Vacancy Details

Description

Personal Welfare Support Assistant – (Linked to Specific funding received for a pupil)
Required for an immediate start - NJC Grade 2, £10,991.58
Until 18th July 2025
Monday- Friday 21.25 Hours (8.45 am-1pm Term time only)

Location: Tynsel Parkes CE Primary Academy
School Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. ST14 7HE
Telephone: 01889 221920
Closing Date: 27th September, 9am
Interviews: 3rd October (morning)
Age range: 3 – 9 years (Nursery to Year 4)

The Principal and the Local Academy Council of Tynsel Parkes CE Primary Academy, in Uttoxeter, are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Personal Welfare Support Assistant. The successful candidate will be providing 1:1 support for a Y4 child with an EHCP, during the morning sessions and the daily lunchtimes. We want someone with drive, commitment, energy and a willingness to put the children’s needs first to join us. The ideal candidate would have had experience working with pupils who have identified Special Educational Needs.

The successful candidate will be someone who:
•Is an outstanding role model
•Has high expectations of themselves and the children
•Is hardworking and a flexible team player that can be reliable
•Is willing to take part in the full life of this academy
•Has had experience of working with children with SEND
•A professional who is able to communicate with parents, class teachers and SENDCo on a daily basis.

We can offer:
•A warm, welcoming Christian academy
•Happy, well-motivated children
•A strong commitment to continuous professional development.
•A supportive, caring and stimulating working and learning environment
•Membership of a thoughtful, caring, supportive and hardworking team

Visits to see our wonderful school and view our facilities are encouraged. Please contact the school office on 01889 221290 to arrange a visit, or to ask any further questions about the position.

We look forward to receiving your application. To apply for this position please complete a support staff application form, and recruitment and monitoring form available on our website here. Please send completed applications for this position to office@tynselparkesacademy.co.uk

Tynsel Parkes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children. It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity. A copy of the school’s Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here: Tynsel Parkes' Safeguarding Policy 2023-24 (tynselparkesacademy.co.uk)

Please note: You cannot apply for this vacancy via this website.