Learning Support Assistant

Are you a passionate, friendly and dedicated when it comes to providing excellent care and educational support to students with additional needs? Do you recognize yourself as having strong communication skills, patience and understanding? Are you a strong team player who can help to secure outstanding outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a passionate and friendly team under the direction and with the support of the SENDCO and Assistant SENDSO. You will also benefit from fantastic support and development opportunities to enable you to do what you do best.

The Role

• To provide dedicated 1:1 support for a child / children diagnosed with additional needs who require individual support to support access to learning, as well as being able to nurture the child’s social and emotional needs.
• Responsible for some learning activities within the overall teaching plan to enable access to learning.
• Undertaking moving and handling with designated students.
• To be actively involved in all aspects of school life.
• In addition to the above, we’re looking for someone who is self-driven and wants to deliver the best service. It’s important that you can demonstrate a solution’s focused attitude, maintaining a positive outlook and work well in a team.
  
  

By joining Teaching Personnel, you will have on-call guidance and a team that will be there to help you with any queries.

To apply, respond to this advert with your up-to-date CV and we will endeavour to contact you within two working days.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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