Learning Support Assistant

East Midlands Councils/East Midlands Jobs; Swanwick CP; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Swanwick School & Sports College is recruiting a Learning Support Assistant to work with pupils with special educational needs, predominantly in the Primary department. The role requires supporting pupils to access learning using a range of approaches, including sign, augmented communication and intensive interaction.

You will work as part of a team to support behaviour, adapt activities and provide individual or small-group assistance across Key Stages 1–4, including helping with personal care

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pupils with special educational needs.
• Ability to work effectively in a team to support learning and behaviour.
• Familiarity with sign language, augmentative and alternative communication methods.

Responsibilities

• Understand how children with special needs learn and adapt activities accordingly.
• Assist pupils to access learning using specialist approaches including sign language and AAC.
• Support pupils with managing social and emotional barriers to learning.
• Provide additional support with breaks and lunchtime activities where required.
• Demonstrate empathy and build trust with pupils and colleagues.

Skills

SEND awareness

Team collaboration

Behaviour management

Personal care support

Job description

Swanwick School & Sports Collegeare looking to recruit a

Learning Support Assistantto work with pupils with special educational needs predominantly in our Primary department

The post holder should be prepared to work within all areas of our school as required.

The post holder will demonstrate essential professional characteristics, and in particular will:

• Have an understanding of how children with Special Needs and complex behaviour learn
• Work in a team to manage pupil behaviour effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
• Commitment to improving the educational achievement of children
• Provide support to individuals or groups to enable them to access their learning using a range of specialist pedagogical specialist approaches including the use of sign, augmented communication and intensive interaction
• Assist pupils to overcome their social and emotional barriers to learning working under the direction of the class teacher or STLA to support pupils in attaining learning objective
• Write quality annotation to support the assessment of pupils attaining learning objective
• Adapt learning activities appropriately
• Inspire trust and confidence in pupils and colleagues
• Build team commitment with colleagues
• Demonstrate empathy with and an appreciation of the needs of pupils
• Provide additional support with physical activities at break and lunch times
• Be committed to making a real difference to the lives of young people with special educational needs and their families/carers
• Be able to offer skills and experience to add to our curriculum
• Able to work across Key Stages 1, 2, 3 or 4 as required
• Able to assist pupils in managing personal care

Having been graded as Outstanding by Ofsted we need applicants who are able to add to our provision and demonstrate and support our school vision of Enjoy, Achieve, Exceed.