Communication (Teaching) Assistant

Posted on 12 July 2024
  • Directorate BHCC: Families Children & Learning
  • Salary £26873 - £28770 pro rata
  • Contract Term Time - Permanent
  • Closing Date This vacancy has closed

Location

Swan Centre, Brighton

Job Summary

  • Job reference
    orbis/TP/490/41615
  • Positions available
    1
  • Working hours
    34
  • Closing date

    This vacancy has closed

  • Job category
    Education & Learning
  • Organisation
    Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction

1 x Full-Time, 34 hours a week, 5 days a week; 8.10 am – 3.10 pm, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri and Wed 8.10 - 4.10 pm Additional hours can be worked if required.

Paid weeks per year: 46 (inclusive of holiday entitlement) 

Would you like to work with students with communication difficulties, including developmental language disorder and autism?

We are seeking an experienced, committed, hard-working and dynamic communication assistant to work as part of our multidisciplinary team at our specialist centre based at Brighton Aldridge Community Academy.  Our supportive team consists of teachers, communication assistants, speech and language therapist and an educational psychologist.  The Swan Centre offers a range of support to our students who spend the majority of their time in curriculum classrooms.  Communication Assistants support students in both curriculum and Swan Centre lessons and have a responsibility for particular roles within the Swan Centre.  You will have a key work role, taking responsibility for the welfare and education of students with communication difficulties. You will have the chance to play an important role in helping us raise the achievement of our children with SEN in an inclusive setting.

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 1st September 

Shortlisting: Monday 2nd September

Interview date: To be confirmed

Start date: September 2024 - to be advised

If you have any questions please contact:: COddHayward@bacauk.co.uk; or HMorton@baca-uk.co.uk

About the role

We would like to hear from you if you:

  • can work effectively and supportively within a team
  • are able to work flexibly and cope with change
  • can demonstrate positive, confident and sensitive management of students who at times have challenging behaviour
  • have an interest in working with children with a range of difficulties
  • are committed to promoting inclusion
  • are keen to work in partnership with parent/carers and colleagues from other agencies

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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