Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)

Charters School, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 9QY

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  5 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,856.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only plus 5 days to be worked by mutual agreement, FTE £26655

Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to work as an ELSA within our successful and welcoming school. As an ELSA you will have a key role within our student support teams with responsibility for managing our ELSA hub, facilitating 1 to 1 and group intervention sessions as well as leading on our peer mentoring programmes. We will also consider appointing 2 part-time roles.

You will be an integral part of our Safeguarding team and should hold an ELSA qualification or be willing to be trained. You will also be required to provide support to students, liaising with and referring to other support mechanisms within and outside of the school.

We offer a competitive salary, access to a contributory local government pension scheme and other staff benefits. Colleagues benefit from a commitment to staff well-being and are provided with several schemes to support them maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. We have a priority admission policy for children of staff working at the school.

Closing date: Monday 29 September at 9 am

Preferred Start date: As soon as possible

Working hours: 35 hours per week: 8 am to 3.30 pm, term time plus 5 days to be worked by mutual agreement

Salary: Grade 2c, Pt 3. Actual salary £21,856 (FTE £26,655)

We welcome immediate applications for this post and all applications will be considered upon receipt, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the deadline.

To apply please visit: https://www.chartersschool.org.uk

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Charters School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1715 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Charters School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charters-school

Charters School is a very heavily over-subscribed 11-18 Comprehensive Academy School with 1720 students on roll (including 400+ in the Sixth Form) located in Sunningdale. It has been graded an “outstanding” school on two successive occasions and is a dynamic, high-achieving secondary school where students are polite, motivated to succeed and enjoy their education.

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