Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

The Stockwood Park Academy is seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to help support the teaching and learning of an individual or groups of students. We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and knowledgeable candidates who will contribute to the intellectual and social development of students and support their achievement in Literacy and Numeracy and other specific curriculum areas as directed.

We are looking to recruit Learning Support Assistants who have the right attitude and will represent our positive ‘can do’ ethos that runs through our Academy.

The successful candidate will have

Previous experience working with children/young people

Experience of working in an educational setting

Any Degree and GCSE or equivalent including at least grade 5+ in English and Maths

Experience of planning and leading small group teaching/interventions desirable

Good knowledge of SEN

Good IT skills (with good knowledge of Microsoft applications e.g. word, excel, etc)

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Excellent communication skills

Team player and the ability to be able to build effective relationships with both colleagues and students

Able to work using initiative

Job Specifics

Start date: asap

Salary: AS 5-7 FTE £25,893-£26,712 actual pro rata salary £21,255-£21,927

Job Role: Permanent, Full-time, Term-time + Inset days, 39 weeks per annum, 35 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 8:30am-4pm, Friday 8:30am -3:30pm (with the expectation to attend slightly earlier twice a week for briefing)

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18