Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant working 20 hours per week over 5 days between the hours of 9:30am and 3pm

Redgate Primary Academy are looking for a highly motivated and dedicated Personal Care Assistants to join our dynamic, talented and supportive team.

We would very much recommend and welcome you for a visit so you can meet us and understand our community.

Why join Redgate Primary Academy as a Personal Care Assistant?

We have an exciting opportunity for two Personal Care Assistants to join the team, one with the addition of midday supervisor responsibilities. The successful candidate will support children over a whole age range with varying and sometimes complex needs, to assist with their day to day classroom and personal requirements.

The successful candidate will:

Support children with personal hygiene and self-care programmes

Have a knowledge of all roles and responsibilities related to the care and support of children.

Prepare learning materials and resources, adapting the environment when necessary.

Support play and leisure activities

Support children with eating and drinking at break times and lunch times

Essential

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting demands

Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and providing equality of opportunity

Why join Redgate Primary Academy?

We are a specialist academy based in Mansfield with over 50 pupils aged 3-11 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A large proportion of our children have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and moderate or severe learning disabilities (MLD/SLD). In our latest Ofsted inspection, we were rated ‘strong’ in all areas with comments that children ‘feel happy and safe’ and staff described as ‘helpful’, ‘kind’, and ‘funny’ and adding that ‘pupils want to be in school to learn’.

Our academy has a caring and supportive staff team who believe in every child. The future for all children and families who attend Redgate Primary Academy is bright, and we know that when we work together, we can ensure our children achieve their very best.

Visits are welcomed and encouraged - please contact Louise Maggio [email removed] to arrange, or for further information.

Our employee benefits

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

In return you will benefit from:

Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 16.6%

Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning

Employee Assistance Programme

GP helpline

Health and wellbeing advice and support

Eyecare vouchers

Salary sacrifice schemes - car scheme, cycle to work, home and electronics

Lifestyle savings - discounts and offers on gym memberships, holidays, days out, shopping, restaurants, etc

Health cash plan (personal or family) - where you pay monthly and can claim money back on private treatments such as dental, optical and therapies (e.g. physiotherapy, osteopathy etc)

Childcare - breakfast and after school provision

Take a look at our rewards and benefits online

Applications

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.

Closing date: Sunday 8th November 2026

Interview date: tbc

Start date: December 2026

If you have any initial questions or would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Louise Maggio, at [email removed]

Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.

Diverse Academies Trust

Diverse Academies is a multi-academy trust with a vision to inspire, to raise aspirations and to create brighter tomorrows. Across primary, secondary and special settings, we share a common mission to nurture curiosity, develop wellbeing and empower children and young people to go beyond their aspirations. Together, we believe we can make a difference in our diverse communities, and in the lives of those who learn with us and work with us.

We empower. We respect. We care.