Pastoral Support Assistant (Maternity Cover) - Aylesbury Vale Academy
Overview
Aylesbury Vale Academy is a popular all-through school based in Berryfields, Aylesbury, We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Pastoral Support Officer (Maternity Cover from January 2025 for 10 months), in the primary phased of Aylesbury Vale Academy.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks paySalary details: Bucks Pay Range 3 Point 16 to 20 (£27,310 to £29,295) Full-time Equivalent
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 31.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year and actual salary will reflect this working pattern
Closing date: 25/10/2024 12:00
Interviews to be held: Week Commencing - 11 November 2024
About us
The Aylesbury Vale Academy is a good school with a strong sense of purpose and achievement based upon respect, aspiration and resilience. Aylesbury Vale Academy provides a safe and stimulating learning environment for children from 2 to 18 years old.At the Academy, we aim to provide an inclusive, engaging and challenging experience leading to an education of the highest quality.
Website: https://www.theacademy.me/
About the roleThe main responsibilities of the role will include:-
- Working with individual and small groups of pupils
- Assisting in the support and inclusion of children with Additional Educational and emotional Needs within the Academy
- Working with individual children and families when home, school or emotional concerns, are affecting or likely to affect the child's attendance, behaviour or engagement
- Aiding children to become independent, co-operative and collaborative learners both in groups and independently
- Assisting in ensuring that attendance registers are kept up-to-date and to monitor children's attendance on a daily, weekly, termly and annual basis
About you
The successful candidate needs to have experience in working in a school with children with many differing needs. They need to be patient and a good listener and want to make a difference to the life changes of all children.
The successful candidate must:-- be proactive, solution-focussed and organised
- be able to display integrity and resilience and have good communication skills with ability to relate to pupils, teachers, parents/carers and other professionals
- have a GCSE in English and Maths (C grade at least) or equivalent qualification
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below, CVs will not be accepted.
Tel No: 01296 428551Email: vacancies@theacademy.me
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.
Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the process and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and an online social media check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.