14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    28 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    14 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subjects

Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,405.00 - £25,430.00 Annually (FTE) Grade C - £24,405 - £25,430 fte per annum / 40 weeks (Term time only plus 1 week)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

40 weeks (Term time only plus 1 week)

Between 15 and 29.15 hours per week negotiable

We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to support students with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) individually and in small groups. If in the future you want a career in teaching then this is an excellent way to gain experience in a school setting. Please indication on your application form the days and hours you would like to work.

Candidates will need good communication skills and the ability to clarify and explain instructions clearly and a firm but non-confrontational approach towards discipline is essential. Experience of working with young people is desirable, although full training will be provided. Applicants need to have a good general education and be educated to GCSE level C or equivalent in Maths and English. Graduates looking for future teaching careers will be considered.

Hounsdown is a popular, over-subscribed Hampshire school. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful.

Staff Benefits

  • Private Health Cash Plan
  • Free counselling support
  • Fantastic CPD opportunities for all
  • Cycle Loan Scheme
  • Staff swimming
  • Respectful email policy
  • Staff fitness sessions
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • Free onsite parking

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Closing date: 12.00noon Thursday 28 November 2024

Commitment to safeguarding

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Applying for the job

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About Hounsdown School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1299 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to a Single Academy Trust in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017), Hampshire school and a strategic partner for the ETC Teaching School Alliance. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

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