Learning Support Assistant - Ilford, United Kingdom - London Borough of Redbridge
Description
Job Details:
Job Title
- Learning Support Assistant
Reference
- Non Teaching
Category
- School Support (nonteaching)
Location
- Hatton Special School, Roding Lane South, Woodford Green, IG8 8EU
Job Type
Job Hours
- Fulltime
Job hours notes - Hours: 34 hours / 44.2 weeks 8.30 to 4pm Monday to Thursday pm Friday
Salary
- £20, £20,547.00 per annum
Salary Scale:
LBR4 starting at £23,400 FTE (actual salary starting at £20,547)
Description
Hatton School & Special Needs Centre
Learning Support Assistant
Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and expertise in the field of special educational needs? If so becoming a Learning Support Assistant at Hatton School will give you the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, access training in a range of specialist interventions and strategies to support the learning and progress of children with SEND.
Our pupils are aged 3-11 with a range of complex needs including autism, social communication difficulties, downs syndrome and other learning difficulties.
The School was graded as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in November 2018. Our pupils are amazing and work very hard to achieve small and big steps of progress over time.They are supported by a dedicated staff team and we stand by our ethos of "Learning, Growing & Achieving Together"; we value teamwork and support one another to develop.
Although our staff are amazing and have developed some fantastic practices in working with our pupils, we do not sit back.
We are continually striving to further develop the learning opportunities we provide for our pupils.Currently we are seeking to recruit Learning Support Assistants.
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, passionate individuals who have a genuine interest in working to support pupils with special educational needs to achieve the very best outcomes.
The Learning Support Assistant post will require working with pupils across a broad spectrum of SEN, including pupils with ASD and challenging behaviour.
Experience of working / volunteering with children and young people is essential for this role and more specifically experience of special educational needs or disabilities is desirable.
This is a physically active job; Learning Support Assistant daily duties involve manual handling, personal care and using Team Teach strategies.
You need to be conscientious, reliable, hard-working and be able to work on your own initiative as well as being able to support the team.
Hatton staff have access to:
- A carefully selected 'Peerbuddy' to support them when starting with us
- A commitment to ongoing professional development
- A wellresourced school
- Supportive and enthusiastic colleagues and governors
- Staff social events
- Wellbeing support
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This includes the need to become familiar with school policies immediately upon appointment and to follow the school's procedures in relation to safeguarding.
This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.
The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.
The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages. The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.Please ensure you supporting statement thoroughly states how you meet the person specification for this role.
Interviews:
Week commencing 19th June 2023
Closing date
- 05 June 2023 at 08:00
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