Ark Boulton Academy
one-to-one Mobility Support Assistant
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Ark Support Staff Band 5 (Outside London) £23,500 -£26,421
Start date: As soon as possible.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Closing date: 1st November 2024 at 9am
Interview date: Interviews will be held on the second week of November.
About the role
We are now looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic One-to-One and Mobility Support Assistant. You’ll work with the leader of enhanced provision and class teachers to ensure pupils with a physical and/or educational health care plan are able to access the learning.
Our ideal candidate:
- Experience of working with children with physical disability within a learning environment.
- Helpful, positive, calm and caring nature
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
- Genuine passion and belief in the potential of every student
- Commitment to working in partnership with children/young people and their families to promote optimum health outcomes.
View the full job description and person specification here.
Why us?
By joining Ark Boulton Academy means, you become part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most.
Each day is unique for our team, as they collectively support the activities within and outside the school. Our consortium of creative and resourceful team members ensure we go above and beyond in order to constantly improve our service to the community we serve. Our strapline ‘growing together, reaching higher 'applies as much to our staff as our students. We recognise that the health and wellbeing of our staff will affect that of our students. For this reason, we have invested in developing our wellbeing room and other initiatives to care for our whole school community.
Our staff are a valuable and integral part of our community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are role-models and ambassadors for Boulton on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues we promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty.
By becoming a member of our school family, you will embrace multiple opportunities for personal and professional development, not just within the school, but from the internationally renowned Ark family of schools we are a part of. Through Ark, our staff can share best practice and receive training from some of the most talented individuals in the country.
Find out more about us by visiting www.arkboulton.org.
Specific benefits at Ark Boulton include:
- Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. We have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table.
- Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. For instance, at present we do not use traditional book marking across the school.
- On Fridays, children finish at 1.25pm, giving time and space for professional development amongst staff.
- Staff voice is important to us; we like to listen to our staff. We are always seeking feedback and input from our staff.
How to apply:
Please visit www.arkboulton.org/vacancies and submit your application by the deadline.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity or for any questions, please contact Amal Hersi on a.hersi@arkboulton.org.
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.