teach in small class sizes enabling rapid progress and maximum achievement;
• be innovative, flexible and continually review our progressive curriculum;
• offer genuine opportunity to develop personally and professionally;
• be open to innovation, new ideas and developmental suggestions;
• work in partnership with the Academy Trust, the District, external services and agencies and the Local Authority for the betterment of the young people.

Can you engage young people and enrich their educational experience?

• Are you inclusive, empathetic and supportive?
• Are you solution focused, positive and determined?
• Are you confident to adapt, push and develop your daily practice?
• Do you aspire to help young people on their difficult journey through education?
• Are you skilled at building relationships with challenging learners?
• Are you looking to make a real difference to a young person’s life?

If you can honestly say 'yes' to these questions, we want to meet you and welcome anyone wishing to visit the school prior to application.  We have set aside three appointments for tours to meet key staff and explore the school.  These are Wednesday 23^rd June @ 1330; Tuesday 29^th June @ 1100 and Thursday 8^th July @ 1000.  If you would like to attend one of these dates then please either ring school on 01543 22795, or email office@capa.manorhall.academy

Chaselea strives to provide an “outstanding” educational experience, delivering GCSE and Vocational courses at KS4, and an innovative core subject and topic based curriculum at KS3.  Staff are encouraged to develop skills outside their specialism and to contribute to the combined efforts of the small, committed team that are held in high regard by our pupils and the community.  To do this we need a supportive, hard-working, caring and passionate team made up of outstanding teachers and empathetic support staff.

We are looking for a stand-out candidate to join our staff as a teaching assistant.  We are looking for the right person – someone who understands the needs of SEMH pupils and someone who can provide support to the teachers in the care of our pupils.

Alongside our commitment to safeguarding and pupil welfare, we proactively address work-life balance and staff wellbeing.

This position is subject to references and an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation if Offenders Act 1974.

Closing date for applications: 12:00 Monday 12th July 2021

Short listing: PM Monday 12th July 2021

Interviews: Friday 16th July 2021

Please post, or email application forms and recruitment monitoring forms:

F.A.O. Mr Paul Archer, Headteacher, Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy, Avon Road, Cannock, WS11 1LH

Tel: 01543 227095 

Email: headteacher@capa.manorhall.academy