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Nurture Group - Learning Support Assistant

New Whittington Community Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ

This job expired on 9 July 2023 – see similar jobs

Closing date
9 July 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 July 2023

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £21,189.00 - £21,575.00 Annually (FTE) Derbyshire County Council Grade 5

Nurture Group - Learning Support Assistant job summary

The Headteacher and Trust School Champions wish to appoint a professional, hard working and friendly individual to join our team.

Interviews will be held as soon as possible and the ideal candidate would be able to start in the new September Term.

This is a fixed term post to 31.08.24.

Perspective candidates are welcome to visit the school,, please call Mrs Bridges to arrange an appointment. 01246 450688.

The post would require candidates to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check, and provide two references.

As a Learning Support Assistant you will work primarily in the school Nurture Group facility.

You will work directly with students across both Key Stages who experience a range of needs and challenges (social, emotional and behavioural).

You will assist the Nurture Group Leader to help reduce barriers to learning and to support students achieve their full potential.

New Whittington Primary School are part of a multi academy, 'The Leaners Trust'.

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.

We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.

Why do we exist?

Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future

Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.

Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and nolife is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.

Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.

How will we act?

We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;

Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)

Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)

Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)

Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)

Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)

Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)

Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)

What is our strategy?

We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;

Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools

Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity

Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children

Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation

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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