Pupil Support Assistant - Severndale Academy (Monkmoor Campus)

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

Severndale Academy invites applications for a Lead Pupil Support Assistant to join the personal support team. The role is 25 hours per week, 9.30am to 2.30pm, term time plus 5 PD days, on a permanent basis.

You will support learners' personal care needs with dignity and compassion, promoting independence and well-being in class. Successful candidates may work at Monkmoor or Futures campuses depending on learner needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care or education settings is desirable.
• Ability to work as part of a team to support learners.
• Strong communication and caring approach.

Responsibilities

• Support learners with personal care needs in a compassionate and dignified manner.
• Assist during lunch and supervise play as part of a small group.
• Adapt to different classrooms and campuses (Monkmoor or Futures) as required.
• Attend training to support learners with varying eating and drinking needs.

Skills

Personal care support

Teamwork

Time management

Job description

Severndale Academy (Monkmoor Campus)
Lead PupilSupport Assistant
Permanent, Term Time Plus 5 PD days
25 hours per week. 9.30am — 2.30pm
LCT scale 2 (SP 3-4) From: £13.45 or £15,014

Our Personal Support Assistants are a key part of the support team at Severndale, enabling our learners' personal care needs to be met in a compassionate, hygienic and dignified way, so that they are clean, comfortable, happy and ready to learn in their classrooms. We want our learners to be as independent as possible, working to toilet train where their needs allow. Our PSAs are part of a team, who work together effectively to provide care across the academy, with each PSA usually allocated to a small number of classes, often working with a partner, managed by our Lead PSA.

The successful candidate will effectively support the personal care needs of learners, with 25 hours worked from 09:30 to 14:30. Although we are currently recruiting aimed at Monkmoor campus, you may be expected to work at either Monkmoor (Shrewsbury) or Futures (Shrewsbury College, London Road) depending on the needs of learners.

As part of the pupil Support Assistant role over lunchtimes you will assist learners with play, welfare and feeding of an individual or small group of learners. This will involve accessing training to support learners with different eating and drinking needs.

Further information can be obtained from the attached documents and the Academy website. Severndale Academy

Closing date: 02/10/2026 at 9.00 am
Enquiries to: [e-mail]

Attached documents

• Pupil Support Assistant - Application pack
• Application Form