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SEN Learning Support Assistant

Van Gogh Primary, London, SW9 6HF

This job expired on 16 October 2024 – see similar jobs

Job start date
4 November 2024
Closing date
16 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week during term time only Monday to Friday
Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months
Pay scale: NJC Scale 3, spine points 5 or 6 determined after successful interview

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

Experience of and interest in working with students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues
Minimum GCSE grade C or above, or 4-9, or functional skills level 2 in Maths and English
Qualifications in, or willingness to work toward accreditation of, working with students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues
Excellent communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to handle situations with tact and sensitivity involving staff and students
Excellent behaviour management skills
Ability to manage and prioritise workload
Effective use of ICT to support learning
Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion

General

Level 4 Award in SEMH would be helpful for this post
General understanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies
Basic understanding of child development and learning
Ability to identify learning needs
Ability to scaffold work, in particular in English and Maths
Display a commitment and an ability to contribute to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
Work as part of a team
Demonstrate personal integrity
Work to support the aims and ethos of the school
Flexibility in the approach to work and the demands of the post
Willingness to undertake professional development.

What the school offers its staff

We want an educational experience which provides excellence for - and expects it from - everyone. We know that this is best achieved in a school where:

the offer is broad, balanced, inclusive, enriching and effective in meeting the needs of young people;
staff and students are supported and challenged to be the best versions of themselves;
relationships are positive, well established and healthy;
practice is based on evidence and underpinned by the notion that ‘we can always do better’;
a range of employee benefits including a choice of two bicycle schemes.

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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