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<p><strong>£5 per hour aged 16-18,</strong></p><p><strong>£5 per hour aged 19 or over within the first year of apprenticeship national minimum wage (NMW) for all other apprentices</strong></p><p><strong>37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year</strong></p><p>If you have a passion for education, are able to help support opportunities for learning and progress whether inside or out, come rain, hail or shine and love working as part of a team, you could be the person we are looking for!</p><p>As a Curriculum Access Assistant Apprentice you will be supporting students with learning difficulties/disabilities in mainstream classes and small groups in order that students with SEN achieve their full potential in school.</p><p>Tendring Technology is a key member of The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), a multi-Academy sponsor which aims to provide the opportunity for all young learners to fulfil their real potential, broaden their horizons and become active, prosperous and successful citizens in the world around them. The College attained Teaching School is a large successful 11-18 mixed comprehensive school, which has two campuses; Frinton Campus (KS4 & KS5) and Thorpe Campus (KS3) with approx. 5 miles between sites.</p><p>You will complete either a Level 2 BTEC Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in the Classroom or Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning in the Classroom. You may also be required to complete Literacy, Numeracy and IT Functional Skills (this will be determined by existing qualifications). Your Trainer/Assessor will assess you in the workplace every 4 weeks. In between these meetings you will have dedicated time away from your job to work on the apprenticeship and collate evidence for your apprenticeship e-portfolio with ongoing support from your Manager and Trainer/Assessor.</p><p>This is an exciting opportunity to be in a real job, with real variety, from day one whilst working towards a qualification.</p><p>The successful candidate will have excellent people and communication skills and will be flexible to adapt to changing situations. </p><p>To be eligible for the Apprenticeship, applicants must have resided in the UK or EEA for 3 years prior to the start of the Apprenticeship and must not hold a level 4 (or equivalent) qualification or above. Please note: applicants must not be a graduate or have already completed a Level 2/3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship (depending on the level you are applying for).</p><p>This will be a fixed term position and the duration of the apprenticeship will be determined by the job role and current skills. The minimum length of the apprenticeship will be one year and one week.</p><p>Please note: AET has their own in house apprenticeship scheme and do not work with any other training providers to deliver Apprenticeships.</p><p>AET believes that each and every child is inspired to choose a remarkable life. Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives. </p><p><strong>Our values are:</strong></p><ul> <li>Be unusually brave</li><li>Discover what's possible</li><li>Push the limits</li><li>Be big-hearted</li></ul> <p><strong>These positions are required to commence as soon as possible.</strong></p><p><strong>Closing date: Friday 15 March 2019</strong></p><p><strong>For further information please contact Julia McFarlane by telephone on 01255 682040 or by email on jmcfarlane@tendringtechnologycollege.org .</strong></p><p>We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.</p><p><strong>In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's. Find your remarkable, apply today, by clicking the following link: <a href="https://bit.ly/2BmKrfh">https://bit.ly/2BmKrfh</a></strong></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.</p><p><strong>Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.</strong> Further details can be found on our careers page.</p><p>AET is recruiting for School Direct placements. Please visit our website <a href="https://sites.google.com/aetinet.org/academies-enterprise-trust/work-at-aet/graduates">https://sites.google.com/aetinet.org/academies-enterprise-trust/work-at-aet/graduates for further details.</a> </p><p>We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty</p> - To apply please use the following: recruitment.81CE686B8.0@applythis.net
Information about the School
Tendring Technology College (TTC) serves a wide catchment area in the Tendring District that is a mix of rural and coastal environment with easy access to the vibrant town of Colchester with London Liverpool Street a straightforward train journey. TTC is unique in that it is a split site College with approximately 1900 students. The Thorpe campus is dedicated to our Key Stage 3 students and nearly 5 miles away is the Frinton campus for our Key Stage 4 and 5 students. For staff and students alike the split site at TTC offers the breadth of opportunity and experience of a large school, with the intimacy and care of a small school. We pride ourselves on the support that we give to all new staff. If you want to be part of a dynamic, forward thinking, happy school then make an appointment, we would be very pleased to meet you.
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?
Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
OUR TRUST
This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the organisation, and as we pivot from being in turnaround mode to becoming a high performance organisation on the pathway to sustainable excellence. This will see us building our in-house education improvement capacity and expertise, making sure that our schools have all the support they need to deliver an excellent education for every child, every day.
Our people are our single greatest resource and we want to make sure we are creating the optimum environment and conditions so that everyone in AET can do their very best work. We will only deliver on our promise of excellence for all of our children if we attract, develop and retain the very best talent in the country and surround them with exceptional development throughout their careers.
We want people on our team who are excited by scale and the prospect of having a deep and lasting impact on the lives of tens of thousands of children. We also want people who are intellectually rigorous, stay curious, and generous enough to be committed to the messy challenge of collaboration.
AET has an exciting future ahead and by joining us on this journey, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the children and young people in our schools.