Wraparound Care Assistant
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Part time - term time
Advert Start Date:
18/02/2025
Advert End Date:
10/03/2025 12:00
Salary:
£1,684 - £1,711 pro rata
Job Category:
Schools - Support
Employment Location:
Wylam First School
Further Information
Contract Type: Fixed term contract to cover Maternity leave, to start as soon as possible and will terminate when the substantive post holder returns.
Working Pattern/hours: Term time only, 3 hours per week (7:30am-9am Monday & Friday)
Salary: £24,790-£25,183 Full Time Equivalent per annum, £1,684 - £1,711 pro rata Band 3, Level 2 (S1154)
Closing date: 12pm 10th March 2025
Wylam First School is a successful, small, inclusive first school, set in the historic Tyne Valley. We have enthusiastic, hardworking and friendly pupils, together with dedicated and hardworking staff and governors. Wylam First School is proud to be part of the Cheviot Learning Trust which comprises six first schools, two middle schools and a high school, and we work closely with our partnership schools to provide the very best educational experience for all pupils.
The school is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, conscientious, and self-motivated person to provide safe, high-quality Breakfast Club care and activities for children 3 - 11 years of age, and to maintain a stimulating and enjoyable environment.
The successful candidate will have:
- Level 2 or above qualification included in the Early Years Qualifications List (EYQL, as recognised by the Department of Education
- Good numeracy Skills
- Good Literacy Skills
- Evidence of child protection training
- Current paediatric first aid certificate
- A good knowledge and understanding of health and safety requirements
- Willingness to undertake further training, as required to keep up to date with current good practice
We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. An online search will be carried out on shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. The Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies and Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found here. Application forms can be downloaded from this website and are also available from the school by contacting the school office. A curriculum vitae will only be accepted alongside an application form.
Applications are invited from prospective candidates who are able to demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification.
Please include in your covering letter and statement of additional information, your strengths as a Teaching Assistant and the experience you have that would make you a perfect candidate for the position at Wylam First School.
Applications can be returned via email to admin@wfs.cheviotlt.co.uk or to the school. Visits to our school are welcomed and encouraged before the closing date.
Please contact the school to arrange. Applications are to be in by 12pm 10th March 2025.
We also have a Teaching Assistant vacancy that could be of interest to you and work around the hours offered for this role. Please see https://www. cheviotlearningtrust.co.uk/vacancies for more information.
Wylam First School, Bell Road, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8EH Tel: 01661 852771 Email: admin@wfs.cheviotlt.co.uk