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Teaching Assistant Level 3/ ELSA (Emotional Learning Support Assistant)

Lime Academy Forest Approach, Romford, Essex, RM3 9YA

This job expired on 14 February 2022 – see similar jobs

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 February 2022 at 11am
Date listed
14 January 2022

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: View all Part timejobs
32.5 Hours a week, Term Time Only.
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 5 SP12 £25,137 – SP16 £26,997 Actual Salary SP12 £19,410 - SP16 £20,846

Teaching Assistant Level 3/ ELSA (Emotional Learning Support Assistant) job summary

The Lime Trust is looking for Teaching Assistant Level 3 – ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) to join their Teaching and Learning team. The Lime Trust consists of 8 schools, 4 Special and 4 Primary in Cambridgeshire and North and East London)

These posts are to work in Lime Academy Forest Approach, a special school in the London Borough of Havering for children aged 4-19.

The Lime Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school to school collaboration and Trust direction, high challenge and high support. All schools in the Lime Trust strive to improve life chances for all and respected in their local communities.

The Lime Way:

Always working to be brilliant
Putting children first
Setting the standard
Building capacity rich schools

The Values we embed in our schools are:

Respect
Equality
Self-worth
Partnership
Enjoyment
Communication (a voice for all)
Trust

The successful candidate will work with the teaching and learning team and the Senior Leadership Team at the school to support pupils, promote best practice, and contribute to the aims and ethos of the Trust and its schools.

Candidates should be ambitious and passionate professionals, who will add value to our school in striving to help deliver personalised learning that prepares our pupils for the next stage in their life, and who can:

To manage pupil behaviour in line with school policy
To support pupils with SEMH access learning by planning and implementing interventions designed to meet their personal needs
Lead the class in the absence of the class teacher for short periods
Provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the classroom
Assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment
Provide expertise to deliver a personalised curriculum for each pupil’s learning
Promote the inclusion of all pupils, ensuring they have equal opportunities to learn and develop
Build and maintain successful relationships with pupils, treating them with respect and consideration
Work together with families and other agencies to ensure every pupil is valued, challenged and supported
Have the highest expectation that every pupil will make sustained academic and personal progress
Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school

We are looking forward to hearing from candidates who want to take the next step up in their career. This is a post that requires candidates to be committed to ongoing personal learning and development, and to sharing our long-term aims and drive for continuous improvement within our school.

Recruitment timetable

Closing date: 14th February 2022 at 11.00am

Shortlisting: W/c 21st February 2022

Interviews: TBC

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to arrange on 01708 343649

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check).

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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