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Learning Support Assistant – Level 3

The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW

This job expired on 4 August 2024 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  4 August 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 29 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,481 - £24,689
• Actual salary: £15,403 - £16,196
• Pay scale: SCP 16-19

What skills and experience we're looking for

Due to continual expansion, we are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Learning Support Assistant to play a key role in the lives of students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs. You will work with a highly professional team who believe in the inclusion and success of our students and giving them the best possible prospects for their future lives. We are ambitious in striving to meet individual needs and improving their learning opportunities. It is important you have a caring, patient and understanding nature with a true desire to promote and meet the needs of individual students. You will recognise the importance of flexibility to meet these differing needs and show initiative and insight in achieving this. With experience of working with young people with SEND or SEMH needs, you will of course have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to make a positive contribution to our community. It is important you have experience of working with small groups or on a 1:1 basis and be committed to prioritising the needs of students at all times. As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be welcomed into our growing and supportive team to:

• Lead and develop this provision to greater successes

• Offer general classroom support to carry out directed learning activities • Provide support to individual students through planned and differentiated activities

• Assist with students’ personal, behavioural and social development through appropriate advice and guidance

• Act as a positive role model to students, making a lasting impact on their lives

What the school offers its staff

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work. We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

• Generous employer pension contribution at 23% basic salary

• Career development with a bespoke CPD programme

• Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links

• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme

• Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance

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 The Bishop of Winchester Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1148 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Bishop of Winchester Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@tbowa.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bishop-of-winchester-academy (opens in new tab)

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).

Arranging a visit to The Bishop of Winchester Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tbowa.org.

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