SEN Learning Support Assistant

Lincewood Primary Academy, Basildon, Essex, SS16 6AZ

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): Hours: 27.5 hours per week, term time only Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - Ending 31/08/2025 subject to further SEN Funding
• Actual salary: Between £15,845 and £16,274 (includes outer fringe allowance)

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will need to:

• Have gained GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths
• Experience of working with children with SEND is desirable, e.g. NVQ in Learning Support, but full training for the specific position will be provided
• Be a positive, supportive and caring practitioner
• Have very high expectations for learning and behaviour
• Have the ability to work as part as a team, be flexible, solutions focused and good humoured
• Be knowledgeable of child development
• It is also desirable for you to have:
• Level 2 or 3 teaching assistant qualification
• At least 2 years of experience working in a school
• Experience of adapting the curriculum for pupils with SEND
• Knowledge of successful strategies to engage pupils with specific and significant needs

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Wonderful children who are well behaved, happy and enthusiastic, are proud of their school and are keen to learn
• A caring and supportive school community
• A warm, welcoming and inclusive ethos
• Friendly and supportive staff
• A strong commitment to your continuing professional development and personal well-being

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

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Lincewood Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Lincewood Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@lincewood.essex.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01268 412888
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lincewood-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

Lincewood Primary School is an inclusive, caring and supporting school, with children at the heart of every decision we make. We have aspirational expectations and a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum, which aims to foster a love of learning. Our school values revolve around the ICARE acronym, helping us to develop an inclusive, caring, aspirational, resilient and enthusiastic atmosphere for all.
We are a Thrive school and use the principles of Thrive to support pupils who have experienced childhood trauma and we are proud to be an Inclusion Centre of Excellence.

Lincewood Primary School is part of CRESCO Multi Academy Trust.
Cresco Multi Academy Trust is based in Basildon and consists of Great Berry, Janet Duke, Lincewood and Noak Bridge Primary Schools. The aim is to share good practice and provide the best education for all our children.

We believe that this collaborative partnership will have a positive impact and enable us to drive school improvement, help us to build capacity, develop our staff, secure the best financial value for each of our academies and support greater pupil attainment and opportunity.

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