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Health Care Assistant

  • Location:

    East London, London

  • Sector:

    Primary Support

  • Job type:

    Long-Term Contracts

  • Salary:

    £65 - £85 per day

  • Contact:

    Fateha Awwal

  • Contact email:

    Fateha@reesoneducation.com

  • Job ref:

    54545_1584089784

  • Published:

    about 4 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2020-04-12

  • Start date:

    28/03/2020

  • Contract Length:

    Full Time

Health Care Assistant

Due to a high influx of vacancies, both day-to-day and long-term, we are in urgent need of Teaching Assistants & Health Care Assistant, previous experience as a Health Care Assistant is very beneficial. Whether you are looking for flexible days or seeking full-time employment, REESON Education are here to help. We cover all needs and age groups throughout all London boroughs.

A school that caters for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) are currently seeking teaching assistants (previous experience as a Health care assistant will be considered) to work within a class of six children. Each child in the class has a physical disability as well as other diagnosed difficulties, such as hearing impairment, visual impairment, speech and language.

The student's education does not follow the national curriculum but is very much focused on personal development, physically and mentally. They all have personal goals and are constantly encouraged to push themselves and given tasks to stimulate their activity. The school are equipped with state of the art facilities and resources, such as a hydrotherapy pool, hoists and physiotherapists on site.

This role will require feeding, changing and personal care, therefore a background in nursing and/or tube feeding would be useful, however the school create a very encouraging and helpful environment and are willing to offer any training.

This is an incredibly rewarding role with the results apparent and in front of you every day as you see each child gradually grow and push themselves.

Important Notice: In order to apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and professionalism is at the heart of what we do. Applicants are required to attend a face to face interview, reference checks and an enhanced DBS disclosure. Reeson Education is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. All of our employees are trained in Safer Recruitment as standard. It is Reeson Educations policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Reeson Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising the is vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

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