Learning Support Assistant
King Edward VI Community College
Devon
- £19,182 - £19,485 per year
- New
- Salary:
- NJC
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 18 October 2026
Job overview
About this Role
King Edward VI Community College is seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to join this highly successful secondary school to support a student with specific learning and physical disabilities.
We are looking for an inspiring, motivated and enthusiastic individual who can support learning and understands the importance of building confidence to enable access to the curriculum. An understanding of SEND, together with patience, resilience and a willingness to learn, is essential.
Role Overview
The successful candidate will support a named student to access learning, including providing mobility and some intimate care support, and will work as part of a wider SEND team to promote independence, engagement and wellbeing.
Essential qualities and experience
The successful candidate will:
· Have experience of working with young people
· Have an understanding of how young people learn and develop
· Be able to support access to the curriculum through adaptable and responsive approaches
· Be able to take initiative and respond flexibly to changing needs
· Be willing and able to provide mobility support and intimate care with dignity and sensitivity
· Work effectively as part of a team
· Demonstrate patience, empathy, resilience and a positive outlook
Desirable qualities and experience
· Experience of working with students with SEND, particularly physical disabilities
· Experience of supporting students requiring mobility or intimate care
· Knowledge of strategies to support confidence, independence and inclusion
· Experience of working within a school or educational setting
Safeguarding Statement
Education South West is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. This includes checks with past employers, an online check of publicly available information, including social media, and an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service
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About King Edward VI Community College
King Edward VI Community College is situated in the South Hams town of Totnes with a wide and varied catchment area. Our community is richly diverse, encompassing not just Totnes itself, but the wonderful countryside that surrounds it.
This is a very special place to work: we celebrate our focus on comprehensive and inclusive qualities. Our students are a fantastic mix of personalities and talents, and we value each and every one of them.
We are committed to making a real difference to their lives: supporting them to flourish, and we go that extra mile to make this happen. As Ofsted (2019) recognised staff are 'relentless in their pursuit of better outcomes for pupils'. We are rightly pleased with, but not fulfilled by, our judgment as a good school. We aspire to be consistently outstanding in all that we do, and encourage staff and students to be creative in their approaches to learning, We want to harness the potential of our community to develop a truly unique school, infused with co-operative values that prepare children to be happy and successful adults.
Please see further information on our website https://www.kingedwardvi.devon.sch.uk/
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