Learning Support Assistant (ASD Experience)
Newhaven School
Greenwich
- Expired
- Salary:
- £20,007-£20,472 FTE inc. LWA [pro rata £16,508-£16,892 approx.) 33½ hours per week, 39 weeks per year TTO
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 November 2018
Job overview
Vacancies – Learning Support Assistants – Newhaven King’s Park Campus
Job title: Learning Support Assistant - KS3/KS4/KS5
Location: Eltham, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Salary: APT&C Scale 3 (£18,657 - £19,623 FTE)
(actual salary £15,485 – £16,287 approx.)
33½ hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type Permanent - Term Time Only
Closing Date: Monday 26/11/2018
Interviews: Week commencing 3/12/2018
Start date: January 2019
We are seeking to appoint Learning Support Assistants to work in this exciting new school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and mental health needs. You will join a new team, developing a new school in a newly refurbished building with the aim of supporting our students to get the best possible outcomes and opportunities to move forward with their lives. In this interesting and rewarding setting, you will need resilience and emotional maturity and a genuine passion for helping young people.
We are looking for:
- Qualifications to level 2 in maths and English.
- An interest and maybe experience in the arts, media or ICT.
- Experience of working with young people possibly with ASD
- A willingness to learn and work as a key member of a small team
- A person with resilience and a good sense of humour
Details of the new provision are detailed in the overview in the ‘Vacancies’ section on our website.
If you feel you have something to offer and are excited at the prospect of working with us then please take a look at our application details and how to apply on Vacancies (www.newhavenschool.co.uk) and also look for King’s Park in the ‘school’ drop down menu. Please phone Jon Kelly (Head of Campus) if you wish to visit or discuss further details about the post.
Applications (CVs are not acceptable) are to be sent to recruitment@newhaven.greenwich.sch.uk
Newhaven is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced with Barred List check through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) plus additional pre-employment checks.
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About Newhaven School
“Newhaven is different to other PRUs because Newhaven will never give up on you, no matter what. They push you to do your very best and guide and support you to the end and even after.”
Zaqiel, Year 11
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit is a high performing and complex alternative provision set in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We believe in providing opportunities for students to become independent and well-rounded individuals ready to embrace all that life has to offer, removing the barriers to learning that have hindered their progress up to now.
At Newhaven we have an extremely effective team of dedicated staff to support the progress of every child, including specialist LSAs and HLTAs, Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists and CAMHS link workers. Our most recent Ofsted report notes that Newhaven pupils “benefit from a committed team of professionals who enjoy coming to work. This is because they feel valued and are supported to work together to improve pupils’ outcomes”.
Newhaven has a positive "can do" attitude, believing that the sky is the limit, and we think creatively and innovatively to meet the needs of our learners and school community. Our examination results and student destinations are a testament to this.
To read more about the different schools that comprise Newhaven, as well as our ethos and values, please visit our website www.newhavenschool.co.uk
Should you have any unanswered questions, please contact us.
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