Learning Support Assistant -Alternative Provision (x2 positions)
Thameside Primary School, Grays, Essex, RM17 6EF13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
5 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week 8.40am – 3.30pm (Monday-Friday) with a 20 minute unpaid break and 30-minute unpaid lunch break
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Salary: Band B Point 7-12 (£16,645.62 – £18,102.45 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
- Be passionate, creative, motivated and has a positive outlook
- Have the ability to support pupils with learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Be committed to raising outcomes of all students
- Be a great communicator with excellent organisational skills and a helpful attitude
- Be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team
- Be dedicated to good classroom management
- Will care about the welfare and achievement of every child
- Be innovative and has a passion for improvement
- Have excellent written skills with the ability to multi-task
Have the ability to remain calm under pressure and remain positive
- Have the ability to follow safeguarding procedures and prioritise students’ welfare
- Have GCSE Maths and English
What the school offers its staff
In return for your hard work, you will receive:
- Relocation package of up to£8,000 where applicable,for new employeesrentingorbuyinga property
- 2 week October half term
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, and the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools
- Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Fully Subsided Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the National Teachers Pension Scheme(or local Government Pension Scheme for support workers)
Further details about the role
This position will involve:
- Supporting pupils, to ensure they are engaged in learning activities
- Promoting the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom
- Acting as a role model, setting high expectations of conduct and promoting positive pupil behaviour, to create a safe and inclusive learning environment
- Providing feedback to the classroom teacher on the pupil’s progress against lesson plans, the conduct of the lesson and keeping pupil-related records
- Dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures about health & safety, welfare and wellbeing and safeguarding
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
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About Thameside Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 857 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thameside Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@osborne.coop
- Phone number
- 01375648944
Arranging a visit to Thameside Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@osborne.coop.
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