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Teaching Vacancies; Hassocks; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

The Windmills Junior School is seeking a Learning Support Assistant to join our team, supporting learning in the classroom and assisting small groups or individuals with focused activities planned by the teacher. The role also requires mid-day-meals supervision, first aid, and administering medicines when needed.

We value a positive, calm, flexible approach and a commitment to safeguarding. Applicants should have good literacy and numeracy and experience with primary-aged children is desirable

Qualifications

• Recent experience in a primary school and working with children is desirable but not essential.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE level or higher are essential.
• Be willing to work as mid-day-meals supervisor and provide first aid/medicine administration as required.

Responsibilities

• Support learning in the classroom and take small groups or individuals for focused activities planned by the teacher.
• Assist with midday supervision and supervise children during lunch.
• Provide first aid and administer medicines to children in your care.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Relationship building

Calm and patient

Team player

Confidentiality

English and maths skills

Education

GCSE literacy and numeracy

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Windmills Junior School is seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant. This will involve working as a LSA in the classroom, supporting the learning for those that need extra support and taking out small groups or individuals to do focused activities planned by the teacher. This post also requires the applicant to work as a mid-day-meals supervisor through the lunch period and provide first aid and administer medicine to the children in their care.

Having a fantastic team around the children ensures that we reach our goals. We are looking for a positive, calm, flexible individual to join us. We see the role of Learning Support Assistants as essential to children’s learning and therefore require a passionate, skilled, and professional person to take on this key role. Good English and maths skills are essential to support our learners make progress. Recent experience in a primary school and working with children is desirable but not essential.

The successful candidate will:

• have a passion for working with children
• be able to build positive relationships with children and adults alike
• have an optimistic and positive attitude and be flexible to the demands of the job
• be patient and able to stay calm and listen to and value the children
• positive about working with young people with disabilities, learning and behavioural needs and working to find strategies to support these children to succeed
• be suitably qualified for the post of Learning Support Assistant i.e. have a good literacy and numeracy skills(to GCSE level or higher)
• have good mathematical skills that could be used to support children working up to year 6 (good understanding of tables, division, problem solving and fractions)
• be able to work as part of a team, and
• have the ability to maintain confidentiality

What the school offers its staff

We are a ‘good’ school and are immensely proud of our happy, thriving junior school where the focus is always on supporting the children to be the absolute best that they can be. Social development is given equal importance to academic success. We are ambitious for all to develop a love of learning and be skilled and ready to join KS3 when they leave us.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Windmills Junior School is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share and uphold this commitment. All employees are subject to an enhanced criminal records check via DBS certification, identity checks, references and health checks.