Learning Support Assistant / MDSA

Bungay Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,183.00 - £22,366.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 2.1 to Grade 2.2

Learning Support Assistant / MDSA job summary

Post: 27.5 hours per week with an additional Midday Supervisor Assistant Role (2.5 hours per week) included as part of the vacancy.

Bungay Primary School is an established ‘GOOD’ primary school based in Bungay, Suffolk. We are part of a thriving multi-academy trust, ASSET Education. We are looking to recruit an excellent LSA that has experience of working with children with ASD and children who have additional C&I (Communication and Interaction) needs. We are looking to recruit a caring and nurturing individual, who is bursting with enthusiasm and has a solution focused attitude. Our newest team member must be patient and show plenty of perseverance. They must have the skills to build lasting and meaningful relationships with individual children. They will have good communication skills, both written and spoken and in return we can offer you a truly fabulous school to work in!

The person that we are looking for needs to:

• Have experience of working with children with ASD and/ or additional Communication and Interaction needs

• Be a learning support assistant who exemplifies excellent classroom practice, behaviour management and high expectations

• Have the skills to build good, supportive relationships with children that are built on mutual understanding and respect

• Have the skills to follow and set clear boundaries and support children to self-regulate enabling them to learn effectively in class, small groups or individually

• Work with dynamic, forward thinking staff who have high aspirations for our children

• Has experience of working in Early Years

• Respect confidentiality

This post will be reporting directly to the Class Teacher and will be based at Bungay Primary School.

For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Head teacher, please contact:

Amy Chambers, Head Teacher at Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay Suffolk, NR351HA.

Telephone Number: 01986 892209 or email: businessmanager@bungayprimary.co.uk for more details.

Please also see our website – www.bungayprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bungay Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bungay Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bungay-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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