Personal Care Assistant

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Personal Care Assistant at Sherard Primary school for 20 hours per week, working Monday to Friday, (10:30am - 2.30pm) term-time only (38 weeks). The role will be in the Sherard Specialist Provision.

We are all focused on doing what is right for our children and pride ourselves on being highly inclusive. We nurture our children and staff to ensure everyone can grow and succeed.

The successful candidate will be passionate about supporting pupils with their personal care needs. You will work with a number of children with a range of special educational needs e.g., communication difficulties, Autism, ADHD and behaviour difficulties, to support with implementing personal care and toileting programmes.

The successful candidate will need to be an organised and creative person with good IT skills and a commitment to transforming the life choices of young people. You will also need to be confident in the use of IT and be able to assist in preparing materials for lessons

The Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a family of schools dedicated to providing children with a first-class education. Based in Leicestershire and reaching far beyond, our settings support pupils throughout their education journey, providing them with the skills and knowledge to thrive and make a positive impact on society.

Our Senior Leadership Team work collaboratively across the Trust to enhance each school, whilst allowing them to keep their own sense of individuality.

Children First: educating today, inspiring tomorrow.

We are an inclusive community where every child thrives, every voice matters, and together we shape a kind, ambitious, and resilient future.

• We are an inclusive and inspiring community where every child thrives, ambitions are nurtured, and resilience is celebrated.

• Educating today, empowering tomorrow - a community where every voice matters and every child reaches their full potential.

• Together, we build a kind, ambitious, and resilient community where every learner is valued and supported.

• A salary of £11,552.81 (FTE £25,629)
• Local Government Pension Scheme membership
• 5.44 weeks paid holiday entitlement rising to 6.44 weeks after 5 years' continuous service

• Children are at the heart of all decisions made
• Love of learning for pupils and staff
• We develop the whole child
• We embrace and celebrate differences
• We value collaboration in all forms

As a leading, high performing education provider, the Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a multi-academy trust currently educating around 2,500 pupils from the age of 2 to 16. Our schools are based in the town of Melton Mowbray and surrounding villages in the Borough of Melton and are easily commutable from Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Oakham.

As an organization, we are always looking to develop our staff to grow their career with us through mentoring and professional development opportunities. Our staff are driven by one main vision, to do our best for every single pupil so that they can develop to their full potential, to act courageously and with integrity in all that they do.