Teaching Assistant(Rudolf Steiner Education)

Applications are invited for the following post that will be based at the new Clervaux Garden School (Rudolf Steiner Education) within the Ruskin Mill Trust.

Teaching Assistant(Rudolf Steiner Education)

40 hours per week for 40 weeks per year

Grade 5: FTE £17,943 - £19,443 per annum,

Actual salary will be£15,744 - £17,056

Clervaux Garden School is a new, exciting and innovative provision which will offer full time education to children from 10-16 years who have significant/complex social, emotional or educational difficulties.

At Clervaux Garden School students will learn through a dynamic curriculum which includes practical skills; textiles, green woodwork, pottery, cooking and blacksmithing with a significant period of time involved in growing biodynamic produce in the school gardens and looking after the farm animals.

A Steiner approach to the education and academic curriculum will complement the outdoor learning aspects.

We are looking to recruit our first teaching assistant to join the school community at the beginning of this exciting journey.

You will need to be-

Honest, reliable, an excellent communicator, resilient, hard-working, versatile, and a great team leader.

You must be keen to improve your own knowledge and skills in a completely different educational environment.

You must have-

Experience of working with children/young people in an educational setting

Knowledge of how children learn and an interest in developing the whole child

High levels of literacy and numeracy skills

An interest in / or skills in working in the outdoor environment

A desire to learn and a passion for working with children / young people with additional needs.

In return, we offer significant personal development opportunities to work within a holistic organisation that is complex and growing. An Interactive induction is provided with the opportunity to try out crafts/student experience.

  For and informal chat, please contact Tracey.marshall@rmt.org or 0114 2525978

Closing Date: 5^th November 2018

Ruskin Mill Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that we do not accept CV’s.

          The Trust is committed to becoming an equal opportunities employer.

An application pack can be downloaded from the website www.rmt.org/jobs  or by  contacting tracey.marshall@rmt.org