Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)
Chichester Free School, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1NPThis job expired on 7 February 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 February 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 35 hours per week: Monday - Friday, term time only plus 2 inset days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,312 - £22,183
Actual salary
- £14,103 - £16,200
Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) job summary
The Governors and Principal are seeking an ELSA to work with pupils primarily from reception to year 7. Experience and ELSA training is desirable but not essential as full training and support to complete the ELSA qualification will be given.
The ELSA is a key post in our school which is centred around supporting children to understand and regulate their own emotions whilst also respecting the feelings of those around them. Our emotional literacy support provision helps children to develop the social and emotional skills they need to flourish in school. Working in small groups or as a 1:1, our ELSAs work with colleagues in the wider school community, along with parents/carers and outside agencies. If the successful applicant is not qualified as an ELSA, the school will support and fund training to achieve this qualification. Once qualification has been achieved, as part of the performance management process, salary will be reviewed.
The ELSA post is challenging but extremely rewarding. The successful candidate would have a passion for nurturing, challenging and inspiring children so all make excellent progress. They need to be able to work as part of a small team and be expected to contribute to its development, have a positive attitude towards personal development and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
Commitment to safeguarding
CFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In accordance with our Child Protection Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked ‘Private & confidential for the Principal’. The successful applicant must obtain List 99 clearance and DBS clearance at enhanced level.
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About Chichester Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1027 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Chichester Free School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01243 792690
CFS is a non-profit making, state-funded school, established in response to real demand within the local area for a greater variety of schools. We have been open since 2013, and are now fully established in our state of the art facilities on the Carmelite Convent Site on the Hunston Road in the south of Chichester. We are full in all year groups from Years R to 11, with waiting lists in most phases of the School. Our PAN is 60 in primary, and 120 in secondary.
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