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Learning Support Assistant (Permanent)

Learning Support Assistant (Permanent)

The Orchard School

Sandwell

Salary:
Band C Scale point 5-8 9.74 – 10.34 per hour. £18,795 - £19,945 (pro rata) + SEN allowance
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
3 September 2020

Job overview

Hours:   2 x Permanent 32.5 hrs -Term time + 5 INSET days

The Governors of this primary aged school wish to appoint several Learning Support Assistants.  Experience of working with children with complex and profound learning difficulties is required.  We are looking for people who are adaptable, reliable and good team players.

The Orchard School is an outstanding Sandwell Special School that caters for pupils with complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay. There are currently 146 pupils on roll, and our children range from 2 –11 years.

We are a dynamic, vibrant and forward-looking school, with a welcoming ethos and a commitment to working in partnership with other agencies and families in order to harness and develop each child’s potential.

An application pack can be obtained from our school website. For further information, please see the Job Description and Personnel Specification which is also available via our school website www.orchard.sandwell.sch.uk.

Should you require any further information, please contact Deanna Jackson from 1st September 2020.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Any offer of appointment will be subject to successful DBS clearance and 2 satisfactory references and a clear Disqualification by association return.

Closing date: 4th September 2020 – 12:00 Midday.
Shortlisting: 4th September 2020.
Interviews: 16th September 2020.

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About The Orchard School

+44 121 569 7040

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The Orchard School was established in September 2000 following the reorganisation of provision for children with special educational needs in Sandwell. In September 2006, we moved into our current building which is brand new and purpose built with state of the art facilities. These include a music and drama studio, white and dark room studios, swimming and hydrotherapy pools and a sensory garden.

Our children range from 4 years to 11 years and all have complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay. A number of our children present behavioural difficulties arising from their condition; many have communication difficulties.

Along with teaching and classroom support staff, the school is supported by a multi-agency team of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy colleagues, a teacher of the visually impaired and nursing staff. Teamwork has been an essential aspect of the success of the school.

The school has attained the ‘enhancing’ level of the Sandwell Quality Mark for Inclusion developed a strong programme to support inclusive practice. This takes place within the school itself, through offsite visits to support the curriculum and through dual registered placements for our children in mainstream settings. A number of children from mainstream schools also visit our school to share in lessons and activities.

We link closely with other educational agencies within the local authority to assist colleagues working with children with special educational needs. Through a referral process and by direct contact, our outreach programme offers support in a number of areas, to mainstream provision.


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