Vacancy Reference
JOB002587
Job Title
Raising Achievement Assistant – High Needs Students Support
Job Start Date
6 January 2025
Salary Range
£30,559 to £32,654 pro rata, actual salary £26,836.27 to £28,676.05
Hours Per Week
36.5
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
Queensbridge School
Queensbridge Road
Birmingham
B13 8QB
Telephone number: 0121 464 5566
Contact Email
recruitment@queensbridge.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
25 November 2024, 9:00am
Job Information

Queensbridge School is looking to recruit a strong Raising Achievement Assistant who will share our determination to transform the life chances of our 900 pupils.

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen and we are seeking to strengthen and increase our SEND team. You will have a strong level of education and will genuinely want to make a difference in supporting pupils through the academic challenge of the 9 to 1 examination system.

You would be expected to co-ordinate Adaptive Teaching of identified students and work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils. You will provide 1:1 support for high need students and to work across the school individually and/or with groups and in classes and contribute to the Wider Learning strategy.

About you:

• strong verbal and written communication skills

• organisational skills

• commitment to education and ensuring equal opportunities

• previous experience with children or young people, particularly in SEND extremely advantageous

• you will need empathy, patience and resilience

About the Role:

• coordinate adaptive teaching

• train students to use Assistive Technology

• 1:1 and small group interventions with pupils

• classroom support to ensure pupils are making rapid progress

• you will help pupils overcome social, emotional and mental health barriers to learning

 

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:

Should you require an application pack, then please visit our website

Informal visits to our school welcome.

Potential applicants should ensure that they read our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.  

Interviews: week commencing 2 December 2024.

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.