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Special Needs Teaching Assistant (SNTA)
Beechcliffe Keighley Green Head Road, Utley, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6ED
Start date: Subject to availability
Salary: NJC Band 5, SCP 4-6 Actual salary: £17,584 – £18,415 per annum. 31 hours per week, Monday 8:40 – 4:15, Tuesday – Friday 8:40 – 3:10 TTO + 5 Days
Are you ready for a rewarding career working with young people with SEND?
Beechcliffe Keighley has consistently been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted for over 10 years and is now part of the esteemed Carlton Academy Trust where every school is rated as Good or Outstanding. Established in 2019, Carlton Academy Trust emerged from the outstanding success of Carlton Bolling, an inner-city Bradford secondary school. Today, we proudly oversee three secondary schools, three primary schools, and three special schools, collectively educating nearly 5000 students and employing almost 1000 members of staff.
We are an over-subscribed school which meets the needs of 174 pupils who have severe or profound multiple learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorder. Many of our pupils have additional complex health, medical and or sensory needs.
Our school ethos is ‘to provide opportunities within a broad and balanced, therapeutic curriculum so that each child can achieve success’, and we do this through a variety of lessons and activities both in school and in the wider community. As well as structured teaching in the classroom, we have amazing facilities on site that include a hydrotherapy pool, a life skills room, specialist music, ICT and food technology rooms, a multi-sensory rebound area, and fully equipped sensory rooms. We promote outdoor learning through our forest school and in our sensory and wildlife gardens, at our allotment and within the local environment. Our pupils gain work experience at a local community café and attend courses at college, and we run both day and residential visits including participation in the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme.
None of this could happen without our team of dedicated special needs teaching assistants, who play a vital part in ensuring we can offer these opportunities to our pupils, as well as keeping them safe and supporting their wellbeing. You will need to be flexible, adaptable and willing to work with pupils with a range of complex needs and challenging behaviours. The work can be physically and emotionally demanding, so it is essential that you are emotionally resilient, and physically able to meet the demands of the post. This is a busy hands-on role: you will be participating in lessons, activities and visits so you can support our youngsters every step of the way, but it is as rewarding as it is challenging, and we will make sure you are fully trained to carry out the role with confidence. We want our staff to fulfil their potential too, so you will have opportunities to progress your career at Beechcliffe. As your knowledge and experience grows you will be well prepared should you choose to apply for one of our more senior specialised roles when they arise.
Disability and Accessibility
The Academy is committed to ensuring that applicants with disabilities or impairments receive equal opportunities and treatments. If you have a disability or impairment and would like us to make adjustments to assist if you are called for an interview, please state the arrangements you require.
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Please note it is an offence to apply for a position working with children if you are barred from doing so.
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