All Locations
Beaminster
Advertising SalarySalary Details:
From £7.55 per hour (pro-rata)
What is the vacancy type for this advertVacancy Type:
Fixed Term
Function:
School Support Staff
EmployerEmployer:
Dorset Council - Mountjoy School
Job Working PatternJob Working Pattern:
Term time only

About the role

Starting from September 2025, Mountjoy School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and caring apprentice teaching assistant. 

We are looking for someone who has an interest in supporting young people who present with additional needs and wants to gain an understanding of child / learning development.

Mountjoy School is a special school that caters for pupils aged 2-19 years who may have severe, complex, profound and multiple learning difficulties or autism.  Whilst challenging, our work is immensely rewarding and all staff are supported in their professional development.

31 hours per week, term time only plus 5 training days – with one day per week to be spent on college work

Please see attached job description for more information.

Further Information

Visits to our school are encouraged, please contact Vicky Reed via email in the first instance, [email protected] to make an appointment.

Please apply using the online facility. CVs or letters of application will not be accepted.

Mountjoy School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Mountjoy School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Mountjoy School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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