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Learning Support Assistant

Western Church of England Primary School, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AR

This job expired on 19 June 2023

Start date details
Autumn term or sooner if available
Closing date
19 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 May 2023

Job details

Job role: Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 12noon plus some lunchtime duties and afternoons to be negotiated
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Grade C £10.98 to £11.51 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint flexible, enthusiastic and emotionally literate support staff members to join our supportive team and to make a real difference to our children. The roles will involve providing individualised and flexible support with children and their learning both in and out of the classroom. The posts will also involve supervising children on some lunchtimes as a lunchtime supervisory assistant. Working some additional afternoons will also be discussed and negotiated at interview.

The posts are available for either an immediate start or as soon as possible for the right candidate who will need to give notice from their current position.

The successful applicants will:

• Have recent experience of working with primary school children

• Be committed to supporting individual children's learning

• GCSE or equivalent Grade C or above in Maths and English

• Be patient, cheerful and understanding

• Have good interpersonal skills

• Have a calm and kind manner

• Encourage independence

• Be able to form strong relationships with children

• Have ability to use own initiative and work as part of a team

• Understand and appreciate the need for confidentiality

• Be able to clarify and explain instructions clearly

• Adapt learning according to the needs and interests of individual pupils

• Liaise with outside agencies alongside the class teacher and/or SENCO

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

A warm welcome and caring ethos
Experienced and supportive colleagues
Opportunity to work as a member of a well-established team
Well-behaved children
Good quality resources
Continued professional development
Free Employee support through Health Assured including immediate family
Free access to fruit/biscuits and refreshments during the day
Regular Staff wellbeing letter
Free entry into staff termly raffle
Free Breakfast Club places for staff children who attend Western

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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