Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week, Term time + 3 days
Contract type
- Fixed term - July 2022
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC07 £20,444.00 - NJC011 £22,129.00 Actual: £14,826.02 - £16,047.99
This is an exciting opportunity at Henry Hinde Infant School for…
•a talented and dynamic Learning Support Assistant;
•forward thinking and able to generate innovative ideas;
•committed to an experiential and creative approach to learning with high expectations of children’s achievement and behaviour;
•a strong team player who thrives within a group of mutually supportive colleagues;
•committed to their own professional development.
Job purpose:
Learning Support Assistants make the education of their pupils/students their first concern, and are accountable for achieving the highest possible standards in work and conduct. Learning Support Assistants act with honesty and integrity; have strong subject knowledge, keep their knowledge and skills as Learning Support Assistants up-to-date and are self-critical; forge positive professional relationships; and work with others in the best interests of their pupils/students.
The postholder is accountable for:
•Promoting inclusion and acceptance of all pupils/students, encouraging them to interact and work co-operatively and engage in learning;
•Promoting independence and development of self-esteem;
•Assisting in the personal, social, emotional development of pupils/students and development of self-esteem;
•Assisting with the development and implementation of IEPs/behaviour plans;
•Using specialist skills/knowledge/training to provide support in specialist areas;
•Working with pupils/students with complex special needs, monitoring and providing for general care, safety and welfare, including tasks connected with their social inclusion and providing for their personal, physical and health care needs;
•Encouraging and reinforcing positive interactions between pupils/students working within any behaviour targets set;
•Monitoring individual/group achievements of key objectives and provide feedback to the teacher;
•Having an up-to-date understanding of the role and responsibilities of a level 2 post;
•Contributing to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school;
•Establishing constructive relationships and communication with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher.
Main role and responsibilities:
Curriculum Support
Support for pupils
Support to teacher
Support to the school
Other duties and responsibilities of LSA
Please be aware this role is on a Fixed-term contract until July 2023.
If you are interested in applying for this role please download the attached recruitment pack and application form. Instructions on how to apply are outlined in the pack. We very much look forward to reading your application.
The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all staff, children and young people and to be committed to promoting diversity and inclusion.
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can
help you understand your next steps.
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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