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SEND Learning Support Assistant

Sun Academy Bradwell, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 8JN

This job expired on 5 October 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 September 2023

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: 31.5 hours per week 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Fixed term - to 31 August 2024
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £21,198 and £21,968
• Actual salary: Between £15,447.64 and £16,015.57
• Pay scale: NJC 4 - 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential Criteria

Good basic education to GCSE level, with a minimum grade of 4 or equivalent in Numeracy and Literacy

Level 3 in Childcare

Experience of working with young people and children

Experience of working with children with SEMH needs

Understand the needs of young people and children

Understanding child development and the ways in which children learn

Understanding the roles played by various adults in a child’s education

Understanding behaviour management strategies

Understanding equal opportunities and safeguarding

Help professional staff to achieve their objectives

Assist children on an individual basis, in small group and whole class work

Explain tasks simply and clearly and foster independence

Supervise children and adhere to defined behaviour management policies

Accept and respond to authority and supervision

Demonstrate the ability to learn and adapt from past experiences

What the school offers its staff

Free on-site parking

Employee benefits through our on-line platform - Vivup

Enrolment onto the LGPS

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Desirable skills / experience

SEN qualified

Experience of working on a 1-1 basis with SEND pupils

One year minimum experience of being a paid worker in play schemes, crèches or after school clubs

Knowledge of the SEND code of practice

Monitoring, recording and making basic assessments about individual progress

Suggesting alternative ways of helping children if they are unable to understand

Describing in simple terms the process of behaviour management with children

Demonstrating the ability to learn and adapt from past experiences

Commitment to safeguarding

Sun Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant must undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE 2023.

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About Sun Academy Bradwell

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 161 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sun Academy Bradwell website
• Email address: sharon.williams@attrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sun-academy-bradwell

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Arranging a visit to Sun Academy Bradwell

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sharon.williams@attrust.org.uk.

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