Teaching Assistant - Landbased and Animal Care

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Location:

Yeovil

Contract:

Full Time

Role Type:
Permanent

Working hours per week: 40

degenen>:£26,852.80

Closing date:
Friday 6 February 2026

To provide additional support in the specified curriculum area, supporting the Tutors/Teachers with resources, session delivery and planning.

To provide practical support for the department, including assisting with animal care tasks such as feeding, preparing animal housing, performing health checks, and managing the physical environment and resources. This will involve weekend work, as part of a rota to cover animal care tasks during the weekend. This role is contracted permanently for 52 weeks.

• Assist the Animal Care Technician with animal care tasks, supporting the ongoing maintenance of the animal care environment.
• Assist with resources and maintenance of land-based areas as instructed.
• Show flexibility and differentiation when working across all ability levels, supporting all students to engage in learning opportunities.
• Ensure all students are working towards their agreed accreditations.
• Maintain effective partnerships with parent/carers to promote students’ learning and provide information about achievements and progress.
• Help produce quality displays around the college and ensure that they are updated regularly.
• Support students in a range of activities both on and off site.
• Provide support and care for the students while they are in the educational day, per support plans.
• Assisting with therapy programmes.
• Supervise and provide support for all students ensuring球队 access to learning activities.

The successful candidate will be required to work alternative weekends throughout the year as part of a rota with the Animal Care Technician and Tutor. This includes tasks such as feeding, cleaning and medical support.

• No previous experience is necessary, but aقتها passion and commitment to gain the required skills, knowledge and experience is vital.
• A qualification in safeguarding and/or relevant qualifications (e.g., animal husbandry) is desirable, as well as experience working within a similar setting.

We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates as part of a safeguarding check and will conduct the search purely to assess suitability to work with children. We aim to avoid unconscious bias and discrimination.

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