Learning Support Assistant

TieTalent; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Learning Support Assistant at Glebedale School in Stoke-on-Trent, where you will help foster the educational and emotional development of unique pupils. Enjoy the benefits of a 4-Day Working Week, competitive salary, and a supportive working environment focused on well-being.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme options

Access to mental health support services

Flexible benefits platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Critical illness cover

Family Growth Support

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individual and small groups of pupils is desirable.
• Ability to assist teachers with educational programs.
• Promote social and emotional development of pupils.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual and small groups of pupils on educational activities.
• Assist in developing and implementing educational programs.
• Record relevant educational and behavioral information.

Skills

Supportive

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Level 4 or Grade C and above Maths and English

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About

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance.

We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent). If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Location: Glebedale School, Stoke-on-Trent

Salary: £20,906.25 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our close-knit team at Glebedale School located in Stoke-on-Trent.

About

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance.

We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent). If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Job Title: Learning Support Assistant

Location: Glebedale School, Stoke-on-Trent

Salary: £20,906.25 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our close-knit team at Glebedale School located in Stoke-on-Trent.

About The Role

To work as a Learning Support Assistant, providing support to the teacher pupils. In addition to agreed responsibilities of Learning Support Assistants and any reasonable direction from the Headteacher or member of the Senior Leadership Team the Learning Support Worker will:

Main Tasks

• To work with individual and small groups of pupils on educational activities.
• To assist teachers in developing and implementing individual educational programmes.
• To support individual and small groups of pupils across a broad and balanced curriculum.
• To prepare materials and equipment.
• To occasionally transport pupils home and on educational visits etc.
  
  

Job Activities

• To work with individual and small groups of pupils in conjunction with the subject teacher.
• To record relevant educational, social and behavioural information within an agreed framework.
• To implement agreed individual educational/behavioural programmes.
• To promote the social and emotional development of pupils through positive approaches that will encourage appropriate relationships and the development of self-esteem.
  
  

Essential:

• Level 4 or Grade C and above Maths and English
• Previous experience (highly desirable)
  
  

About Us

Glebedale School is a special needs school which provides provision for ages 7 years and upwards. We provide a nurturing and welcoming environment to SEMH pupils, and our curriculum has a keen focus on therapy, education and personal development. Our school aims to help pupils grow academically, socially and emotionally to enable them to become capable future citizens.

We provide education to 30 pupils from the Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire and Cheshire areas. At our last Ofsted in December 2022, we were rated “Good”.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running

Why Join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
  
  

And a Market-leading Benefit Offering Through Our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, Enables You To Choose The Package That’s Right For You, Including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
  
  

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

• You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit
  
  

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