Teaching Assistant - Stocklake Park School

Teaching Assistant - Stocklake Park School

Location:

Aylesbury

Make a Real Difference – Join Us as an SEN Teaching Assistant!

Term time only: Yes

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part-time

Weekly

Hours:

30 hours per week, 9.00am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday

Annual Weeks: 39 Weeks (Term time including INSET Days)

Interviews: To be conducted as suitable candidates apply

Stocklake Park School is part of the Vale Federation of Special Schools and is based on two sites, Stocklake Park main site and Harding House. We offer educational provision for students with complex learning difficulties, from 11 to 19 years of age.

Our vision as a Federation is to provide a supportive but challenging multi-professionals approach to the education of all the young people in our care, enabling them to achieve the greatest possible level of independence and inclusion.

• Provide individualised support to pupils with SEN, helping them engage with learning activities and achieve their potential.
• Assist the teacher in adapting resources and strategies to meet diverse learning needs.
• Support pupils in developing confidence, independence, and social skills.
• Help maintain a safe, structured, and nurturing classroom environment across different learning settings.

What We Can Offer You

• Free onsite parking
• Large staffroom with resourced kitchen with complimentary hot and cold beverages
• Employer contribution pension scheme, with Life Cover
• Access to employee benefits including discounts on travel and purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants
• 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme

• Passionate about making a difference for children with SEN.

• Patient, empathetic, and able to build positive relationships with pupils.

• Flexible and collaborative, working effectively as part of a team.

• Reliable, resilient, and committed to promoting inclusion and equality.

Please see attached Person specification for more information.

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lisa Snook (HR Officer):

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we appoint an appropriate candidate.

If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date you must assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful

The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions

• All spent convictions and adult cautions 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 and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (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.