Seclusion LSA

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,298.00 - £27,133.00 Annually (FTE) AS 6-8 FTE £26,298-£27,133 pro rata £20,045-£20,682

Seclusion LSA job summary

Seclusion LSA

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner who has a strong understanding and approach to behaviour management, in order to support the behaviour management within our large secondary academy. As a Seclusion Support Staff member, your role, under the direction and support of the Whole School Behaviour Manager, will be to supervise the seclusion room. Seclusion is a response to serious or repeated behaviours and in liaison with Heads of Year, Senior Leaders and the wider school team, you will ensure a consistent approach to seclusion in line with the academy policy.

Joining an established and successful pastoral team, you will work collaboratively to ensure that students are supported in all areas of their learning and curriculum, that their pastoral and well being needs are met and that standards and expectations of students serving seclusion remain high and are maintained throughout the academy day. The ideal candidate will have previous experience within a school, particularly in behaviour support. They will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have high expectations of themselves and the students that they support

The successful candidate will have

Experience of working in a school and behaviour (desirable).

Previous experience working with children/young people with special educational needs.

Experience of working in an educational setting

GCSE or equivalent including at least grade 4 in English and Maths

Experience of planning and leading small group teaching/interventions desirable

Good knowledge of SEN

An understanding of how pupils learn and how resources can be adapted to match pupils needs

Good IT skills (with good knowledge of Microsoft applications e.g. word, excel, etc)

Good literacy and numeracy skills

A professional and empathetic approach to the needs of our pupils

Team player and the ability to be able to build effective relationships with both colleagues and pupils

Ability to work using initiative

Job Specifics

Start date: asap or following a notice period

Salary: AS 6-8 FTE £26,298-£27,133 pro rata £20,045-£20,682

Job role: Permanent, Full-time, Term-time +5 Inset days, 39 weeks, 32.5 hrs per wk, Mon-Fri 8:15am-3:15pm

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Chalk Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1614 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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