Learning Support Assistant - College
St Elizabeth's School
Hertfordshire
- £9.58 - £10.64 per hour
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Permanent, full-time, TTO
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 December 2021
Job overview
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT - COLLEGE
£9.58 - £10.64 per hour
PERMANENT – FULL-TIME – TERM TIME ONLY
Do you have a passion to work with SEN learners, to help promote personal growth and independence?
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity within our specialist College for an enthusiastic and committed Learning Support Assistant to support young people with complex learning disabilities to complete their College placement.
You will provide our learners with development opportunities that not only extends their academic skills and abilities, but also promotes personal growth and independence in all aspects of learning, leisure and life. You will be responsible for supporting with specific and targeted curriculum through various strategies in order to help our learners achieve their learning goals whilst promoting independence.
Every day we carry out immeasurably worthwhile and rewarding work which continually enhances the lives of the learners that attend our College.
About You
To join us as a Learning Support Assistant, you will need to be dedicated, motivated and passionate about people, with previous experience of working within a SEN environment or similar. You will also have an NVQ Level 2 in either Learning or Health and Social Care along with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
St Elizabeth’s
St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 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 a CV and application form via our website www.stelizabeths.org.uk. For more information, please speak to our friendly recruitment team on 01279 844409 or 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
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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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