Learning Support Assistant

Educators; Neath; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Dŵr y Felin Comprehensive School in Neath is seeking a part-time Learning Support Assistant (Level 2) to join our Additional Learning Needs team. The post is PT 28 hours per week over 39 weeks per year, term time only, with pro rata salary attached.

You will provide 1:1 or small group support to enable pupils to participate in the curriculum, undertake structured activities, and work with teachers to help pupils achieve learning goals. Welsh language is not required for this post.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 or small group support to enable pupils to fully participate in the curriculum.
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
• Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.

Job description

Salary: Level 2 - Grade 3 (SCP 3-5) Pro Rata Actual Salary £16,746.83

Three Learning Support Assistants Level 2

Salary: Level 2 - Grade 3 (SCP 3-5) Pro Rata Actual Salary £16,746.83

Three Learning Support Assistants Level 2

(PT 3 - 28 hours per week/39 weeks per year - term time only)

Dŵr y Felin is a highly successful oversubscribed 11-16 Comprehensive School with excellent facilities serving the centre of Neath. The school has an excellent reputation for its academic and pastoral wellbeing. We have an inclusive ethos and the Additional Learning Needs Team work together to support pupils by removing barriers to learning for those who find learning difficult. In 2020, the school opened a Learning Support Centre for key stage 3 and 4 pupils from across the Local Authority with Autistic Spectrum Condition.

Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our schools are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Check (child's list) from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

We would like to thank you for your interest in this very exciting role as a Learning Support Assistant at Dŵr y Felin Comprehensive School.

We are a very successful and well established secondary school serving the centre of Neath and outlying areas. We have a strong tradition of academic excellence coupled with a desire to ensure that all our pupils reach their full potential. The school is very popular and each year group is over-subscribed. We pride ourselves on being a caring, inclusive school, as recognised by Estyn inspections, and strive to ensure that the learning opportunities available to pupils enable them to take their place in adult society. Children are happy at the school and enjoy their time with us. Our shared vision and aims includes attaining the highest possible outcomes for all our children, where inclusion of all learners is a central goal.

The Governing Body are seeking to appoint a dedicated, compassionate colleague to the post of Learning Support Assistant (Level 2) at Dŵr y Felin Comprehensive School to provide general support in addressing the needs of pupils who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning. The successful candidate will be expected to take a key role in the development of our learning environment within the school. The Governing Body are looking to appoint Learning Support Assistants who can:

• Provide 1:1 or small group support to enable pupils to fully participate in the curriculum.
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
• Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.

Welsh language for this post is not required. Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.