Learning Support Assistant
Castle Batch Primary School Academy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 7FNThis job expired on 30 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 November 2022
Closing date
30 September 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 27.91 Hours per week.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 10 Months
Pay scale
- £12,621 - £12,873
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Learning Support Assistant Part Time - 27.91 Hours Per Week Term Time Only Fixed Term until 31 August 2023 subject to Top Up FundingTPLT3 £12,621 - £12,873 (gross, actual salary per annum)
The Priory Learning Trust is looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant to work at our Castle Batch Primary School Academy. We require an enthusiastic individual who would like to support a child in a Key Stage 1 year group. A knowledge of ASD and Expressive Language Disorder is desirable.
What you will do:
- Work under the direction of the class teacher to ensure learning targets are achieved and the child is supported to achieve their best in the school environment
- Promote wellbeing by encouraging them to develop good relationships with others, develop their self-reliance and self-esteem and help them adjust to new settings
- Support the child with intimate care needs
The successful candidates will have:
- Excellent and effective communication skills
- A good standard of education/ three or more GCSEs including maths and English at Grade C minimum or L2 literacy and numeracy
- Some experience of working with children with Speech and Language needs
- An ability to adapt and respond to the needs of the children
For further information on the benefits of working with The Priory Learning Trust, please see the relevant page on our Careers Hub.Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.Please see the following links to our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 30 September 2022 Proposed
Interview Date: 01 October 2022 Proposed
Start Date: 01 November 2022
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.
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About Castle Batch Primary School Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 421 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Castle Batch Primary School Academy website
- Email address
- hr@theplt.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01934529357
School location
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