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Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Co-op Academy Southfield

Bradford

  • Expired
Salary:
Actual Salary. Level 2. New SCP 5/6
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
23 February 2020

Job overview

Learning Support Assistants  

Co-op Academy Southfield 

Permanent.   Term Time only plus one week.

31hrs per week  (8.45am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday plus 1 hour training each Monday 3.20pm to 4.20pm)

Level 2.  New SCP 5/6

RECRUITMENT SELECTION DATE:  WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020

We have a number of permanent Learning Support Assistants.  Based at Co-op Academy Southfield you will undertake learning, care and support programmes to enable access to learning for students and to assist the teacher in the management of students and the classroom. Learning may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.  

You’ll have experience of working with students with a range of special educational needs and possess NVQ2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification.  You’ll be enthusiastic, confident and committed to promoting high quality learning and support.  With a positive approach to behaviour management you’ll be able to work with pupils with a wide range of complex health needs and learning difficulties.

You’ll join an accomplished team of professionals and a successful partnership of schools which is committed to raising the educational ambitions of the communities it serves.  As part of the Trust we can offer successful candidates a huge variety of opportunities for development and progression across all phases. Following the merger with the Co-op Academies Trust, on 1 June 2019, this is such an exciting time to join us.  

Co-op Academy Southfield caters for around 280 students including those in our Sixth Form or at our Project SEARCH sites at the Bradford Royal Infirmary and Next Distribution Centre. We have on-site support from other professionals including Speech and Language Therapists, the School Nursing team, Physiotherapy teams as well as support from Social Care and other services.  We also enjoy close links with education, leisure, sporting and commercial organisations across the locality and we are keen to actively promote these partnerships for the benefit of the children in our care.

What we offer:

• Excellent opportunities for personal and career development within the Co-op Academies Trust

• Employee benefits such as retail discounts, reduced gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more

• Free access to a confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

• Effective, supportive and dynamic leadership across Co-op Academy Southfield

• A superb, school building with a flexible and creative ICT rich working environment

• Enthusiastic students who are keen to make good progress 

• Welcoming, friendly, supportive, effective and efficient professional/continuing professional development

Further details and application forms can be found on the Academy’s website 

https://www.coopacademies.co.uk/vacancies/                           https://southfield.coopacademies.co.uk/vacancies/

or by contacting Human Resources at gran-hr@coopacademies.co.uk  This is also the email address to which completed applications should be submitted.

“Co-op Academies Trust, as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf”.

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About Co-op Academy Southfield

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+44 127 477 9662

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We are Co-op Academy Southfield. Co-op Academy Southfield is a special secondary academy in Bradford, graded as 'good with outstanding features' by Ofsted.

Co-op Academy Southfield is an inspiring place to work and learn, as part of the Co-op Academies Trust, Southfield aims to secure excellence in all aspects of its work. It is one of thirty schools in the Trust, and one of three Special Schools. All schools in the Trust demonstrate a strong commitment to cooperative values and principles. It is therefore vital that applicants are willing to fully embrace these, embedding them into the learning experiences for students and use them to drive up academic standards further. 

Our academy offers an outstanding, inclusive and inspirational learning experience for pupils aged 11-19 with a wide range of complex educational and medical needs. The academy is designated for up to 360 pupils and students with Severe Learning Difficulties, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

We are co-located in a purpose-built building with Co-op Academy Grange, a mainstream secondary school. Our sixth form provision is housed across Haycliffe Lane on a smaller site. It offers specialist education and training to provide pathways to our students for life after school.

We’re part of a multi-academy trust - Co-op Academies Trust, sponsored by Co-op. With academies across the North of England, Co-op Academies Trust is committed to co-operative values and providing outstanding educational opportunities for young people.The Trust is a successful and highly collaborative partnership of schools committed to raising the educational ambitions of the communities it serves. 

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Learn more about Co-op Academy Trust 

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