Learning Support Assistant
Maltings Academy
Essex
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £14,628.86 - £15,165.17 - Pension Scheme (LGPS), Healthcare package & additional AET Benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 10/04/2023
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2023
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant
£20,812 - £21,575 FTE Actual salary £14,628.86 - £15,165.17 + Pension Scheme (LGPS), Healthcare package & additional AET Benefits
Permanent, Full Time
30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Immediate Start
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to provide one-to-one and small group support to students with learning difficulties and disabilities in our mainstream classes. You will work closely with subject teachers to establish working roles and ensure that students' Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are fully understood and implemented.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting teachers in the delivery of subject lessons as directed, as well as providing supervision and support for basic academic and functional skills programmes. You will also read through materials with students who experience difficulty with reading, record information for students who experience difficulty with written language, and offer advice to staff on the special needs of individual SEND students.
If you have experience working with students with learning difficulties and disabilities, possess excellent communication and organisational skills, and are passionate about helping students achieve their full potential, then we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position as a Learning Support Assistant.
Maltings is a 11-16 academy based in Witham, Essex. Situated between the cities of Chelmsford and Colchester, the academy has 900 students on roll and benefits from a purpose-built building that was constructed in 2011. There are excellent transport links to London which enables our staff and young people to take full advantage of the wealth of opportunities that London provides. Free car parking facilities are available on site.
We offer:
- To be part of an academy moving forward at pace.
- A highly committed staff team developing and driving a culture of high expectations and no excuses.
Visits to the academy are welcomed. For an informal discussion about the post, and to arrange a visit please contact Julie Joiner: jjoiner@maltingsacademy.org
Closing date: 17th April 2023
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s. Apply today.
Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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About Maltings Academy
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At Maltings Academy we are committed to deliver excellence by creating a calm, purposeful learning environment where staff and students share a common goal that enables all students to succeed.
Everyday, we guide students to be able to make a difference by being respectful of themselves and others, arriving at school with a readiness to learn and engage positively in their lessons and to develop and demonstrate resilience on their learning journey to becoming a generation we can all be proud of.
To achieve our common vision, all members of the academy community will uphold of core values of respect, readiness and resilience.
Maltings Academy is a school where the community works collaboratively and with a sense of shared responsibility and pride for our students to achieve, dream big and lead successful and fulfilled lives anywhere in the world.
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?
Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
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