Job details Job role Other support roles Visa sponsorship Visas cannot be sponsored Working pattern Part time: Working hours: 20 hours per week, term time only, plus 5 days inset Contract type Fixed term - Working hours: 20 hours per week, term time only, plus 5 days inset Full-time equivalent salary Salary: Grade 3 SCP 10-13 £24,027- £24,405 What skills and experience we're looking for We are seeking to appoint a Personalcare Assistant to join our lovely team. The role will be predominantly toassist children in matters of personal care needs and their general health,including intimate care, postural management and welfare matters. The successful candidate will bepupil-focused and have the desire and ability to support all our students withcare and mutual respect. You will be able to work as part of a team and be keento learn and develop. You will also have a strong commitment to improving thelives of all our pupils and ensuring they are happy, comfortable, safe andready to learn. An example of daily duties mayinclude: -Assist with daily personal hygiene, includingwashing, grooming, and dressing. -Provide intimate care support, such astoileting, continence care, and menstrual care, while maintaining dignity andprivacy. -Assist students with positioning and mobilityneeds, including position changes into standing frames and wheelchairs. -Ensure proper postural alignment and comfortduring classroom activities and transitions. Ivy House School is a special school for pupils aged 2-19. Weoffer a happy and supportive environment, where pupils are given the bestopportunities through an individualised curriculum and pathway. At Ivy House School webelieve that it is imperative that everyone within our community is: "working together toinspire, nurture and empower" This vision captures the importance of the multidisciplinaryapproach from all stakeholders including families, education, social care andhealth professionals to ensure that we create an offer for our learners' thatis aspirational (Inspire), offers holistic and personal development, removingbarriers to learning (Nurture) and enables students to be as independent aspossible so that they are well prepared for life after school, into adulthoodand ensuring that no dream is out of reach (Empower). Our pupils like to come to school. They are justifiably proud ofwhat they achieve and enjoy celebrating not only their own successes but alsothose of their friends and other peers from across the school. We have a highly motivated, professional and well-trained team ofstaff who work collaboratively with parents, carers and other professionals toensure that all aspects of our offer meet the needs of each of our pupils. What the school offers its staff Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits withyour Teaching or Support Staff employment: An excellentLocal Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (TeachingStaff) Support Staffonly based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlementfrom your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 daysafter 5 years' service including Bank Holidays) Electric CarScheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme. Access toMedicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to supportyour well-being. FreeDiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusivediscounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands. Free Eye Tests Cycle to workscheme Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust. We know our people are the key to our success and so we'recommitted to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trustis a rewarding one. Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access toa full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. Thesecourses include all of the National Professional Qualifications - NPQH, NPQSL,NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw EducationTrust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provideaccess to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders. Experiencedleadership and subject-specific support. Guidance fromformer HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust. Access to theTrust's Institute of Education and SCITT. Opportunities towork with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate. Participating inpeer reviews. Access to a suiteof online courses. Placementprojects within our family of schools. Commitment to safeguarding Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applying for the job Apply for the job by following the link below. CVs are not accepted. Visas cannot be sponsored.