Learning Support Assistant Level 2

Tyneview Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 3QP

6 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 September 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 (Can be done as a job share): 24 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: N3 £23,114 - £23,500
Actual salary: Actual salary £12,873 - £13,088, Living wage supplement currently £12 hourly rate) - Pay award pending

What skills and experience we're looking for

Learning Assistant Level 2 qualification or equivalent.
Motivation to work with children and young people.
Emotional resilience when working with challenging behaviours.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
The benefitof working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
Membership of theLocal Government PensionScheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Ireland’s leading wellbeing provider.
Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

Further details about the role

This post is part time, term time only plus 5 training days.

We're seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant with experience of providing classroom support, to assist with the learning and personal development of all our children. Under the direction of the teacher, you will work to establish positive relationships, empathising with the needs of our children.

Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

Tyneview School is a place where everyone is valued, we have a commitment to maximising potential by developing positive attitudes in an atmosphere of mutual respect, inclusion and enjoyment. In our last inspection, Tyneview School was judged as Good and our pupils made well above average progress at KS1 and KS2.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Thursday 3rd October 2024.

Looking for more infromation? If you would like to arrange a school visit or an informal chat, please contact the school on0191 262 6227and ask to speak to Vashti Sergison (Headteacher) or Stephanie Phillips (ARC Manager).

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.

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.