Personal Care Assistant
Post Number: S7019609
Grade/Salary:
Grade 2
Hours of Work:
31 hours per week, term time only plus one training day. Permanent
Location:
St Hugh’s School, Bushfield Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Tel: 01724 842960
Email:
Description:
Required to work at St. Hugh’s School with students aged 11-16 years with complex learning, sensory, physical, communication and educational needs.
We are currently seeking reliable and committed individuals to attend to the personal / hygiene needs of the students, maintaining and developing these high standards of student care, whilst promoting the independence of the students.
You should be able to demonstrate initiative, and be willing to work alongside our professional and hardworking staff to make a difference to the lives of our students.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and safeguarding checks will be carried out.
Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.
All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.
The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
Please apply for this job online. See job descriptions and employee specifications.
For an informal discussion for this post please contact Sarah Hirst, Assistant Head Teacher on 01724 842960
Closing Date: Thursday 3rd October 2024 at 9am.
Interview: W/C 7th October 2024 – Date to be confirmed