Lunchtime Learning Support Assistant
Willow Dene School, Plumstead, SE18 2JD9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £5,720.77 Annually (Actual) Actual salary will be pro-rata based on hours and weeks worked
Lunchtime Learning Support Assistant job summary
Willow Dene is an outstanding special school in Plumstead for children aged 2-19 on two sites. We are a forward thinking and innovative school that is committed to providing an outstanding education for children with a wide range of learning needs. Willow Dene forms part of the exciting Compass Partnership of Schools and is a charitable trust of 13 schools across Greenwich and Essex that work as one to achieve the very best for all children and all communities. We aim to inspire all children to engage confidently with the world and develop the knowledge and skills from across the curriculum that enable them to thrive. By working as one, we maximise the knowledge and skills of all the adults in our schools. We share the very best practice and learning from the research that will make a difference to the progress and achievement of all children. This partnership provides immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision and outcomes, and the sharing of good practice. We are a research-engaged community and are constantly seeking new and innovative ways of developing teaching for learning.
You will be required to support children over the lunch and playtime periods. You will be actively involved in helping children to eat, providing all aspects of personal and intimate care and in supporting children to develop play and social skills.
Induction programmes and training will be provided for the successful candidate.
Willow Dene is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the school. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced DBS check being completed. This post is also subject to a satisfactory probationary period and medical clearance.
We encourage visits to view the school; however, we would warmly welcome telephone calls or a video meet with anyone who is thinking about applying to answer any questions or provide further information. Please contact Samantha Murphy, HR Officer to arrange.
Further information and application packs are available from the school website: www.willowdene.compassps.uk
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.
About Willow Dene School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 287 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Willow Dene School website (opens in new tab)
Willow Dene School, SEND
School location
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