EYFS 1:1 Classroom Assistant/ MSA

Tel: 01366 388191

Email: head@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Matthew Ty

• Salary - Scale A £11.59/hr and Scale C, £11.98/hr
• Permanent
• Part time
• CA - 26 hours per week, Term Time plus 1 week
• MSA - 6.25 hours per week, Term Time only
• Required from 1 January 2025

The successful candidate will also be expected to take on a separate contract for an MSA role, 6.25 hours per week @ £11.59 per hour.

Do you have any experience and/or training with children in the Early Years?

Do you have the patience to provide the emotional support and nurturing that the youngest pupils in the school can require?

Are you an excellent practitioner who knows how to motivate polite, well behaved children and support teaching colleagues to bring them on with their learning?

Can you embrace the challenge of supporting children to make progress with their learning regardless of their starting point?

Can you manage the daily challenges that come with supporting a child displaying behavioural difficulties and developmental delay whilst supporting that child to make progress despite those difficulties? 

We require a 1:1 Classroom Assistants for EYFS from 1 January 2025. This position will require the successful candidate to work 1:1 in support of children with an EHCP. Initially based in EYFS, the successful candidate should be prepared to work across any age group within the school if required.

Visits to the school are encouraged. Please make an appointment with the Headteacher, Mr Matthew Try, through the School Office at Hillcrest Primary School.

How to apply:

To download and application form, click the 'Apply for Job' button.

Please do not send CVs. Emailed applications will be accepted.

Please send completed application forms to the Headteacher, Mr Matthew Try, at head@hillcrest.norfolk.sch.uk or by post to the school.

Closing date: 29 November 2024, 12 noon

Interview date: 5 December 2024

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post.