Isle of Wight Council

WROXALL PRIMARY SCHOOL

Wroxall Primary School,

Castle Road,

Wroxall, Ventnor,

Isle of Wight.  PO38 3DP

Tel: 01983 852290

Email: sbm@wroxallprimary.co.uk       

Start Date: as soon as possible.

POST: Special Needs Assistant

Salary: Pay Range Hay 3   

Actual Salary: £16,369 per annum

FTE: 31.25 hrs/week. Term-time only.  

Fixed Term contract to August 2024.

Wroxall Primary is looking to appoint an inspirational special support assistant to join our forward thinking, hardworking team. This is an excellent opportunity for personal and professional growth and development. We can offer a spacious, modern learning environment, a supportive team, and an opportunity to make a difference to children’s lives. We pride ourselves on being a small, caring primary school with big aspirations for our children.

This post requires an outstanding, committed learning support assistant, with experience of working within a primary school, who can motivate and inspire children to be the very best of themselves. The post will involve supporting a small number of children with social, emotional, cognition and behavioural needs and is temporary until August 2024 in the first instance. Qualifications at an appropriate level and experience of supporting children with SEND will be essential for the role.

Wroxall Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further information and an application pack please see ‘Vacancies’ on the school website: www.wroxallprimaryschool.co.uk

Please return completed forms to: sbm@wroxallprimary.co.uk   
   
PLEASE NOTE: Not all school staff are employed directly by the Isle of Wight Council, you can ask on application who the employer for this role will be.

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The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via adverts@iow.gov.uk if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

This role falls within the strategic partnership between the Isle of Wight Council and Hampshire County Council. The employer will be the Isle of Wight Council and employment is on Isle of Wight terms and conditions. Hampshire County Council has delivered, on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council, all of its children’s services functions and will continue to do so until 2023. The original five-year partnership arrangement under direction of the Secretary of State finished in 2018 but has been extended voluntarily by both local authorities for a further five years.

The management reporting line for this role is ultimately through Hampshire County Council Children’s Services Director/Assistant Director and managers who take operational responsibility for children’s services.

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.