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Learning Support Assistant

Fernhill School, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9BY

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 July 2022 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 May 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Part time
  • 32.5 hours per week, 8.30 am to 3.30 pm daily Term time only plus INSET days (including Twilight INSET)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,887 to £19,208 per year (full-time equivalent)
• Actual salary: £14,554 to £14,802

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Salary: HCC Grade B £14,554 - £14,802 pro rata (£18,887 – £19,208 FTE)
To start as soon as possible

32.5 hours per week, 8.30 am to 3.30 pm daily
Term time only plus INSET days (including Twilight INSET)

We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to work in the Special Educational Needs department and join our team of practitioners. If you are a dedicated person looking for a small friendly school, focused on providing an inclusive environment for children to develop both academically and socially, this could be a great opportunity for you.

The Role
Support of identified students in mainstream classes will be a large part of the role, including working with students with ASD, learning and behavioural issues, speech and language difficulties, as well as emotional and social difficulties. The role will also involve some 1:1 and small group work. Applicants need to be resourceful, adaptable, physically fit, able to show initiative, ready to learn new skills, quick-thinking, calm under pressure, resilient, determined and caring.

Experience or qualifications in working with pupils with SEN is desirable but not essential as further training will be provided. A minimum Level 2 qualification in English and Maths is essential.

The Candidate
The successful candidate will be:
• resourceful
• adaptable
• physically fit
• able to show initiative
• ready to learn new skills
• quick-thinking
• calm under pressure
• resilient
• determined
• caring
• Level 2 qualified in English and Maths

The School
We are proud of our reputation as a small, friendly school, built on strong, traditional values, where exceptional pastoral care, the acceptance of others and the celebration of diversity and excellent academic achievement for all are the cornerstones of our success. We have a committed, loyal and talented team of leaders, teachers and support staff. As a new member of staff you will be well supported, we see professional learning as a major strategic priority.

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 Fernhill School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 647 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Fernhill School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: creynolds@fernhillschool.org.uk
• Phone number: 01276 702540
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fernhill-school (opens in new tab)

We are proud of our reputation as a small, friendly school, built on strong, traditional values, where exceptional pastoral care, the acceptance of others and the celebration of diversity and excellent academic achievement for all are the cornerstones of our success. We have a committed, loyal and talented team of leaders, teachers and support staff.

Fernhill School is a mainstream, non-selective, community state secondary for girls and boys aged 11-16. The school is located in Farnborough, Hampshire and has good transport links via the M3 and A331.

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