Personal Care Assistant Mansfield £415 to £450 per week Monday – Friday (Full time, Temporary to Permanent) Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. Contract Dates: 15th April 2024
About the role
As a SEND Personal Care Assistant, you will be required to support the class teacher and other teaching assistants in the delivery of lessons, whilst also providing support and guidance to the students in their variety of learning needs and assistance with personal care / moving and handling with hoists. We have helped many Care Support Workers to transfer their experience into a school-based setting. Working with students with special educational needs is an extremely rewarding environment to work in, however it can be challenging getting to know the needs of students and therefore this role benefits from consistency and continuity. Ideally for this role you will have in date moving and handling training or have recent experience in this.
About the school
Vision for education currently work with a school in the Mansfield area, that cater for needs including but not limited to PMLD, MLD, ADHD, ADD, ASD, Global Delay, VI, HI, SEMH and behaviours that challenge. This school is passionate about providing the best quality of education, care and specialist support for all their pupils and put them at the centre of everything they do. It is important that this is at the forefront of your values also.
Requirements
- • Be reliable, flexible and creative!
- • Have experience supporting children and young adults with a range of different learning needs and abilities – PMLD, MLD, ADHD, ADD, ASD, Global Delay, VI, HI, SEMH
- • Ideally have your own transport or close public transport links
- • Have a genuine desire to become part of a committed team, have a nurturing and caring nature and a genuine desire to make a difference.
- • Moving and handling is highly desirable
- • Team Teach is highly desirable but we provide this training FREE OF CHARGE
- • Experience with both small group and 1:1 is beneficial
About Vision for Education
Salary
£415 to £450 per week
- Experience working with SEND pupils or vulnerable adults
What Vision for Education offer
- Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
- Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
- Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
- Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
- FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
- Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
- Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.