1:1 Learning Support Assistant

Wincanton Primary School; Moorend; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Wincanton Primary School in Moorend is seeking a highly skilled 1:1 Learning Support Assistant to work with a Year 4 pupil who has social communication needs and ASD. The role requires forward thinking, resilience, and the ability to create learning opportunities using initiative.

Applicants should be confident in supporting intimate care needs and addressing emotional and academic development, while using initiative to promote learning and to document progress within the pupil’s Individual

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Autism to support a pupil with ASD.
• Ability to create learning opportunities using initiative.
• Support pupils’ emotional needs and academic development.

Responsibilities

• Work 1:1 with a Year 4 pupil to unlock learning potential.
• Implement learning plans and record small steps achieved.
• Support intimate care and monitor emotional well-being.

Skills

Empathy

Resilience

Initiative

Autism knowledge

Job description

Our OFSTED rated ‘Good’ school, is looking for a highly skilled 1:1 Learning SupportAssistant to work in

Year 4 with apupil with social communication and high needs ASD.

We would like to hear from you if youare:

• forward thinking
• resilient
• have a workingknowledge of Autism
• uses initiative tocreate learning opportunities for the pupils
• willing to support pupilswith intimate care plans
• have a knowledge ofhow to support a pupil’s emotional needs as well as their academicdevelopment
• are able todemonstrate a good use of initiative and responsibility to support pupils’learning

Our curriculum is set up to explorelearning through a hands-on approach that requires skilled professionals tohave the ability to promote what is being seen as well as knowing thecurriculum well enough to make connections with other areas of the curriculum atthe same time; i.e. development of grammar through an investigation or the useof speech. Candidates need to also recognise the small steps that a child needsto take and how this is recorded as part of their Individual Learning Plan.This skilled role will enable a child to unlock their learning and becomeconfident learners – a privileged position indeed.