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Boarding Assistant (school leaver or graduate gap year)

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A Boarding Assistant role is a rewarding opportunity for any gap year students who are thinking about a future career in teaching whilst gaining valuable paid experience and enhancing their CV before committing to a PGCE or teacher training course.

The school is looking for talented school leavers or graduates who are looking to gain some hands-on experience in a particular school department. The role would be supporting pupils and teachers within our school. It also requires the successful candidate to be part of the boarding team as well as supporting within the school during the day. The support can range from Sport to Outdoor Learning and Teaching Assistant to cover supervisor depending on the individual’s strengths.

All food and accommodation is included.

To be a Gap Assistant you must be a confident communicator who can encourage pupils of all ages and abilities. Most importantly you will feel passionate about a career in education.

Being a team player and having a good sense of humour is essential when joining the Boundary Oak team. The role does require the successful applicant to live on-site, rent free, with all meals provided during term time.

Pay is £9,200 – £11,800, dependent on experience and qualifications, based on 35 weeks (FTE £13,670 – £17,530). Inclusive of board and food.

For those who want extra work during the holidays there is also the option of working at our Holiday Club with a generous hourly rate of pay.

Next Steps:

Read the job description.

Read the Academic Recruitment Process Explanatory notes 

Submit Quo Vadis Education application form (see below)

Job Category: Support Staff
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Boundary Oak School

Quo Vadus Application Form

The School is legally required to carry out a number of pre-appointment checks which are detailed in the School\'s Recruitment, selection and disclosure policy and procedure. The information you are being asked to provide in this form is required so that the School can comply with those legal obligations should your application be successful. Please note that in order to be considered for a position at the School, you must complete this short \"\'Expression of interest\" followed by your formal formal application. A curriculum vitae will not be accepted in place of a completed application form.

Prohibition from teaching, prohibition from management and disqualification from providing childcare

The School is not permitted to employ anyone to carry out \'teaching work\' if they are prohibited from doing so. For these purposes \'teaching work\' includes:
·planning and preparing lessons and courses for pupils;
·delivering lessons to pupils;
·assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils; and
·reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

The above activities do not amount to \'teaching work\' if they are supervised by a qualified teacher or other person nominated by the Head.

The School is also not permitted to employ anyone to work in a management position if they are prohibited from being involved in the management of an independent school. This applies to the following positions at the School:
·Head;
·teaching posts on the senior leadership team;
·teaching posts which carry a departmental head role;
·support staff posts on the senior leadership team; and those with line management responsibilities

The School is also not permitted to employ anyone to work in a position which involves the provision of \'childcare\' if they are disqualified from providing \'childcare\'. For these purposes \'childcare\' includes:
·all supervised activities before, during and after the school day for children in our early years provision i.e. for a child up to 1 September following their 5th birthday; and
·provision for children who are not in our early years provision and who are under the age of 8, which takes place on the school premises before or after the school day.

Work as a cleaner, driver, transport escort, member of the catering staff or member of the office staff is not considered \'childcare\' for these purposes.

The declaration at Section 14 of this Form therefore asks you to confirm whether you are prohibited from carrying out \'teaching work\', prohibited from being involved in the management of an independent school and/or disqualified from providing \'childcare\'. You do not have to complete these aspects of the declaration if you are not applying for a relevant role. If you are unsure whether the role for which you are applying involves teaching work, is a relevant management role or involves the provision of \'childcare\' please contact Mrs Savage ssavage@boundaryoak.co.uk

The School will also carry out a check to determine whether successful applicants for relevant roles are prohibited from teaching and / or prohibited from involvement in the management of an independent school. Successful applicants for \'childcare\' roles will be required to complete a childcare disqualification self-declaration form.

Education

Please start with the most recent

Employment

Previous employment and / or activities (including voluntary work) since leaving secondary education

Disclosure and Barring Service checks, criminal record and Children\'s Barred List

Please be aware that the School applies for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for all positions at the School which amount to regulated activity. The role you are applying for meets the legal definition of regulated activity with children. If you are successful in your application you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form. Employment with the School is conditional upon the School being satisfied with the result of the Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Any criminal records information that is disclosed to the School will be handled in accordance with any guidance and / or code of practice published by the DBS.
The School will also carry out a check of the Children\'s Barred List. Please be aware that it is unlawful for the School to employ anyone to work with children if they are barred from doing so, and it is a criminal offence for a person to apply to work with children if they are barred from doing so. The declaration at Section 13 of this Form therefore asks you to confirm whether you are barred from working with children.

The role you are applying for is also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask you to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which would normally be considered \"spent\") in order to assess your suitability to work with children. If you are successful in being shortlisted for this role, you will be required to provide information about your suitability to work with children by completing a self-declaration form. In this form you will be required to provide details of all spent and unspent convictions and cautions. However, you will not have to disclose a caution or conviction for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules
Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up employment with the School. Instead, the School will assess each case on its merits and with reference to the School\'s objective assessment criteria set out in the School\'s \'Recruitment policy and procedure\'.

Recruitment and use of information

It is the School\'s policy to employ the best qualified personnel and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, religion or religious belief, disability or age. All new appointments are subject to a probationary period.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A copy of the School\'s \'Recruitment policy and procedure\' (which includes the School\'s \'Policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders\'), and \'Safeguarding policy\' is available from the School\'s website. Please take the time to read them.

If your application is successful, the School will retain the information provided in this form (together with any attachments) on your personnel file for the duration of your employment. If your application is unsuccessful, all documentation relating to your application will normally be confidentially destroyed six months after the date on which you are notified of the outcome. Please see our Information and Records Retention Policy for information on how long we keep your personal data. This can be found on our policy which you can request from the school office.

How we use your information:
Information on how the School uses personal data is set out in the School\'s Privacy Notice, which can be found on our website.

Signature

Where this form is submitted electronically and without signature, electronic receipt of this form by the School will be deemed equivalent to submission of a signed version and will constitute confirmation of the declaration at Section 14.

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