Specialist Learning Support Assistant - Behaviour
St George's Academy, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7PPThis job expired on 24 April 2023
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 April 2023 at 9am
Date listed
28 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, 8:30 to 3:30
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year in the first instance
Actual salary
- £16,137.52 to £16,431.47
Pay scale
- NJC Scale 3, pts 5 to 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will be required to work with students with particular needs related to behaviour / undiagnosed special educational needs (SEN). These are students who do not currently have an EHCP but who may need one. This will include working with up to three students at a time on a programme of up to four weeks:
- Providing one to one support
- Working with students to identify and implement strategies to positively manage their behaviours with a focus on promoting and enhancing their learning
- Working with their teachers to identify strategies to be able to meet need without additional Teaching Assistant support
- Where additional Teaching Assistant support looks like it will be needed longer term, work with the SENCO to progress next steps in formalising SEND need and in providing evidence towards a potential EHCP application or Paediatric referral
Additionally, to support the induction of students who are new arrivals to the country, such as refugees and asylum seekers.
What the school offers its staff
St George’s Academy is a large, successful, 11-18 mixed secondary school of 2,377 students (including 349 in the sixth form and 531 on our Ruskington Campus) with outstanding facilities in all areas. The Academy serves Sleaford, Ruskington and the surrounding Lincolnshire villages.
If you would like to join a very supportive team in an Academy of enthusiastic and friendly dedicated staff, then we would be delighted to hear from you
Commitment to safeguarding
St George’s Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Additional employment checks will also be carried out for all roles in accordance with “Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance for Schools and Colleges”.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St George's Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2356 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St George's Academy website
- Email address
- jobs@st-georges-academy.org
St George’s Academy is a large, successful, 11-18 mixed secondary school of 2,340 students (including 334 in the sixth form) with outstanding facilities in all areas. The Academy serves Sleaford, Ruskington and the surrounding Lincolnshire villages with our main campus in Sleaford and our smaller campus in the village of Ruskington.
We are a leading member of the Sleaford Joint-Sixth Form (SJSF), a collaboration of the co-educational sixth forms of St George’s Academy and the Robert Carre Trust. The SJSF provides a full range of post 16 courses for over 700 students and is a beacon of educational provision across Lincolnshire.
Arranging a visit to St George's Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@st-georges-academy.org.
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