Total 109 job vacancies in Darlington, DL3 7UA

Position: Care Assistant

Location: Bishops Auckland

Pay rate: £13.00 to £14.00 per hour.

Working Hours: 08.00-22.00 to 22.00-08.00 (day’s & nights)

Preferred:

A full UK driving licence with access to your own vehicle.

Who is Komplex Care?

Komplex Care is a leading national care provider of nurse-led care in client's own homes providing specialist complex care to both adults and children across the country. With the aim of supporting individuals to lead full and dignified lives, each client has their own Operations Manager and Registered Manager in their preferred place of care.

You'll be providing care and support to a client, who's individual needs include:

• Spinal cord injury
• Learning disabilities
• Mental health
• Ventilation during the night
• Moving and Handling
• Personal Care - Bladder wash, Bowel management
• Medication Administration

What’s in it for you?

We value all our staff, so we put great emphasis on rewarding our employees every step of the way. This includes:

• A career within a respected and growing healthcare group, offering the full range of at-home care services.
• Access to our industry-leading in-house Training Academy, with full training on every aspect of your clients’ health needs.
• A competitive rate of pay – well above industry average.
• Access to a virtual GP, discounts and offers, and many other wellbeing perks via the YuLife app.
• Enrolment into a pension scheme, and death in service benefit.
• The chance to progress your career, and easily transfer between any of our Komplex Group companies if you’d like to pursue a particular element of care provision.

This post is subject to satisfactory Full Enhanced DBS and reference checks.

Job Purpose To work as a member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team delivering care and giving support to patients with palliative care needs and their families, within patients own homes and in the hospice. Working in close collaboration with the District Nurses, GPs, Marie Curie nurses, Macmillan nurses, the Foundation Trust & other hospice services ensuring patient choice at the end of life. For further information please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Assistant

DarlingtonFixed Term Contract - 16 months starting January 2025
Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 + 33 days holiday and flexible working

A leader in the manufacturing industry known for their innovative products and commitment to excellence. Seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Assistant to join an extensive finance team on a fixed-term contract basis.

Key Responsibilities:

You will work reviewing and resolving ageing balances within the GRNI accounts; monitor, maintain and clear GRNI account balances and conduct monthly reconciliation of accounts payable/receivable ledgers to general ledger control accounts and review data for reasonableness and completeness, ensuring JSOX compliance.

• Review and resolve ageing balances within the GRNI Account
• Monitor, maintain and clear GRNI account balances
• Monthly reconciliation of Accounts Payable/Receivable ledgers to general ledger control accounts and review data for reasonableness and completeness ensuring JSOX compliance.
• Prepare regular detailed analysis and reconciliations for the Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI) Account.
• Support the daily activity of Accounts Payable/Receivable to ensure accurate and timely accounts payable processing including ongoing reconciliation of supplier accounts relating to vendor financing scheme
• Assisting in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory
• Analyse reasons for invoice queries and ageing balances and work to streamline the internal P2P process with interacting other departments.
• Verify accuracy of postings to supplier accounts GL accounts and cost centres
• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices

What you will need:

• Previous experience of AP with SAP/ERP system
• Experience with a manufacturing and/or project based company
• Detail oriented, professional attitude and reliable
• Possess strong organisational and time management skills
• Thorough knowledge of applicable accounts payable/general ledger systems and procedures
• A thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Commitment to working as part of a team

What you need to do now
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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: Leeds
Pay Rate: £750 per day (Inside IR35)

Company: Service Care Solutions
Contact: Lewis Ashcroft - Lewis.Ashcroft@servicecare.org.uk

Overview:
Service Care Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support the Digital Working Age Services team, particularly focusing on Universal Credit-one of the UK's most critical Government services. This is an opportunity to directly influence the core systems supporting millions in society. You will be a hands-on engineer and technical leader, responsible for designing, implementing, operating, and evolving new and existing services and infrastructure.

Role and Responsibilities:
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Work within a multi-functional agile delivery team, leading engineers and driving innovative solutions.
• Develop and maintain automated solutions to support quality, consistency, and reliability of critical services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality systems for agents and claimants.
• Provide technical expertise, mentoring and coaching other DevOps engineers.

Key Technical Skills:

• Proven experience in a DevOps environment, including Continuous Integration & Deployment.
• Strong Unix/Linux platform experience (preferably RHEL/CentOS) and proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python, Go).
• Expertise in cloud-based platforms, especially AWS.
• CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance (GitLab CI, Jenkins preferred).
• Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Packer, CloudFormation, Cloud-Init).

In addition, expertise in at least two or more of the following areas is required:

• Data Persistence: MongoDB/Atlas
• Messaging/Events Platforms: Kafka
• Observability Tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk
• Container Hosting Platforms: ECS/Fargate, Kubernetes
• Secrets Management: Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager
• Identity Management: Entra ID, Keycloak
• Security: Cloud Security, CIS Benchmarks, DAST/SAST

Person Specification:
The ideal candidate will be adaptable, quality-driven, and strategically minded, with a passion for innovation and high standards in their work. A positive attitude, resilience under pressure, and strong interpersonal skills are essential for success in this role.

On-Call Requirement:
Due to the critical nature of these services, this role includes participation in a 24/7 on-call support rota.

Application:
If you're ready to take on a challenging role that directly impacts public services and improves the future for millions, please reach out to Lewis Ashcroft at Lewis.Ashcroft@servicecare.org.uk to discuss this opportunity further.

The NHS has committed to do more, so that all autistic people and people with a learning disability can livehappier, healthier, longerlives. This includes supporting people who can become highly distressed, and others who may be vulnerable, tohave their own home,with or near their families. Our Senior Housing Lead supports colleagues in the wider NHS, Councils and housing providers across Yorkshire and the Humber,to deliver more housing options for autistic people and people with a learning disability. This support spansstrategic planningand developingpartnerships for delivery.It includes enabling colleagues toutilise the NHS capital programme,in partnership with Senior Housing Leads from across England. It encompasses direct support for commissioners, so they canidentify or develop homes for people delayed in hospital.
1. The post holder will workstrategicallywith local health and social care commissioner and housing partners to support ICBs to understand their local housing needs and communicate these through local market position statements and local housing strategies.
2. The post holder willsupport the delivery of the national NHS capital programme by communicating available NHS capital resources to both commissioners and housing providers and helping partners to identify opportunities to make best use of NHS capital.
3. The post holder willsupport individual ICBs by working with individual commissioners to help identify suitable accommodation options in particularly challenging cases, where accommodation is a key barrier to discharge of a patient from hospital or where it is a key contributory factor to a potential admission to hospital.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.

Please see job description and person specification which is attached to this advert. Some examples of current work are also provided.
Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

Your new role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Regional Change to join our Senior Leadership team in Yorkshire and the North East to transform the way we work. Within this role, you will be leading on making significant changes to the way we contract and deliver our responsibilities of operating and maintaining the major road network. You will be managing organisational change, ensuring our people and those who work alongside us are highly effective and efficient in the work they deliver.

This role can be based from our Darlington, Leeds or Wakefield office.

What you'll be leading on

• Plan, deliver and implement new regional contract arrangements to the agreed timetable. Maintain all existing and interim contract arrangements to ensure seamless transition.
• Lead development and implementation of business cases, project plans and other key documents in support of delivering our Business Improvement themes. Secure all necessary approval decisions to align with stakeholder objectives and agreed timeframes.
• Accountable for embedding and sustaining required changes into the region.
• Ensure national consistency in the approach and delivery of Business Readiness and Embed and Sustain activities, aligning with best practice governance and guidance from the National Highways Change Delivery Team and the Heads of Directorate Change.
• Work closely with colleagues to ensure our collective responsibility to deliver a planned, consistent and assured programme is achieved.
• Lead financial and programme governance ensuring arrangements are established and maintained and all risks effectively mitigated or managed.
• Identify, mitigate and manage all risks to performance and delivery of the change programme ensuring delivery of the required outcomes.
• Lead all change project and programme reporting and management information ensuring visibility of progress and performance by the Regional Leadership Team, Operations Senior Management and Business Partners.
• Lead and champion engagement and collaboration with internal and external colleagues. Work in partnership with stakeholders to drive understanding, maintain alignment on Regional activities and resolve conflicting goals, priorities and timescales.
• Work collaboratively with business partners to ensure that the project and programme plans to initiate contract changes are developed and maintained to enable optimised delivery in line with the agreed strategy.

To be successful

• Experience in leading and managing business change and associated risks and issues
• Proven ability to lead, engage and inspire a diverse range of teams toward a shared vision and ways of working.
• Relevant programme delivery skills, gained from extensive experience working in a project or programme management environment
• Demonstrate experience of delivering large scale change programmes
• Excellent influencing and communicating skills to effectively engage key internal and external stakeholders

A bit about us

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are looking for a confident Female Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

*Due to genuine occupational need, and the demands of service, we are only able to accept female applicants*

You’ll be working 42 hours a week, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Kensington Gardens.

Shift times are 7am - 7pm, 9am - 9pm, 10am - 10pm and waking nights 7pm - 7am. Includes working alternate weekends.

Kensington Gardens is a supported living scheme situated in the heart of the local community in Darlington. The 4 bedroom bungalow supports adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and behaviours that challenge.

Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts – as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits – to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others – every day.

Your day-to-day…

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care
• Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support
• Learn about individuals’ specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with medical & welfare needs
• Report on medical & welfare needs as required
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Opportunities for further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
• Flexible working with the opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & “Cycle to Work” scheme

You are…

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives
• An excellent communicator & a good team player
• Sensitive & intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment
• Passionate about empowering & supporting service user independence

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Senior Solution Architect - Data Platforms: Up to £70,000, plus 28.97% pension worth £19,000, hybrid working, flexitime and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

In recent years DWP has successfully brought our IT in-house, introduce elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerate the adoption of public cloud.

Now in our Health Transformation Programme, a major initiative aiming to better support people with disabilities and health conditions, we want to build on that success.

Data & Analytics function is central to DWP's digital strategy. We create digital solutions that leverage data to improve service delivery and user experience.

In this role you'll bring the Health Transformation Programme and Data together. You'll be overseeing data products and analytics which will empower our teams to design, build and maintain truly transformative public services, that are so important to millions of people.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Senior Solution Architect, with a focus on Data Platforms, you will help our expert digital teams understand how to build services collaboratively, utilising shared components and working to best practice.

You will deliver the technical and architectural design elements of Health Transformation services.

That means working closely with engineering teams and other digital stakeholders to create value-for-money solution designs, working on DWP's core data architecture and digital strategy.

You will have the authority to advise, steer, and influence decisions at the heart of DWP's digital transformation. That might be through a product roadmap, presenting your architecture at a governance forums, or taking a complex concept and communicating it in a way that cuts through.

You will collaborate and network with other architects across DWP, and work day-to-day as part of a multidisciplinary team.

You will share your domain knowledge and experience, including defining the tools and techniques most appropriate for our environment, and help drive the resolution of technical debt.

You will need the skills to:

• Modern Analytics and BI architectures - Data Mesh / Data Lakes / Data Lakehouse
• Schema and data acquisition design
• Able to assist in the development and implementation of Data Strategies
• Modern event-driven distributed architectures, and the implications for acquiring and managing distributed data sets
• Mastering and moving data in Domain Driven Design Contexts
• Security technical controls for handling PI data both on prem and in the Cloud.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

Pay: We offer competitive pay from £55,557 to £70,000

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 a year.

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.

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Please see job description and person specification which is attached to this advert. Some examples of current work are also provided. Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note that this job description has not yet been approved by The Royal College and therefore subject to change.

Beauty Merchandiser – Flexible

Updating and re-sequencing make up stands in major high street retailers, working with leading brands such as L’Oréal Paris, Nyx Professional Make Up, Max Factor, Rimmel and Maybelline.

Momentum Instore have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Beauty Merchandiser on a flexible basis, working 8-hour days Monday to Friday as and when we have projects (2025).

We have a busy 6 weeks from the start of January 2025 (schedules of work to be given in December) and are looking for key people in your location. Paid training days will take place in December and paid before Christmas.

Work throughout 2025 on a project-by-project basis.

Role and Responsibilities


Visiting retailers and using detailed planograms to update the stand (attention to detail)
Moving and installing new parts around and resequencing stock according to a new planogram
Changing over the visuals/graphics
Maintaining the stand, keeping it looking fresh for customers that visit the store
Travelling to your depot* for kit collection, which is paid time.


What will I get in return?


Training: Provided in full and you are paid – This will be in December and paid before Christmas
Work: Assignment basis, under own supervision



Travel: Regionally, 50 to 80 miles of your home
Location: Field Based – working in various high street retailers
Hours: 8 hr days
Pay Rate: £13.00 per hour plus expenses (fuel/parking etc.)
Equipment: Uniform, Company van (for business use only), and PPE are all provided where applicable
Flexibility: Work when you are available on a variety of projects


Apply now, or for further information about the Beauty Merchandiser role please email: enquiries@momentuminstore.com

* Depots in Dunstable LU5, Reddish SK5, Loughborough LE11, Newport NP19 and Livingston EH54

Senior Digital Project Manager

Pay up to £66,058, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Senior Digital Project Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience in taking full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of a number of large-scale complex projects, utilising both internal and external suppliers.
• Demonstratable skills in effective project control, change control, risk management, ensuring testing processes are maintained, using data to respond appropriately and develop solutions.
• Experience of managing complex external dependencies that have required significant planning and prioritising in order to ensure pace and quality of delivery is maintained
• Concise communication with the team and stakeholders. Explaining complex issues in a way that is easy to understand and influencing Senior level decision making.
• Experience in identifying appropriate development for both themselves and their team to improve the delivery.

You and your role

As a Senior Digital Project Manager, you will be working on a number of complex end-to-end digital transformation projects, ensuring project control, risk identification & management, project reporting and stakeholder engagement. As a senior member of the team, you will be lending your extensive experience and skills to guide, support and coach a team of project managers.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £66,058

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and increasing by one day after 5 years, and up to 31 day after 10 years.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
2. Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

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The post is Trust wide, but it is expected that the majority of activity will be based at the DMH site Provides specialist Obstetrics & Gynaecology services to patients across the Trust Provide emergency Gynaecology cover if skills allow Provide elective Antenatal services, Maternal Medicine Diagnostic/Emergency Gynaecology, Surgery depending on post holder experience and skills Attend the Evidence Based Guidelines meetings, review and updating Obstetrics & Gynaecology guidelines. Attends weekly risk meetings Work well in a multi-disciplinary team and enthusiasm to lead and develop services Undertakes clinical shifts in the Department at the direction of the Clinical Director for Obstetrics and Gynaecology including participation on the on-call/out of hours/weekend rosters Conducts regular clinical reviews of patients at appropriate intervals with doctors in training ensuring that the patient records (including discharge summaries) are accurately up-dated after review of each patient Conducts clinical review and clinical management of patients referred to Outpatient services Supports and liaises with patients, families, colleagues, midwifery, support staff and external agencies to provide coordinated multidisciplinary care Takes a leadership and mentoring role for doctors in training and others within the Department Responsible for covering Colleagues periods of annual leave and short term sickness Education/Training Responsible for Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues. Active participation in the provision of the departmental teaching program Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives Audit and Research Contributes to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework. Contributes to the Audit Programme Engages in continuing professional development/education and ensures continuous eligibility for relevant specialist medical registration Participates in relevant clinical governance committees including regular clinical reviews, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and morbidity/mortality reviews as required. Managerial Works in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues Undertakes management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director and Head of Service Participates in departmental and other meetings as required to meet Corporate and Service objectives Takes an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Trusts Objectives. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies Conducts all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for the department Exercises professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty

Apprentice Teaching Assistant - SportsTo provide high quality sports coaching before, during and after school to help promote the importance of physical education, school sport and physical activity.
Posted: 5th November 2024
Closing date: 20th November 2024
Interviews held: w/c 25th November 2024
Apprenticeship summary
• Hours
Monday – Friday times to be agreed
37 hours per week
For 37 weeks per year (term time)
• Hourly rate
Ist year £8.60 per hour plus holiday pay
2nd year - statutory Apprentice rate plus holiday pay
• Expected duration
18 months
• Possible start date
6th January 2025
• Apprenticeship level
Level 3
Role description
• Support with delivery of resources for physical education and sport activities through preparing, maintaining and deploying resources to assist teaching
• Assist in ensuring the sport inventory is kept up to date alongside the relevant staff.
• To assist in the teaching of physical education through leading activities with class teachers.
• Contribute to the planning of lessons and work programmes and devising of suitable activities
• Support the teaching and learning of individuals or groups of pupils, using support strategies to the needs of the pupils and liaising with staff over any issues
• Assist teachers in the evaluation and revision of lessons and work programmes
• Promote fair play and good sporting behaviour and implement the school’s behaviour and any related policies
• Continue to develop and promote physical activity outside of school
• To provide high quality sports coaching before, during and after school to help promote the importance of physical education, school sport and physical activity.
• At times, you may be required to support across the school in other areas if necessary and to gain skills across curriculum
• Contribute towards competitive sport provision and day to day sport within the PE department
• Further develop links with local schools to help with competitive sport and physical activity provision
• Increase physical activity levels before, during and after the school day
• Assist with improvement of staff development within the area of Physical Education and School Sport
• To assist the school in its day to day duties
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work & aims of the school
• Develop an understanding of policies & procedures, complying with their contents and raising concerns in a timely manner
Requirements
Desired skills
• Knowledge of/willingness to learn about how children develop
• How to support children in sport and other aspects of learning; how children learn and how to motivate them etc.
• Knowledge and understanding of/willingness to learn about behaviour management strategies
• Able to communicate and break down information to make it learnable
Personal qualities
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• A confident communicator
• Professionally presented
• Punctual and reliable
• Problem solving and ability to set up class activities
• Good knowledge and ability in a good cross section of sport
Qualifications
• You must have GCSE English and maths grade A*- C / 9 - 4 (or equivalent)
Training to be provided
Teaching Assistant Sports (Level 3)Training provider
Let Me Play Ltd (LMP)
LMP Education is a high-quality training provider that will train you to develop your skills and knowledge required to complete your apprenticeship training programme. You will receive your own dedicated Tutor and access to our state-of-the art e-portfolio learning platform. They offer excellent information, advice and guidance before, during and after your training programme and by creating an individualised learning plan.
LMP Education is a social impact organisation that engages and inspires individuals to be the best they can. They write, develop and deliver programmes that benefit individuals and have a positive impact on society.
Polam Hall School:
Polam Hall School is a 4 – 16 all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust. We have 790 pupils on roll, with one and a half forms of entry in our Primary Phase and four forms in our Secondary Phase. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history which today is proud to be a fully comprehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, developing leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Academic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community.
Polam Hall is a community where staff and students work together for common goals. We make every effort to develop our staff team, offering professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of a wider Trust, yet retaining the friendly atmosphere of a small school. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our team, who have children at the heart of their practice and who will help us to drive forward our aim: to deliver an outstanding education to every single one of our pupils.
Visits to the school are welcome. Contact reception to arrange.
Please note applicants should use the supporting statement section of the application form to clearly evidence their ability to meet the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. The information in this section will be used to shortlist applicants for the role and therefore it is important that enough detail is provided to give a full picture of skills and experience and what can be contributed to teaching and learning at Polam Hall.
Polam Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.