Vacancy Reference
JOB002184
Job Title
SEMH Teaching Assistant
Job Start Date
1 November 2024
Salary Range
Actual £22,197 to £22,974, FTE £28,770 to £29,777
Hours Per Week
37
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust
Fairfax Road
Sutton Trinity
Sutton Coldfield
B75 7JT
Contact Email
a.green@fairfax.fmat.co.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
26 September 2024, 9:00am
Job Information

Fairfax is an academy with traditional values, and an ethos built around hard work, high expectations and opportunity. Our aim is to ensure that our students leave the Academy prepared to succeed in the next stages of their careers, education and training.

We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities

Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will:

  • set high expectations which motivate and challenge students in a productive learning environment
  • promote good outcomes by students
  • demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
  • adapt to respond to the strengths and needs of all students
  • fulfil wider professional responsibilities with high standards of personal and professional conduct

In return we will offer you:

  • access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
  • bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)

Perkbox example benefits;

  • Discounts at nationwide retailers
  • Gym discount
  • Cinema discounts
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
  • A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly.

This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.

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.
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.