Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)
Queen Katharine Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6HX14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
11 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Pathway 4, £23,305.20 - £24,954.99 (FTE £27,334 - £29,269) per annum
Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) job summary
Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)
Contract: Full Time/Permanent
Site: Queen Katharine Academy
Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum (term time plus one week)
Working Pattern: Monday to Thursday, 8.00am-4.00pm, Friday 8am – 3:30pm.
Salary:Pathway 4, £23,305.20 - £24,954.99 (FTE £27,334 - £29,269) per annum
Closing date: 11th October 2024
Start date: Asap
Please note – Thomas Deacon Education Trust withhold the right to withdraw the advert and/or interview suitable candidates before the specified closing date.
Are you passionate about supporting young learners’ emotional wellbeing?
Do you have the skills to make a real difference in their lives?
If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) to join our team at Queen Katharine Academy!
About You
You’ll love this job if you enjoy establishing supportive, caring, and secure relationships with learners. You will be planning and implementing programmes to develop their emotional literacy and wellbeing. You will be contributing to the annual review process for students with EHCPs. Keeping records up to date using the Assess Plan Do Review process will also be a key part of your role.
Qualifications: You have an ELSA accreditation and registration, or are working towards this qualification.
Skills: You are flexible, a team player, and you have the ability to establish supportive relationships with students.
Experience: You have experience of supporting teaching and learning in a formal setting, particularly with children who have SEMH difficulties.
Competency: You have Level 2 qualifications in Maths/numeracy and English/literacy or equivalent.
About Us
Queen Katharine Academy offers a supportive and inclusive environment where staff and students can thrive. Our Academy values continuous improvement, teamwork, and a dedication to providing high-quality education. We are looking to appoint a colleague who shares our vision and determination to help every student achieve their potential.
Collaboration, educational research and professional development are at the core of how the schools within Thomas Deacon Education Trust work together. With a clear focus on colleagues at all levels, the Trust is well placed to provide great opportunities. At Queen Katharine Academy, you will be given effective support to develop as an outstanding Emotional Literacy Support Assistant.
Join us at Queen Katharine Academy and be part of a team that is committed to raising standards of achievement for all students. This is an excellent opportunity to join a school within one of the most well-regarded Trusts in the eastern region, with a great history of success and a bright future ahead.
Why work for us?
We are part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust and we can offer you:
Progression opportunities across the Trust
- Access to the most generous pension schemes in the UK (LGPS & teachers’ pension scheme)
- Continuous development, e.g. training, coaching
- Free eye test vouchers* (*for those eligible) and flu vaccinations
- Cycle to work scheme
- £250 Recommend a friend scheme
- Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Trained Mental health first aiders
- Collaborative working across schools in the Trust
Ready to transform lives through education? Apply now and make a difference!
TDET - Working together to transform lives through education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you have any questions regarding this post or would like to arrange a visit, please contact the HR Team on e-mail hrteam@tdet.education.
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 are not accepted.
About Queen Katharine Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1675 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Queen Katharine Academy website (opens in new tab)
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