West Moors Middle School
Complex Communications Needs Teaching Assistant
32.5 hours per week
Salary details: Grade 5
Term Time only (38 weeks per year)
Permanent contract
We are seeking to appoint a highly skilled, dedicated and effective Teaching
Assistant who is experienced in supporting pupils with complex communication needs in all ages across Years 5 - 8.
The post will involve working within our Complex Communication Needs base,
alongside a Lead Teacher and a team of teaching assistants. The successful
candidate will be a highly flexible individual who is able to remain calm under pressure and prioritise the learning needs of our pupils.
The successful candidate will need to:
1. be an outstanding practitioner experienced in working with primary and or secondary aged children
2. demonstrate excellent classroom management skills and have high
expectations of children’s learning & behaviours
3. hold a TA qualification or above
4. demonstrate, through practice, their knowledge and understanding of
complex communication needs and appropriate planning, monitoring and assessment to support those needs.
We have high expectations of all staff and visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
West Moors Middle School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
For more information please telephone the school on 01202 872474.
Applications to be made online here at Dorset For You.
Closing date for applications: Monday 11th December 2023
Interviews: Thursday 14th December 2023
If you do not hear from us by Wednesday 13th December 2023 then please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide 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. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
West Moors Middle School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
For Dorset Schools and those Academy’s that have opted into the first year rate adjustments:
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.