Learning Support Assistant
Ranikhet Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4EDThis job expired on 28 March 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
28 March 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 35 hours per week, term time only including INSET days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- RG3 (SCP 5 – 11) Full time equivalent: £23,500 - £25,979 pa, pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Ranikhet Academy is a successful primary school and we are currently seeking a Learning Support Assistant to provide help and support to our amazing children. The Learning Support Assistant role is vital to the school and involves supporting children with a variety of needs.
In particular, successful applicants should have:
- At least one years experience of working with children in the primary age range
- Experience of working with children in a friendly, busy environment
- An understanding of children with SEN needs
- Level 2 qualification in play work/childcare
- A current food hygiene certificate (desirable)
- Paediatric first aid qualification (desirable)
- Knowledge of child safeguarding procedures
You should:
- Have excellent communication skills
- Have the ability to build effective relationships with students, parents and other staff
- The ability to relate in a firm and friendly way with a wide range of personalities
- The ability to use initiative
- Be willing to undertake direction and guidance
- Have a good understanding of behaviour management strategies
- Be able to work as part of a team
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer you:
- The chance to be part of a Multi-Academy Trust that genuinely cares about YOU
- The chance to work with a supportive team.
- An excellent CPD training programme with REAch2 and beyond.
- A tenacious and courageous senior leadership team who care fervently about inclusion and promote creativity and thinking outside of the box
- Fun-loving, energetic and enthusiastic pupils (and staff).
- Proactive parents waiting to join us on our journey to excellence
- Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme LGPS,
- As part of REAch2 employee benefits we also offer an eye care scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family and membership of ‘perks at work’ – which includes discounts on holidays, shopping, family days out and much more.
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ranikhet Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 238 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ranikhet Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@ranikhetacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0118 9375520
Our school belongs to the staff, the children and the community. We have an inclusive culture where we celebrate our diverse community. We have 3 school rules – Be Ready, Be Respectful and Be Safe. All our children, staff and families follow these 3 rules so that we have an inclusive learning environment where we all feel Proud to Belong.
Our school sits in the heart of a community. We warmly welcome visits from members of our local community to build relationships, support local causes and encourage our children to have high aspirations. Parent and pupil voice is incredibly important to us and feedback we get from children, parents and community directly influences our practice.
Our children experience a rich curriculum with excellent teaching and learning. Classrooms are inclusive and we have high expectations of all children. We plan the curriculum that our children need which includes key learning experiences and collaborative projects inside and outside the classroom.
Arranging a visit to Ranikhet Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@ranikhetacademy.co.uk.
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