St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School St Mary’s Lane Upminster Essex RM14 2QB Tel: 01708 220277 Email: [email protected] Head Teacher: Mr Michael Ross Class Teaching Assistant Hours: 27.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (8:45am - 3:15pm) Salary: Scale 2 pt 3-4 (FTE £26,238 - £26,634 p.a.). Pro rata salary of £17,220 - £17,480 p.a. Contract: Permanent Start Date: 1 st September 2024 St Joseph’s is a joyful community which follows the example of Jesus, helping, accepting and respecting everyone, as we learn and grow together, safe in His love. At St Joseph’s we provide a supportive and happy environment in which to work. All our staff are highly motivated and committed to ensuring that every child reaches their full potential. Upminster is a lovely place to work with a very attractive town centre. There are easy connections to London from Upminster Station which is a pleasant short walk from the school. The successful candidate will: The role is primarily supporting children in class and in intervention groups, within and outside the classroom setting. The successful applicant will be flexible, versatile and have experience of supporting children in a school setting. be enthusiastic, confident, committed and able to show initiative; be experienced in supporting pupils at all levels of ability and ages; be able to support children both academically and with social and personal needs; be an effective communicator with pupils and staff; enjoy working as part of a wider team; possess good literacy and numeracy skills; have the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with pupils, treating them with respect and consideration; The successful applicant will work under the guidance of the SENCO/Headteacher, and the class teacher, but also be able to show initiative. St Joseph’s can offer you: a caring, warm and friendly school with happy, well-behaved and highly motivated children; excellent professional development opportunities; a two-form entry primary school with supportive colleagues. Please contact the school office in order to arrange a visit to our school. Please apply, by completing and attaching the forms (application and supplementary forms) to [email protected] Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Closing date: Wednesday 18 th September 2024 12:00 (noon) Interviews: TBA St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks. References will be sought and the successful candidate will be required to complete a Disclosure + Barring Service Check.