Health Care AssistantNorth Yorkshire
Part-time post
Temporary until 31 July 2025
30 hours per week, term time only
Grade 2, SCP 2 - 3. Full time annual equivalent salary £22,737 to £23,114 (actual annual salary £15,467 to £15,723)
Closing date: £21/06/2024
Start Date: ASAP
Sponsorship not offered
We are excited to offer this temporary opportunity to work as a Health Care Assistant in our academy in North Yorkshire.
This Health Care Assistant Job involves:
- Assisting in the domestic care and general welfare of pupils in respect of personal hygiene programmes
- Being the primary first aid responder for the school
- Managing the administration of medication for students as well as checking stock and expiry dates of medication and first aid consumables around the academy.
- You will support the inclusion team and provide administrative support and carry out domestic tasks around the academy.
- You will work alongside external stakeholders to create, follow and deliver agreed plans for our students to thrive.
To be successful in applying for this Health Care Assistant role you will need:
- Experience of working in schools would be desirable.
- First Aid Qualification or successful completion within 12 months - Essential
- Experience of working in a care environment - Essential
- Ability to cope with the personal and physical needs of children and young adults and maintaining pupil dignity at all times - Essential
- Ability to cope with distressed children - Essential
- An understanding of the requirement to always follow lifting / handling / hygiene and dignity procedures - Essential
- A satisfactory DBS Check - Essential
- A Level 2 Qualification English and Maths - Desirable
- You must have good interpersonal and communication skills and be able to manage your time effectively.
- The ability to maintain confidentiality at all times - Essential.
- A passion for working in education and working with young people, dedicated to building a strong relationship with students with medical needs and providing the highest level of care and support.
- To be a self motivated, organised, proactive individual with a warm and nurturing approach with students and be comfortable assisting with their personal care
Benefits we can offer:
- We can offer CPD opportunities.
- Free parking
- Family-friendly policies
- Our new rewards scheme
- By funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level.
- Your starting salary is annual increments plus inflation-linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience.
- A comprehensive induction and training process
- Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
- Flexible family friendly policies from day one
- Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
- Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
- A range of working patterns are available dependent upon the role.
- Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner to join our Family of Schools and work with us to continue improving the lives of our students. Please ensure your employment and education history are listed on your application in chronological order with any gaps explained.
If you would like to discuss this role further or require any more information prior to making an application, please contact our recruitment partner Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited, Liz Creasey on or email
The vacancy will close at noon on 21st June 2024.
Interview Dates W/C 10th June 2024 W/C 24th June
Please note sponsorship is not offered for this role.
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