Personal Care Assistant

Redgate Primary Academy are looking for a highly motivated and dedicated Personal Care Assistants to join our dynamic, talented and supportive team.

We would very much recommend and welcome you for a visit so you can meet us and understand our community.

We have an exciting opportunity for two Personal Care Assistants to join the team, one with the addition of midday supervisor responsibilities. The successful candidate will support children over a whole age range with varying and sometimes complex needs, to assist with their day to day classroom and personal requirements.

• Support children with personal hygiene and self-care programmes
• Have a knowledge of all roles and responsibilities related to the care and support of children.
• Prepare learning materials and resources, adapting the environment when necessary.
• Support play and leisure activities
• Support children with eating and drinking at break times and lunch times

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting demands
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and providing equality of opportunity

We are a specialist academy based in Mansfield with over 50 pupils aged 3-11 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A large proportion of our children have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and moderate or severe learning disabilities (MLD/SLD). In our latest Ofsted inspection, we were rated ‘strong’ in all areas with comments that children ‘feel happy and safe’ and staff described as ‘helpful’, ‘kind’, and ‘funny’ and adding that ‘pupils want to be in school to learn’.

Our academy has a caring and supportive staff team who believe in every child. The future for all children and families who attend Redgate Primary Academy is bright, and we know that when we work together, we can ensure our children achieve their very best.

Visits are welcomed and encouraged - please contact Louise Maggio  to arrange, or for further information.

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

In return you will benefit from:

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 16.6%
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme
• GP helpline
• Health and wellbeing advice and support
• Eyecare vouchers
• Salary sacrifice schemes - car scheme, cycle to work, home and electronics
• Lifestyle savings - discounts and offers on gym memberships, holidays, days out, shopping, restaurants, etc
• Health cash plan (personal or family) - where you pay monthly and can claim money back on private treatments such as dental, optical and therapies (e.g. physiotherapy, osteopathy etc)
• Childcare - breakfast and after school provision
• Take a look at our rewards and benefits online

Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.

Diverse Academies is a multi-academy trust with a vision to inspire, to raise aspirations and to create brighter tomorrows. Across primary, secondary and special settings, we share a common mission to nurture curiosity, develop wellbeing and empower children and young people to go beyond their aspirations. Together, we believe we can make a difference in our diverse communities, and in the lives of those who learn with us and work with us.