Learning Support Assistant with BSL
The Priory Pembroke Academy, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN3 4JPDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
6 May 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, term time: 32.5 hours per week, 39 working weeks.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- PPS 4, £23,114, pro rata to £17,358
What skills and experience we're looking for
Pembroke is at an exciting junction, boasting a vibrant and supportive culture. With a recent "good" rating from Ofsted in 2022 and a significant growth in pupil numbers, we're proud to announce an opportunity to join our learning support team. The postholder will provide responsive and high-quality one to one support for a pupil with hearing impairments and other special educational needs so that they have the opportunity to efficiently and successfully access information and the environment around them. You will ideally have level 1 or 2 BSL qualification with a view to progressing to level 3. As a Teaching Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the learning journey of students across all year groups. Your responsibilities will include facilitating access to learning, assisting teachers in managing pupils and the classroom environment. Limited experience is not a barrier; we provide training and support. This is an exciting time to join Pembroke and contribute to our ongoing success. If you're passionate about making a positive impact on young lives and thrive in a supportive environment, we encourage you to apply.
Applicants should be computer literate and have worked with MS Word, Outlook and Excel and a grade A-C in GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) is essential.
What the school offers its staff
The Priory Pembroke Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
Keen to find out more? A visit to the academy would be warmly welcomed. Please feel free to make an appointment by contacting the Academy on 01522 751040 or e-mailing pembrokeenquiries@prioryacademies.co.uk .
The job description and person specification can be found in the attachments.
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 Priory Pembroke Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 517 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Priory Pembroke Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- pembrokeenquiries@prioryacademies.co.uk
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