Health & Medical Support Worker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2RJ |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | e0769702-8549-49fa-9c8c-ac9b7b4043cc |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a caring and flexible individual to work with the Health & Personal Care Team in providing assistance to students with their medication, tube feeding, and personal care needs. You will need to be sensitive to the needs of the students and respectful, tailoring your approach to meet the individual needs of each student. The successful candidate will need to be patient, empathetic, and committed to fostering a safe and supportive environment where students feel valued and respected.
Based at our Granville Road Site, you will work across all classes, supporting a range of medical, feeding, and personal care needs for students throughout the day. This is a key role in helping ensure all students receive the support they need to thrive in a safe and inclusive environment.
Seven Hills School is a Co-educational Secondary Special School co-located with a good Catholic High School near the centre of the city. We cater for pupils from 11 to 19 years of age. All pupils have learning difficulties, and many have other associated difficulties relating to communication, sensory, physical and/or medical disabilities. In common with many other special schools, pupils admitted have increasingly complex needs.
Seven Hills School is an inspirational community, which nurtures talents, shares learning and celebrates life. The Seven Hills community is a strong and resourceful one with a central commitment to provide outstanding teaching and learning opportunities for all our students. Students are challenged to achieve their full potential. Teaching is designed to inspire and create activity, curiosity and engagement. We pride ourselves on helping to influence and shape future citizens who can contribute to their own well being and that of others and who can achieve in their own individual goals and aspirations.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed individual who is able to relate well to young people with a range of complex and behavioural needs. Students have significant challenges with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing
What the school offers its staff
The successful candidates must:
• Be able to work collaboratively within a staff team and with visiting therapists.
• Provide high quality support for the learning, personal care, communication and physical needs of students, working across a range of ages and abilities.
• Have a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to young people and adults
• Develop positive relationships with students, parents and staff
• Be able to adapt to changing situations
• Be flexible in order to respond to the needs of the students
• Have experience of managing students with challenging behaviour
Teaching Assistants also contribute towards students’ formal and informal assessment and help build effective relationships between home and school. As a Teaching Assistant you are required to take an interest in each child, encouraging their learning and development and ensuring their safety.
All Teaching Assistants are required to be proficient in Safe Moving and Handling techniques and Team Teach, full training will be provided as necessary. A knowledge of Makaton, basic ICT skills and experience of working with students with disabilities, learning difficulties, and communication difficulties would be an advantage but professionals with a positive attitude who are committed to their own professional development will also be considered.
The Curriculum is built on four foundations; ‘Communication, Language and Literacy’ ‘Cognition and Learning’, ‘Social and Emotional’ and ‘Physical and Sensory’. All foundations are very closely connected, each complimenting and facilitating the development of the other. All students have independent learning priorities linked to these four foundations.
The selection process involves shortlisting candidates through the matching of information from the application form and accompanying letter/statement to the person specification. The shortlisting panel are Safer Recruitment Trained.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. The school also has the right to make further checks if required through your employment.
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
For further information about the school, please visit our website www.sevenhillslearning.co.uk
Application packs and further details can be obtained from Tracy Mycroft, Human Resources Manager, Seven Hills School, Granville Road, Sheffield S2 2RJ, Tel: 0114 3082003, e mail tmycroft@sevenhills.sheffield.sch.uk and to whom completed forms should be returned. Visits to the school are welcomed.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare Disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Medical Online & Social Media Prohibition from Teaching Right to Work Satisfactory References Suitability to Work with Children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are looking to appoint a caring and flexible individual to work with the Health & Personal Care Team in providing assistance to students with their medication, tube feeding, and personal care needs. You will need to be sensitive to the needs of the students and respectful, tailoring your approach to meet the individual needs of each student. The successful candidate will need to be patient, empathetic, and committed to fostering a safe and supportive environment where students feel valued and respected.
Based at our Granville Road Site, you will work across all classes, supporting a range of medical, feeding, and personal care needs for students throughout the day. This is a key role in helping ensure all students receive the support they need to thrive in a safe and inclusive environment.
Seven Hills School is a Co-educational Secondary Special School co-located with a good Catholic High School near the centre of the city. We cater for pupils from 11 to 19 years of age. All pupils have learning difficulties, and many have other associated difficulties relating to communication, sensory, physical and/or medical disabilities. In common with many other special schools, pupils admitted have increasingly complex needs.
Seven Hills School is an inspirational community, which nurtures talents, shares learning and celebrates life. The Seven Hills community is a strong and resourceful one with a central commitment to provide outstanding teaching and learning opportunities for all our students. Students are challenged to achieve their full potential. Teaching is designed to inspire and create activity, curiosity and engagement. We pride ourselves on helping to influence and shape future citizens who can contribute to their own well being and that of others and who can achieve in their own individual goals and aspirations.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed individual who is able to relate well to young people with a range of complex and behavioural needs. Students have significant challenges with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing
What the school offers its staff
The successful candidates must:
• Be able to work collaboratively within a staff team and with visiting therapists.
• Provide high quality support for the learning, personal care, communication and physical needs of students, working across a range of ages and abilities.
• Have a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to young people and adults
• Develop positive relationships with students, parents and staff
• Be able to adapt to changing situations
• Be flexible in order to respond to the needs of the students
• Have experience of managing students with challenging behaviour
Teaching Assistants also contribute towards students’ formal and informal assessment and help build effective relationships between home and school. As a Teaching Assistant you are required to take an interest in each child, encouraging their learning and development and ensuring their safety.
All Teaching Assistants are required to be proficient in Safe Moving and Handling techniques and Team Teach, full training will be provided as necessary. A knowledge of Makaton, basic ICT skills and experience of working with students with disabilities, learning difficulties, and communication difficulties would be an advantage but professionals with a positive attitude who are committed to their own professional development will also be considered.
The Curriculum is built on four foundations; ‘Communication, Language and Literacy’ ‘Cognition and Learning’, ‘Social and Emotional’ and ‘Physical and Sensory’. All foundations are very closely connected, each complimenting and facilitating the development of the other. All students have independent learning priorities linked to these four foundations.
The selection process involves shortlisting candidates through the matching of information from the application form and accompanying letter/statement to the person specification. The shortlisting panel are Safer Recruitment Trained.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. The school also has the right to make further checks if required through your employment.
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
For further information about the school, please visit our website www.sevenhillslearning.co.uk
Application packs and further details can be obtained from Tracy Mycroft, Human Resources Manager, Seven Hills School, Granville Road, Sheffield S2 2RJ, Tel: 0114 3082003, e mail tmycroft@sevenhills.sheffield.sch.uk and to whom completed forms should be returned. Visits to the school are welcomed.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare Disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Medical Online & Social Media Prohibition from Teaching Right to Work Satisfactory References Suitability to Work with Children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.