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<div class="mds-edited-text mds-font-body-copy-bulk"><p><strong>Ark Putney Academy</strong></p>
<p><strong>Specialist Care Teaching Assistant</strong></p>
<p><strong>Contract: </strong>Fixed term one year contract in the first instance</p>
<p><strong>Salary:</strong> Ark Support Staff (Inner London) Scale 5, point 8 £25,148 per annum</p>
<p><strong>Actual salary:</strong> £21,536 for 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year</p>
<p><strong>Start date:</strong> As soon as possible</p>
<p>Ark Putney Academy opened in September 2012 as part of the Ark network in the London Borough of Wandsworth. We are a mixed school with 900 students, ranging from year 7 through to a successful sixth form.</p>
<p>In our 2017 OFSTED inspection we were rated ‘Good’ in every category.</p>
<p>We are looking for a dynamic and effective Teaching Assistant to join Ark Putney Academy. The successful candidate will be able to offer support to a student with cerebral palsy. The support will include attending to personal care needs (such as support with feeding and toileting and some medical procedures), supporting in classroom curriculum focused and physiotherapy activities and the use of an alternative communication device such as dragon.</p>
<p>If you share our commitment to excellence, we want to hear from you!</p>
<p>Applicants must be qualified up to and have passed Maths and English GCSE or equivalent at grade C or above/NVQ2 or higher.</p>
<p><strong>Please submit your application by 9.00am on</strong> <strong>Thursday 10 March</strong></p>
<p><em>Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our academies. To meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process. This process is outlined </em><a href="http://arkonline.org/sites/default/files/Ark_safe_recruitment.pdf" rel="no-follow"><em>here</em></a><em>, but can be provided in more detail if requested. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check</em>.</p>
<p><em>This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role.</em></p>