Primary Support Assistant Vacancy at Gerrans School

Our Headteachers and Trustees act reasonably in making decisions about the suitability of the prospective employee based on checks and evidence, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, barred list checks, online searches and prohibition checks, together with references and interview information. The level of DBS certificate required, and whether a check for any prohibition, direction, sanction, or restriction is required, will depend on the role that is being offered and duties involved. As the majority of staff will be engaging in regulated activity, an enhanced DBS certificate which includes barred list information, will be required.

• Strong communication skills
• Patience and understanding
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to support children's learning
• Organisation and time-management skills
• Teamwork and collaboration skills
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Ability to build positive relationships with pupils
• Empathy and emotional awareness
• Behaviour management skills
• Awareness of supporting pupils with additional needs (SEN)
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Ability to encourage and motivate children
• Reliability and professionalism
• Positive and supportive attitude toward learning and development
  
  Tregony and Gerrans Primary Schools are proud to be part of The Roseland Multi-Academy Trust which consists of three secondary and two primary schools. The Trust's mission is, "to provide outstanding education for our communities, where everyone succeeds" and we put our staff at the heart of everything we do to create a team spirit in our highly successful schools.
Tregony and Gerrans Primary Schools are seeking to appoint a Primary Support Assistant who will join our highly professional and friendly team. The successful candidate will be deployed at either Gerrans or Tregony Schools as required, with a confirmed base school. They will work directly with the schools' class teachers and SENDCo to take a proactive role in supporting teaching, learning, supervision and wellbeing of pupils across the school. The successful candidate will be based at our Trust Primary Schools and will be given opportunities to visit the other schools across the Trust for collaboration. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate who will make a positive difference to the future of our young people. Our hardworking and happy staff work as a team across the Trust, dedicated to achieving our values of kindness, ambition and responsibility. This is a term time only position so the successful post holder will benefit from the school holidays. The Trust recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and has supportive policies and procedures in place, as well as collaboration opportunities across our settings.,
• A unique opportunity to be a key member of staff in forward-looking, thriving schools, on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula, in Cornwall;
• A genuine family atmosphere with high expectations and standards where every student is known and valued;
• Hard-working and ambitious students;
• Friendly staff with high expectations and standards;
• A supportive atmosphere for everyone;
• Free parking facilities;
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to make a real difference at Tregony Primary School and/or Gerrans Primary School and across our Trust. If the challenges of working in a small, successful school, where every teacher plays a vital role not only in the classroom but in leading curriculum areas also, then we would like to hear from you.