Learning Support Assistant

Bowling Green Academy; Exley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Warm and welcoming school community

Dedicated, supportive colleagues

Enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils

Job summary

Bowling Green Academy requires a Learning Support Assistant to support a child with a visual impairment. The role is temporary, linked to a specific pupil, and part-time for 28.75 hours per week during term time. Start date is ASAP, with a salary on scale 3, point 6 (£17,050; FTE £25,583).

The post involves working under the direction of teaching staff to support access to learning. Experience supporting children with sensory impairments is desirable, with duties including 1:1 and small group

Qualifications

• Support a child with a visual impairment.
• Experience supporting children with sensory impairments desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work within the classroom to support the learning needs of the child.
• Provide targeted 1:1 and group interventions as required.
• Deliver a personalised curriculum under direction of the class teacher.
• Adapt support dependent on the pupils’ needs - communication, patience and understanding.
• Create a stimulating environment in which their learning and development is encouraged.
• Keep records of the child’s progress and provide information that will help teachers with their progress.

Job description

Bowling Green Academy

Learning Support Assistant

Temporary (linked to a specific child)

28.75 hrs per week, term time only

Salary - scale 3, point 6, £17,050 (FTE £25,583)

Start - ASAP

We are a small village school with a strong family ethos that sets high expectations, recognises achievement and celebrates success for all our children. We are a thriving and happy school with a great team of staff and we are now looking to recruit an outstanding Learning Support Assistant with energy and enthusiasm to fill this post.

We require a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated individual to support a child with a visual impairment, the role is subject to the named pupil’s continued education at the school. Experience supporting and working with children with sensory impairments is desirable in this role.

Generally, to work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher, to support access to learning for pupils. Specifically, this may be to:

• Work within the classroom to support the learning needs of the child.
• Provide targeted 1:1 and group interventions as required.
• Deliver a personalised curriculum under direction of the class teacher.
• Adapt support dependent on the pupils’ needs - communication, patience and understanding.
• Create a stimulating environment in which their learning and development is encouraged.
• Keep records of the child’s progress and provide information that will help teachers with their progress.

What We Offer

• A warm and welcoming school community.
• A team of dedicated, supportive, and hardworking colleagues.
• Enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils who make the role truly rewarding.

If you’re passionate about supporting children and want to be part of a caring, committed team, we would love to hear from you!

Closing date: Monday 14th September, 9.00am

Interviews: TBC

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

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Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.