1:1 Learning Support Assistant

GREENSHAW HIGH SCHOOL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development and career明显?

Generous pension scheme

Blue Light Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym Discounts

Free eye tests

Cycle to work scheme

Being part of a great team and growing

Job summary

Greenshaw High School in Sutton, South West London, invites applications for a 1:1 Learning Support Assistant to provide targeted academic, environmental and behavioural support for a pupil with complex neurodivergent needs, including ADHD-related executive dysfunction. Full specialised training will be provided to join a supportive Inclusion Team.

Working with teachers, safeguarding, and facilitating access to a mainstream curriculum, the role focuses on independence, time management and

Qualifications

• Has proven experience working with children or young people (educational, care or community/youth setting).
• Ability to communicate professionally, clearly and sensitively with colleagues and parents.
• Committed to the safeguarding of children.

Responsibilities

• Supporting learning and fostering independence.
• Collaboration and professional growth.
• Support in exams and assessments.
• Understands how ADHD affects working memory, impulse control and executive functioning.

Skills

Experience with children/young people

Communication with staff/parents

Safeguarding awareness

Understanding ADHD/executive function

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity for highly motivated and committed individuals to join Greenshaw High School as a 1:1 Learning Support Assistant. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive, direct 1:1 academic, environmental and behavioural support for a specific pupil with complex neurodivergent needs (specifically Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder presenting as executive dysfunction, working memory challenges and emotional dysregulation). Full, specialised training will be provided to the successful candidate. Working in close collaboration with class teachers, the Inclusion Team and pastoral leads, the primary aim of this role is to safeguard the pupil's emotional wellbeing, facilitate their full access to a high-quality mainstream curriculum and strategically scaffold their independence, time management and self-regulation. Key aspects of the role include:

• Supporting learning and fostering independence
• Collaboration and professional growth
• Support in exams and assessments
  Understands how ADHD affects working memory, impulse control and executive functioning
• Has proven experience working with children or young people (this could be within an educational, care or community/youth setting)
• Ability to communicate professionally, clearly and sensitively with colleagues and parents
• Committed to the safeguarding of children
  Greenshaw High School is a highly over-subscribed 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive secondary school situated in Sutton, South West London. We are proud of our strong local reputation, having over 4,000 applications for 300 places in September 2024.

In October 2024 the hard work of our students and staff was recognised by Ofsted. The inspection team described the school as offering "an exceptional standard of education", using the words "flourishing, "inclusive" and "friendly" to describe our school. In the report Quality of Education, Behaviour & Attitudes, Sixth Form and Leadership & Management were all graded as Outstanding. We have a very diverse population of students, offering a comprehensive range of opportunities for colleagues who work here. Our students - of all groups - have done incredibly well over the last few years, with our GCSE achievement always being at least in the top 20% of the country, and over 60 Sixth Form students attending Russell Group universities each year. Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are 'Always Learning'.

To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our 'Why you should work for GLT' recruitment brochure on our jobs portal. We offer our staff a range of benefits including:

• Professional development and career progression
• Generous pension scheme
• Blue Light Card
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Gym Discounts
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Being part of a great team and expanding organisation