SEN Support Assistant - St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

An established academy is looking for a dedicated SEN Support Assistant to join their enthusiastic team. This role is essential in helping students with specific learning difficulties reach their full potential. You will support pupils in both classroom and small group settings, fostering an inclusive and positive learning environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering intervention programmes in literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional support. Join a community that values every individual and strives for excellence in education.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pupils with visual/hearing impairment.
• Knowledge of delivering literacy and numeracy intervention programmes.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils in overcoming learning difficulties in various settings.
• Maintain written records and liaise with staff and parents.

Skills

Supporting pupils with learning difficulties

Positive communication

Initiative and independence

Record keeping

Liaising with staff and parents

Supervision of students

Education

Experience in intervention programmes

Experience with SEN pupils

Job description

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

Little Chell Lane, Tunstall

Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 6LZ

Tel: [phone]
e-mail: office @smwca.org.uk

NOR: 1146 (including 105 in the Sixth Form)

SEN Support Assistant

31.25 hours term time only

Required as soon as possible

Level 5 point 7-12: £25,584 to £27,711

Actual salary: £18,900 - £20,472

St Margaret Ward is a happy, popular, oversubscribed 11-18 academy with an impressive record of success, acknowledged in our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted website). We are extremely proud of our enthusiastic and ambitious staff who are all committed to helping our students to fulfil their potential.

We are wholeheartedly committed to ensuring all who work and learn in the school can be the very best versions of themselves that they can be; we believe in fostering a community where all are loved and belong. To help us to live out our mission. we are seeking to appoint an excellent SEN Support Assistant who will play an integral role in helping us to achieve our goal.

We are seeking to appoint a SEN Support Assistant to be part of our highly effective SEN team. The successful candidate will be expected to help our pupils who experience specific difficulties with their studies. In particular, this will involve:

• Supporting a range of pupils in overcoming difficulties in learning in classroom and small group situations
• Responding to pupils in a positive way
• Using initiative and working independently
• Keeping written records
• Liaising with staff, parents and other agencies
• Supervising groups of students as necessary

Experience of supporting pupils with visual/hearing impairment; behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, physical disabilities and/or English as an additional language would be beneficial.

The candidate must, ideally, have experience in delivering intervention programmes in areas such as:

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Speech language and communication
• Social, emotional and mental health difficulties

The Academy are committed to the safeguarding and welfare

of children and young people and expects all of its employees

to share this commitment. This post is subject to the

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment

Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission

for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring

Service to check for any previous convictions.

Application forms and further details are available on the Academy website or by contacting Mrs C Hollins (Academy Manager) on 01782 883037 or email [e-mail]

Closing Date: Monday 19 May 2025 (noon)