Personal Care Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Personal Care Assistant to join the team. The successful candidate will support children over a whole age range with varying and sometimes complex needs, to assist with their day to day classroom and personal requirements. The successful candidate will:

• Support children with personal hygiene and self-care programmes
• Have a knowledge of all roles and responsibilities related to the care and support of children.
• Prepare learning materials and resources, adapting the environment when necessary.
• Support play and leisure activities
• Support children with eating and drinking at break times and lunch times
  
  Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting demands
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all chidlren and providing equality of opportunity
  
  At Diverse Academies, you'll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%
• ExcellentContinuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunitiescovering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust'sDiverse Association for Professional Learning.
• Full support and induction.
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
• Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies.
• Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
• Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
• Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
Commitment to safeguarding