Level 3 Teaching Assistant and ELSA - Lutley Primary School

Lutley Primary School, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 1BU

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Please see advert

• Closing date

  7 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Your actual salary range will be £19,398 to £20,676 per annum (pay award pending)

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will:

• Have CACHE Level 3 in Teaching and Learning to the equivalent or relevant.
• Emotional Literacy Support Assistant Experience (desirable, but not essential)
• Experience of working with SEND/EHCP Pupils
• Be an effective practitioner with the ability and desire to improve their practice
• Have high expectations of yourself and others
• Have a proven record of working in partnership with class teachers which has resulted in good attainment and progress for children
• Have experience of working with pupils on a 1:1 basis
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Be highly organised, motivated and flexible with the ability to inspire and challenge children
• Be able to promote the vision and values of the school, demonstrating high professional standards.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• Highly motivated staff
• A leadership team whose focus is on improving outcomes for our children
• Children who value learning and supportive parents
• An ethos of valuing staff and their Professional Development
• A stimulating learning environment which is conducive to learning
• Competitive salary
• Generous benefits (pension, holiday, discounted fees at our Trust schools)
• Employee Assistance Programme (supporting your health and wellbeing)
• Networking and support opportunities between the Trust schools

Further details about the role

The Role - Level 3 Teaching Assistant and ELSA (Job vacancy reference HVT 0627)

We are looking for a hardworking, passionate, and creative Level 3 Teaching Assistant who is organised, self‑motivated, confident, and a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.

In this role, you will deliver pre-set learning activities in the absence of a teacher, managing pupil behaviour to ensure a constructive environment. You will also support the development of pupils’ emotional literacy and social skills through specific and targeted interventions.

You will assist with supporting pupils’ academic and social communication needs (ELSA), linked to their individual diagnoses, and play a key role in promoting positive social and emotional well-being. This will enable them to engage effectively in learning both in and out of the school environment.

Additional Information:

ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) training will be provided as part of your professional development.

Commitment to safeguarding

All offers of employment are subject to Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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About Lutley Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 610 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lutley Primary School website
• Email address: hogrady@lutley.dudley.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lutley-primary-school-halesowen

Lutley Primary School is a successful and popular primary school based in Halesowen. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivating and energetic Teaching Assistant to work alongside our dedicated and enthusiastic colleagues at Lutley Primary School.

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