Teaching Assistant for Health and Wellbeing
Closing in 3 days (29 June 2025 11:59 pm)
Job details
Salary: £18,942.00 - £20,511.00 Annually (Actual)
Employer: Polden Bower School
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset,
Contract type: Permanent, Term time
Working pattern: Part time
Closing date: 29 June 2025 11:59 pm
About the job
Key information
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our Well-being Team supporting students across the school sites.
32.5 hours per week 39 Weeks per year. (Term time plus INSET days) Term time hours of work: Monday 08.45 am – 4.45 pm Tuesday – Friday 08.45 am to 3.30 pm.
Salary range for Grade 13, point 6 – 11 £18,942 – £20,511 (actual annual gross salary) Dependent on experience
What will I be doing?
The successful candidate will be required to work with a range of our students and the staff supporting them. This will include working alongside professionals to implement physio programs, ensuring specialist equipment is in place and supporting some students to access learning from home.
It may be necessary to attend clinics, again liaising with professionals, parents and staff about changes to medication, feeding regimes and intimate care plans. Also writing and reviewing individual care & medical plans.
What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?
Training in and delivering manual handling and writing and reviewing manual handling plans. Training in the Halliwick method, focusing upon teaching all students but in particular those with physical and learning difficulties to participate in water activities, to move independently in water and to swim.
You will be expected to demonstrate:
- Excellent communication skills
- Resilience, flexibility, empathy and creativity
- An understanding of how children and young people with additional needs learn
- Good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
- Have the ability to build professional, positive and trusting relationships with children, young people and families
What is in it for me?
In return the school will offer the successful candidate:
- Full induction programme and ongoing professional development
- Supportive staff team
- ‘My staff shop’ benefits which include Cycle to Work scheme
- Onsite subsidised café
- Provision of free tea/coffee for staff
- Wellbeing room and information on wellbeing approaches
- Access to Occupational Health Service
DBS check
This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.
Supporting documents and information
If you would like to apply please do so by submitting an application form covering any training you have undertaken and how that will support you in this role? Also please include in your application what qualities and skills you have that you can bring to the Health & Well Being Team?
Polden Bower, is a 160 place special school and has the specialist resources needed to meet the needs of our students. state-of-the-art facilities for all the children and young people, this includes a warm water pool for physiotherapy; a sports hall; a sensory room; and fully accessible classrooms with the latest teaching technology. This is a very exciting time to be joining a growing Federation. We are working in partnership with The Bridge School which is the PRU within Bridgwater.
We are looking for talented teaching assistants to join our growing team of staff. If you feel you have what it takes to work with us and feel passionate about meeting the needs of our student’s, we would very much like to hear from you.
Enquiries and visits are warmly welcomed, please contact Jo Stamford on 01278 496386.
Polden Bower School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines