SEND Learning Support Assistant: Calm, Confident Mentor

Aspire People; Stockport; Sur place; GBP 18 000 - 21 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive pay

Long-term placements

Dedicated consultant

Résumé du poste

Aspire People is recruiting Learning Support Assistants to work long-term within a specialist SEND school in Stockport, supporting secondary and college-aged pupils with a range of additional needs. You don’t necessarily need to have followed a traditional route into education.

For this school, your ability to connect with young people, remain calm and consistent and become a trusted, positive influence is incredibly important.

Qualifications

• Ability to connect with young people, remain calm and consistent in challenging situations.
• Strong relationship-building and mentoring skills developed through sports coaching, youth work or SEND support.
• Experience supporting secondary and college-aged pupils with additional needs is beneficial.

Responsabilités

• Build strong and consistent relationships with young people.
• Support pupils with Autism, SEMH and additional learning needs.
• Help pupils engage positively with learning and school life.
• Support emotional regulation and behaviours that may challenge.
• Provide clear boundaries, consistency and encouragement.
• Assist pupils individually, in small groups and within the classroom.
• Use pupils’ interests to build rapport and encourage engagement.

Connaissances

Relationship building

Mentoring

Youth work

Behaviour support

Communication

Formation

Graduates from Sport, Psychology, Criminology, Youth Studies or related subjects

SEND or Learning Support experience

Description du poste

Aspire People is recruiting Learning Support Assistants to work long-term within a specialist SEND school in Stockport, supporting secondary and college-aged pupils with a range of additional needs. You don’t necessarily need to have followed a traditional route into education.

For this school, your ability to connect with young people, remain calm and consistent and become a trusted, positive influence is incredibly important.