1:1 Learning Support Assistant

Closing date: Monday 24th February 2025

Interview date: w.c. 3rd March 2025

Start date: April 2025

This is a term time role.

Competitive salary and conditions are offered.

We seek to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic 1:1 Learning Support Assistant to join our dynamic and committed Learning Support Team. This temporary position is for 40 hours per week, linked to a named child and will continue whilst the child is a pupil at Thomas's Battersea.

The successful candidate should have experience helping children with their emotional regulation and social communication skills. 

This is a great opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our community. We are looking for a person who can quickly generate confidence and respect and who is capable of fostering highly positive working relationships with children, parents and colleagues.

The Recruitment Pack should be read alongside the information available on our website.

Applications will be considered upon receipt so an early application is strongly encouraged. Interviews will be arranged as soon as mutually convenient.

For further details go to the Thomas’s London Day Schools website:

www.thomas-s.co.uk/join-our-team

or email: batjoinourteam@thomas-s.co.uk

The interview process for shortlisted candidates includes a school tour, an observed learning activity evaluated by a member of our Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and a series of interviews. These interviews will focus on the key responsibilities of the role, along with safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Thomas’s London Day Schools are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment and work in accordance with our child protection policies and procedures. All posts are subject to screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the DBS service. The school will undertake online searches on shortlisted applicants and may require applicants to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts. For details of the checks which will be undertaken as part of our recruitment process, please see our Safer Recruitment Policy which can be found here www.thomas-s.co.uk/policies/ under the ‘Thomas’s Policy’ tab.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. 

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomas's is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity or marriage and civil partnership. Thomas's aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workspace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Group.

For details of the checks which will be undertaken as part of our recruitment process Thomas’s London Day School’s Recruitment Policy is applicable and can be found here www.thomas-s.co.uk/policies/ under the ‘Thomas’s Policy’ tab.