1:1 Learning Support Assistant Job Description

The Downley School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 5AL

51 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2023

• Closing date

  6 September 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,297.00 Annually (FTE) Please note that salary advertised is for the full time role. This is a Fixed Term contract that will end on 23.07.2025. The Actual salary will be pro rata for hours and week per year worked. 32.5 Hours per week over 39 weeks.

1:1 Learning Support Assistant Job Description job summary

We are looking for an experienced LSA to work with a SEND pupil with specific needs in our school as a 1-1 support.

The pupil is engaged within his current setting and is able to communicate through nonverbal means and working with this pupil will be rewarding as the pupil continues to make progress.

The support required is targeted at the learning and emotional needs of a pupil who is following a bespoke timetable. The pupil is currently nonverbal and has an intimate care plan.

The candidate will work under the direction of the class teachers and SENDCo to support the pupils’ identified needs.

The successful candidates will:

• Have experience of supporting pupils with identified special educational needs and/or Speech & Language and work as part of a team to deliver priorities on SEND support plans.

• Have the confidence to manage SEMH issues arising from developmental delay

• Help children to learn as effectively as possible

• Have an understanding of the potential barriers to learning

• Work confidently and effectively on their own and as part of a team

• Have experience in delivering/scaffolding a differentiated programme of work as directed by the class teacher

• Facilitate the inclusion of SEND children within the whole class setting

• Establish positive, supportive relationships with the pupil, colleagues, parents and other agencies where necessary

• Have a calm and caring nature

The Downley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About The Downley School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 388 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Downley School website (opens in new tab)
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