Overview
Salary: £23893 – £27334 salary will be pro rata to the number of hours/weeks worked
Shift hours: 25 hours a week (Monday to Friday 9am – 15.00pm)
The Hospital Education Service is a Transition Service with three key provisions:
- Hospital school at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
- Home tuition service
- Pupil referral unit based at Whitmore Park Annexe
Pupils are referred to our service in the following ways:
- By a hospital consultant following a child’s discharge from hospital due to injury or surgery
- By a CAMHS consultant recommending a period of intervention
- By medical professionals following a child’s discharge from a Tier 4 provision
- Via the Extended School Non-Attendance Advisory Panel (ESNAAP).
The role is to supervise and support the teaching, and related activities, of individuals or groups of pupils to facilitate their learning as well as their social and emotional development.
If you would like to visit the hospital school prior to, or after applying, please contact Liz Morsehead on 02476967014 on a Thursday or Friday.
If you would like further information on our service please visit our website https://www.coventry.gov.uk/hospitaleducationservice
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Are you an enthusiastic and caring teaching assistant who is looking for a new challenge? If so, please consider joining our small (but wonderful!) staff team on the wards of University Hospital Coventry.
Hospital Education Service is seeking a teaching assistant to work predominantly with primary-aged pupils during their stay in hospital. Pupils come from both mainstream and special schools, so experience in either (or both!) would be valuable. Every day is different on the wards, so the successful candidate will be adaptable and confident in interacting with a wide variety of adults and children. Full details of the post requirements can be found on the Job Description & Person Specification.
Monday – Friday – 9am- 3pm
Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.
For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’
Interview date(s): 24 May 2024
Reference: coventrycc/TP/37464/9552
