Education and Health Care Assistant Level 1

Crosshill School is an outward looking, inclusive and successful school for children with special educational needs. It makes up part of Champion Education Trust, a multi academy trust that was formed in October 2019. In September 2024 Champion Education Trust will join Oak Learning Partnership.

 Our mission is to improve the life chances of all of our young people within our supportive family of schools, providing opportunities to allow young people to achieve beyond expectation, regardless of background, need or prior attainment. We are determined and passionate to ensure that all of our staff are supported and trained to make a first class provision for all of our young people.

Champion Education Trust has four key values that embody our ethos:

 Family and community; a sense of belonging and contribution

 Respect and celebration of differences

 Partnerships and working as a team

Ambition and striving to do your best

We are looking to appoint a suitably enthusiastic and experienced support Education Health Care Assistant to support education, health, medical, physical and general care needs following agreed Education and Health care plans. This will include attending to pupils’ personal needs including toileting, hygiene, dressing and feeding and also physically assisting pupils in activities. (This may involve hoisting/lifting where mobility is an issue)

All staff will demonstrate those philosophies which characterise effective schools – a commitment to education, to the needs and rights of all pupils and to the development of the school’s community, with strong, mutually supportive relationships with parents, partner schools and the broader community.

Please refer to the person specification/ job description when completing your application.

Working hours – 32.5 hours, term time plus 1 week (Inset)

 Monday and Thursday – 8.20am – 3.20pm

Tuesday and Friday – 8.20am -3pm

Wednesdays – 8.20am – 4pm

We would also like to encourage visits to the school, please contact Kay Naylor , via email at KNaylor@championtrust.co.uk to arrange.

All applications must be sent electronically to Kay Naylor at knaylor@championtrust.co.uk.

Applications must be completed on a Champion Education Trust application form.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 5th July.

Shortlisting will take place on the afternoon of Friday 5th July.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8th July