Senior Learning Support Assistant in PSRP (Autism Provision)
JCoSS, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
asap
Closing date
24 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,524.00 - £32,931.00 Annually (FTE) NJC12-NJC15 pro rata. Actual salary : £25,501
Senior Learning Support Assistant in PSRP (Autism Provision) job summary
We need a capable and proactive Senior LSA. As well as supporting students’ learning both in class and on a more individual basis, this role includes leadership, line management and appraisal of colleagues, and greater responsibility for deploying others to ensure our provision for students meets needs. As such, the position might suit those looking to further their experience in school or considering a teaching career.
We wish to appoint someone with a track record of success in supporting students with autism, excellent skills of communication and organisation, the ability to work in a team and the confidence to lead a small group of LSAs in the busy and varied environment of the PSRP. The ability to communicate effectively with parents, and to plan and adapt activities according to students’ needs is essential. Resilience, perspective and a ready sense of humour are key tools, as of course is a total commitment to inclusion and to championing the needs and potential of our students.
A HLTA qualification is desirable, and we would expect you to complete this once in post if not previously obtained.
Please answer the following questions in your statement of application:
- What experience do you have supporting autistic students, and how has it shaped your approach?
- How do you manage and motivate a team in a busy school environment?
- Why are you interested in this Senior LSA role, and how does it align with your career goals?
- How would you handle a challenging situation with a student or colleague?
- Can you describe a time you adapted learning activities to meet individual student needs?
Commitment to safeguarding
JCoSS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) clearance.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About JCoSS
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Jewish, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1345 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- JCoSS website
Our Vision: JCoSS is an academic, aspirational learning community, known and respected for our pioneering spirit, our humanity and our excellent outcomes.
Our Ethos: If you think you know what working in a Jewish school might be like, be ready to think again. Our outward-looking and pluralist Jewish ethos combines an embrace of open-minded values with a deep love of the varied riches of Jewish tradition. The staff and leadership team includes different faiths and none at all levels, and the school has a culture of purposeful good humour and humanity. We are a school like no other.
Our Results: We have a track record of outstanding results. Students achieve excellent outcomes and make great progress. In 2023 46% of A level grades were at A*or A and more than 79% of Cambridge Technical grades were Distinction* or Distinction. 45% of GCSE grades were grade 7 or higher, with more than a quarter of the cohort achieving at least 7 GCSEs at grade 7 or better. Our ALPS grade has been consistently 2 at both A level and GCSE, and our ‘Progress 8’ score is consistently significantly above national average. Supported by a strong programme, students every year gain places at Oxbridge and for Medical and Veterinary Study, as well as for a wide range of specialisms and competitive courses at prestigious institutions.
Staff Benefits: We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to supporting staff development. Several non-teaching colleagues have trained with us as teachers; our rich CPL programme includes full induction for new teaching staff including ECTs, NPQ programmes, and financial support for MA courses, Action Research projects and many other opportunities. Additional responsibilities are always considered for suitable candidates and we offer ECTs employment for the last few weeks of the summer term. Our admissions policy includes priority places for the children of all staff*. Our website details a huge number and variety of staff wellbeing initiatives.
* (Children, Jewish and non-Jewish, of JCoSS staff who have a permanent contract of employment and have completed two years of service on the last day of the summer term of the academic year prior to application)
Our Location & Community: The school is in beautiful £50m buildings overlooking the Green Belt. It is easily accessible from Northern, Piccadilly and Overground rail links, public buses run past the entrance and a school coach service (available to staff) serves our whole catchment area. We attract students from eloquent and supportive communities across North London and Hertfordshire.
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