Learning Support Assistant
Bohunt School Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
A.S.A.P
Closing date
10 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,405.00 Annually (FTE) Actual £18,663.55
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Learning Support Assistant
Excellent Package –Salary £24,405 FTE / Actual £18,663.55 Grade: 3A
Full Time 32.5 hours per week, term time only paid 45.2 weeks to include holiday pay.
We are seeking to appoint a well organised, skilled and professional person to support students within the School. If you are passionate about young people, enjoy variety in your role and thrive on working in a busy environment this is a great opportunity for you. The successful candidate should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, relate well to young people and possess Maths and English GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent).
Working as part of a team is a crucial aspect of the role within many different departments, so you must have a flexible attitude to react to different situations throughout the school day and the ability to use your own initiative within the learning environment.
Are you able to:
Work flexibly and on your own initiative?
Communicate effectively with a friendly and helpful disposition?
Work calmly under pressure?
Responsibilities:
To assist in the education, supervision and welfare of students in the classes you are assigned to and around the school
For students with additional physical needs, to work within a team in taking responsibility for the welfare, hygiene and dietary needs.
To create a positive atmosphere and professional impression that reflects our core values and ethos
Benefits:
Working in a small highly motivated team of colleagues
The opportunity to gain further experience and career progression as the school is built, the intake grows and our infrastructure expands
For further details please see our website www.bohuntworthing.com/vacancies or email Karen Calder at recruitment@bohuntworthing.com.
TO APPLY:
Please read the Job Description, Letter to Applicants, School Information and Dress Code and apply online today.
Closing date: Friday 10th January 2025
Interview date: W/c 13th January 2025
Start Date A.S.A.P
*Interviews will be held as soon as suitable candidates are available, so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
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 Bohunt School Worthing
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 909 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Bohunt School Worthing website (opens in new tab)
I am very proud to welcome you to the community and family that is Bohunt School Worthing (BSW). Our purpose built, modern and innovative Academy school opened in September 2015 to Year 7 and 8, and has since grown into a vibrant and successful 11-16 comprehensive school in the heart of the Worthing community, where all our young people and staff genuinely enjoy, respect and achieve.
As part of the Bohunt Education Trust we deliver a shared vision where the highest expectations, opportunities and innovative teaching combine to develop young people who are ‘game changers’. Where every child has the potential to be the best version of themselves.
Our school is built on the firm foundations of high expectations for all, with a creative and personalised curriculum that extends learning both in the classroom and through a wide range of enriching experiences and opportunities.
This is uniquely blended with the firm conviction that all our young people are at the heart of all we aspire to achieve. We are committed to and experienced in developing confident, ambitious and skilled young people who will relish their role in making a positive difference to their communities; whether local, national or global. BSW young people should be well equipped for any challenge.
Our positive and collaborative ethos is underpinned by the belief that all members of our school have the potential for excellence. We are an inclusive place of learning where all young people, visitors and staff, of all gender types are recognised and welcomed and where all young people that require additional support, are cared for. We are committed to raising aspiration and dedicated to supporting the development of, confidence, self-belief, academic reading & numeracy skills and well-being vital for success within our everyday lives. This means everyone at BSW will be able to achieve and thrive, celebrating both whole school and individual successes, academic or personal together.
I am delighted to be able to welcome you to our school and encourage you to review our website or contact us for further information
Bohunt School Worthing is based in a central location in Worthing; a coastal town on the South Coast in West Sussex. With easy access to the A27; centrally between Chichester and Brighton, and also the A24 and the A23. We are well served by public transport, with a train station within walking distance and a bus route on our doorstep.
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