Learning Support Assistant - Carer
Northampton School for Girls
Northampton
- Expired
- Salary:
- £11,041 (actual salary)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 19 February 2018
Job overview
Level 2 Learning Support Assistant – Carer
Job Start: asap
Location: NN3 6DG
Salary: Grade D: £15,613 to £16,123 pro rata (Actual salary £11,041)
Contract Type: 31hrs 40 mins/week (term-time only - 38 weeks a year)
Contract Term: Permanent
We are looking to appoint a Level 2 LSA Carer to provide individual support for students with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). You will have a background working with or caring for young people, ideally you will have experience of working with SEND students, and be capable of assisting in all aspects of their care, including personal care. You will be able to work independently and have a passion for child-centred learning and equality. You will join a friendly and supportive team who work well together to ensure the highest achievement for all students.
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) staff at Northampton School for Girls is a hardworking and focused team who support students under four strands: Access, Literacy, Numeracy and Social, Emotional & Mental Health. The Learning Support Team work within these strands developing specialist knowledge and experience in these areas through training and sharing good practice. The team supports students in classrooms, working alongside quality first teaching, and in small intervention groups and 1 to 1 sessions in the dedicated SEND area we affectionately call the 'Blue Lagoon'. Our SEND team supports students in three levels of need: vulnerable learners (wave 1), SEN support (wave 2) and Educational Health Care Plan (wave 3). Students in waves 2 & 3 have an Individual Learning Plan to support their progress and personal development.
Closing date: 19 February 2018
Interview date: 22 February 2018
For any queries please contact personnel@nsg.northants.sch.uk.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal records check, via the Disclosure & Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by NSG.
Details of our safer recruitment policy can be found in the school policies section of our website.
About Northampton School for Girls
- Northampton School for Girls
- Spinney Hill Rd, Spinney Hill, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN3 6DG
- United Kingdom
Underpinned by our values of ‘Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Respect for Learning’, together our staff and students strive to exceed the limits of their potential through a rigorous and ambitious curriculum which meets the needs of individual learners’ talents and interests, building the foundation for their future successes in a fast-changing world.
From its inception in 1915, Northampton School for Girls has recognised and celebrated everyone as individuals and has also understood the power of the community. Our students recognise the impact that they have on others and particularly the responsibility that they have to give of their time, talents and charity to the wider community. We foster an environment where students can expand their minds, think flexibly, develop the skills of leadership that they all have within them, and grow as individuals.
We are a school with an impressive reputation, rich cultural diversity and a long-standing track record of success: we are proud to be Northampton School for Girls.
Please visit our website to find out more.
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