SEND – ELSA and admin support assistant

Redwell Primary School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 5LQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £24,404.00 Annually (FTE)

SEND – ELSA and admin support assistant job summary

Hours: 30 per week (8:45am – 3:15pm with a 30-minute lunch)

Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and promoting emotional wellbeing in a school environment? Redwell Primary School are looking for a caring and organised SEND – ELSA and Admin Support Assistant to join their dedicated team.

About the Role:

This is a varied and rewarding role supporting our Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCo) in two key areas:

Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) – 50%

Work directly with pupils to provide emotional support, including sessions on self-esteem, friendship, anxiety, and more. Help build trusting relationships and promote emotional resilience within the school setting.

SEND Administrative Support – 50%

Assist in managing SEND records, organising EHCP and PLP documents, liaising with parents and external agencies, and ensuring the effective coordination of SEND provision.

We’re Looking for Someone Who:

Has a good standard of education (GCSEs or equivalent in English and Maths)

Has experience supporting children with SEND, including those with emotional or mental health needs

Is highly organised and confident using Microsoft Office and school systems like Arbor

Communicates clearly and works well both independently and as part of a team

Brings a positive, flexible, and proactive attitude to their work

(Ideally) is ELSA-trained, or willing to undertake ELSA training

Benefits:

Access to retail discounts and technology schemes.

Access to Cycle to Work

24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter.

Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional

An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged.

Discounted gym membership

Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours – while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work

Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes.

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process.

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks.

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated

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.

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About Redwell Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 630 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Redwell Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redwell-primary-school-wellingborough

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