Vacancy Reference
JOB002089
Job Title
Level 2 Teaching Assistant
Job Start Date
4 November 2024
Salary Range
£20,812 to £22,777 pro rata
Hours Per Week
32.5
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Ardencote Road
Birmingham
B13 0RW
Telephone number: 0121 675 2487
Contact Email
enquiry@deps.ac
Contract Type
Both Permanent and Fixed term
Period of Fixed Term Contract
12 months in the first instance
Closing Date
20 September 2024, 1:00pm
Job Information

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our outstanding school (Ofsted June 2024) and dedicated team of staff and Governors. Would you like to play a key part in the education of our very special children? We are an outstanding and popular Special school for amazing children with cognition and learning difficulties.

Do you want to be part of a friendly, talented, multi-disciplinary team supporting and educating our SEND children to develop their independence and confidence? “Dame Ellen Pinsent is a happy and positive place to be. Staff are proud to work at Dame Ellen Pinsent.” Ofsted 2018.

At Dame Ellen Pinsent School you will:

  • be supported to develop and grow
  • be part of an inspiring team working with and contributing to the lives and education of inspirational children
  • be flexible, committed and have excellent interpersonal skills
  • benefit from the school’s health and well-being package
  • be part of the exciting and innovative Birmingham Special School Cooperative Trust
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to Apply

 Application form can be downloaded from our school website. 

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.