Learning Support Assistant

Inspire Connected Communities Trust, Louth, LN11 8RS

12 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  24 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  26 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 Annually (FTE)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

INSPIRE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES TRUST

LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT

St Bernard’s School, Louth

Grade G3 Point 6 - £24,796 (FTE)

32.5 hours per week / 39 weeks per year

Due to staff progression, we are looking to add to our fantastic team with an enthusiastic, motivated and creative practitioner, initially at St Bernard’s School, employed across the Trust on a permanent basis. As multi-disciplinary practitioner, we hold high expectations and a community wide commitment to supporting the development of our young people, with a wide range of learning difficulties, ranging from moderate to severe/profound and complex, including SEMH and ASD.

Within the role you will work as part of the team in meeting students at their point of need. Experience of working within a restorative culture and utilising strategies in supporting students with profound and complex, sensory, social and emotional needs and Autism is an advantage. The applicant should have energy for supporting positive behaviour, communication and complex needs and have a relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

The purpose of this role is to work with students in enabling progress, in accordance with their EHCP where appropriate and / or groups of students, as directed by the teacher. To provide required support academically, emotionally, socially, across a range of student centered activities to promote development and learning.

This is a great opportunity to further your career within an environment based on a coaching culture and a commitment to staff personal and professional learning and development.

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 24th April 2026

Interview Date: Week commencing 4th May 2026

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff share this commitment. All posts will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. Applicants may be subject to a social media presence check.

Further information about the job

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.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Inspire Connected Communities Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lincolnshire-wolds-community-trust

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