Teaching Assistant

Leicestershire County Council; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident Employer

Flexible working options

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council is recruiting for a year-long project to support staff working with pupils with SEND. The role focuses on expanding educational psychology support, providing training, observation and consultation outside of the classroom, and offering direct support in schools during the day.

The post is part of the Oakfield Short-Stay School workforce, with most time spent in schools across the county under Educational Psychology Service oversight.

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning, or STL Level 3 equivalent.
• Experience of supporting planning, evaluation and delivery of learning activities for children and young people.
• Knowledge of child protection and health & safety procedures in school settings.
• Good interpersonal skills and empathy with children and young people.
• Ability to effectively manage pupil behaviour in line with school policy.
• Empathy with children and young people.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, evaluation and delivery of learning activities for children and young people.
• Provide training, supervision and oversight to staff working with pupils with additional needs.
• Deliver training, observation and consultation to staff in mainstream schools.
• Directly support staff implementing new approaches and support pupils in classrooms.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Behaviour management

Education

NVQ 3 or STL Level 3 equivalent

Literacy/Numeracy Level 2

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Oakfield Secondary Provision based at our: Shepshed site LE12 9DB, Loughborough site LE11 3DU, Glenfield site LE3 8BQ or our Hinckley site LE10 0PR.

Salary: £26,832 - £28,146 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Working Hours: 35 hrs per week 8.30am –3.30pm-Term time

Contract Type: Fixed Term until July 2027

Closing Date: 3rd September 2026

Interview Date(s): 11th September 2026

About the Role

Do you have the skills and passion to make a difference to children and young people with SEND, through supporting and developing the staff who work with them?

If so, we want you for our year-long project to work with classroom support staff across Leicestershire. We are building a team with expertise in-class support for pupils with additional needs. Our aim is to provide further training, supervision and oversight to support staff in mainstream schools by extending our educational psychology offer to provide increased levels of support to staff who are supporting children and young people with complex needs. This support may involve delivering training, observation, consultation outside of the classroom. Your role will be to support all parts of this process, whether that be through direct support to staff who are implementing new approaches, or supporting pupils in the classroom to enable staff to access our offer during the school day.

You will be part of the Oakfield Short-Stay School workforce but the majority of your time will be spent working in a team, out in schools working with staff with oversight from the Educational Psychology Service.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• NVQ 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning, or equivalent, OR Able to demonstrate the ability to meet the STL Level 3 National Occupational Standards relevant to this post. and ability to demonstrate competency in literacy and numeracy equivalent to level 2
• Experience of supporting planning, evaluation and delivery of learning activities for children and young people in a formal setting.
• Knowledge of child protection and health and safety procedures and their application in a school setting.
• Good interpersonal skills and Empathy with children and young people.
• Ability to effectively manage pupil behaviour in accordance with school policy and procedure.
• Have Empathy with children and young people.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Beth Clements, Head of Service - Education Inclusion

Telephone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Or Dr Helen Tyson - Principal Educational Psychologist

Email: [e-mail]

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