Learning Support Assistant - SEN School
St Elizabeth's School
Hertfordshire
- £14,748 - £17,101 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- per annum dependant on experience and qualifications
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 December 2021
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant
Level 1 - £14,748 - £15,396 per annum
Level 2 - £15,748 - £17,101 per annum
36 hours per week, term time only
Are you looking for a rewarding new role, helping to enhance the lives of young people with Learning Difficulties and Special Educational Needs?
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Special Educational Needs School for an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant to join the team. Working as part of our School Team, you will be assisting with the development and implementation of individual education and behaviour plans, also personal care programmes.
You will be responsible for supporting with specific and targeted curriculum through various strategies in order to help our learners achieve their learning goals and also promoting independence.
This is an incredibly rewarding role working closely with our learners to provide them with an educational experience that not only extends their academic skills and abilities, but also promotes personal growth and helps to build self-esteem.
About you
You do not need previous experience of working in a Learning Support Assistant role, however it is desirable. We do ask that you have good literacy and numeracy skills and are able to communicate effectively with both learners and adults.
A relevant qualification is essential for our Level 2 Teaching Assistant position e.g. Level 3 SSTLiS or equivalent. You will be working Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year.
St Elizabeth’s
St Elizabeth’s is situated in 60 acres of Hertfordshire countryside between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs in our Children’s Homes, School, College, Residential Homes with Nursing and Day Centre.
Our Benefits
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:
- Competitive salaries
- Generous holiday entitlement
- 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for allocated roles
- Fully paid for DBS
- Life assurance
- Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
- Free on-site parking
- High street retail/leisure discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Recommend a friend payment of £1000! (T&Cs apply)
- Confidential employee assistance programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Comprehensive development plans designed for you
- On-site accommodation for £200 per month
- Subsidised staff transport service from Bishops Stortford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Hertford and Ware
How can you find out more?
To apply, please submit an up to date CV on our website. All applications should be made via our website www.stelizabeths.org.uk . For more information, please contact our friendly recruitment team on 01279 844409 or email us on recruitment@stelizabeths.org.uk.
All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.
St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant(s) will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. St Elizabeth’s is proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from across the community.
Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer
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About St Elizabeth's School
Welcome
St Elizabeth's School is a Specialist School for young people aged 7 - 19 years. We offer a warm, welcoming, safe and secure environment for children from all over the UK.
We are more than just an epilepsy school!
The School is a centre of expertise in supporting and educating young people with moderate or severe learning difficulties (MLD/SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) or other complex neurological conditions potentially caused or complicated by epilepsy. Our Multi-Disciplinary Teams, in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital, equip the School to serve a wide range of complex needs such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), language and communication needs or challenging behaviours.
As either a residential or day pupil, every young person we welcome to our School is unique and valued. Our integrated care, therapeutic and academic provision is planned around the individual and delivered through a seamless, coordinated and consistent waking day curriculum, either in the classrooms or in our residential accommodation, available all year round.
Supporting pupils to make progress and develop independence skills is at the heart of everything we do, providing a safe and caring environment in which they can achieve their fullest potential.
St Elizabeth’s maintains as a Roman Catholic School, but we are fully inclusive and welcome children from all faiths or of no religion. Religious Education and our Christian ethos is taught by all teachers, and supported by our Catholic Ethos Advocate. Our Centre chapel is used frequently for Mass and our many prayer rooms give anyone the opportunity for quiet reflection throughout the day. If they choose, children can be prepared to receive their First Holy Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Ethos, Aims & Values
Weekly assemblies form the focus of our Religious Education, with all children being given the opportunity to organise and participate on a regular basis. All assemblies begin with the whole school sharing our core value statement: ‘To live and learn as friends together. To Share and Give and Love.’
Our Aims for Young People
At St Elizabeth’s each young person will have the opportunity to live and learn in a safe and nurturing environment where differences are acknowledged, respected and valued – where abilities are recognised and achievement is celebrated.
- To know and feel that they are safe.
- To be able to access a full and meaningful education through a curriculum that is adapted to individual learning profiles.
- To promote an understanding of children’s rights and advocacy services, assisting children to make choices and communicate their needs.
- To be able to achieve to their full potential.
- To have access to excellent health and therapy care which enables them to enjoy varied life experiences and retain a good level of general well being.
- To reduce barriers to living ordinary lives as much as possible.
- To live and learn in an emotionally supportive environment which promotes their development as a young person.
- For children receiving residential care to live in youthful and fun houses which offer a sense of security and belonging.
- To be empowered and facilitated to make informed choices about their own lives.
- To become as independent as possible.
- To be able to learn from experience.
- To be provided with the best quality of life possible in relation to their needs.
- To be included in their own and local community as much as they are able.
- To be prepared for a transition into adult provision or alternative learning services as and when appropriate.
Head Teacher: Mrs Lisa Tooley
More information about our School can be found on our website www.stelizabeths.org.uk or by contacting us on 01279 844451
Registered address: St Elizabeth’s Centre, South End, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG10 6EW
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