Learning Support Assistant
Crossley Heath School
Calderdale
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2024
Job overview
Our SEND team is growing as a response to student needs. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join this small, effective SEND team within our school. You will support the work of other Learning Support Assistants and the SENCo to give targeted one-to-one support for students with Education, Health and Care Plans, including support in lessons as required.
No previous experience is required but you must have a genuine liking for young people and must be able to establish good relationships with the young people in your care. You will be working with a small number of high needs students in the school who can find the mainstream environment challenging. Patience, understanding and good communication skills are essential along with confidence in speaking with students, staff, parents and external agencies. Building positive and trusting relationships with parents and carers is also a key part of the role.
This is a perfect opportunity to work within an extremely successful school and make a significant contribution to supporting young people to achieve their dreams and aspirations. Crossley Heath is a very popular school which achieves excellent outcomes for our young people. We are proud of the dedicated support we provide to young people with AEN/SEN and hope you will be able to help us develop our expertise even further.
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About Crossley Heath School
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The Crossley Heath School is proud of our origins as an orphanage and school, keeping our founding spirit of philanthropy and commitment to social mobility alive for students of all backgrounds across our community. We are an inclusive school family, building on our proud heritage to champion the students of today to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Our students are the most wonderful part of our school and developing both their academic achievement and strength of character matters dearly to us. Kindness is a value we uphold and we hope all visitors find themselves stepping into the friendliest and happiest school possible. We believe in courage through protecting what is right and good, taking on challenges and changing the world for the better. Excellence is our goal, both academically and in extra-curricular fields. We intend to excel and celebrate the greatest talents in sport, performing arts and beyond so all our students flourish in the areas that matter most to them as unique individuals, supported by a real school family here at Crossley Heath.
Our staff members are truly valued and opportunities for professional career development abound. We have wellbeing at the heart of all we do and as staff we enjoy time together and we support each other. Our staff:
· Are supported by an additional Crossley Heath non-contact period on top of their PPA allocation as a thank you for all they do for our students.
· Take the opportunity to lead a wealth of extra-curricular activities over our extended 50 minute lunchtime.
· Experience school trips at home and abroad during term time as we believe these are the most memorable moments of schooling.
· Are supported by a wellbeing champion and strong, close communication with our leaders.
· Enjoy wellbeing initiatives like weekly celebrations of our star staff, vying to win the Head Teacher's car parking space each week, plus weekly clubs and sport for staff.
We are so proud of our students as:
· They have wonderful characters shining with kindness, courage and excellence.
· They commit to our House system so they can enjoy collaborating and competing across our 11 to 18 age range.
· They make us proud with their commitment to extra-curricular sport, clubs and their behaviour on trips, many reaching high levels in their chosen sport and other endeavours thanks to commitments that extend beyond school time.
· They have the academic ability and aspiration to become the leaders of tomorrow who can shape our world for the better.
· They care about each other as much as we care about them.
Come to visit us and see for yourself a high performing school with a really big heart.
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