Hill Farm Primary School Trainee Teaching Assistant Grade 2 - £22,737 (£ 19,107 pro rata per annum to hours and weeks worked) 35.83 hours per week (5 days per week), Term time only plus 5 teacher training days Hours of work 8.20 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday. Want to kick off your career, earn a living and train at the same time? We could have just the trainee role for you…Your journey starts here. Do you love the idea of working with children and young people? Are you passionate about improving pupils’ life chances? We have a new role for an enthusiastic, motivated trainee to join Hill Farm’s friendly and hardworking support team. This is a unique opportunity, under the direction and control of the Early Years classroom teacher/designated supervisor, you will supervise pupils and support colleagues based in Early Years. You will have the chance to gain valuable work experience within Early Years and develop a wide range of skills. Castle Phoenix Trust is a successful multi-academy trust and currently has 6 schools within the Trust including 3 primary schools in Coventry. Undertaking a traineeship through our Trust, will provide you with the chance to build relationships and experiences that stretch beyond your immediate school This opportunity provides scope to gain practical experience and professional development, which may enable you to progress to a Teaching Assistant role. We provide comprehensive induction training so that you can shadow our other staff, get a really good understanding of our systems and policies and have the opportunity to ask questions and get to know our pupils during your induction programme. If you are interested in applying for the role of Trainee Teaching Assistant and this is the type of role you have been looking for, then come and see us in action and find out more about what this role can offer. If you would like to discuss this post further or arrange a visit, please contact Nicole Nealan on 024 76 595455 or by email. Our Schools have a great deal to be proud of. Our Castle Phoenix Trust profile, means that we have motivated pupils and staff, and a host of exciting opportunities. We offer a range of benefits to staff which include cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme and a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through our wellbeing committee and people strategy. Closing date 9.00 am on 15th November 2024 Interview date: 27 November 2024 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024. These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.