Learning Support Assistant - Pre School
St Gabriel's School
West Berkshire
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2023
Job overview
Do you have an early years childcare qualification?
Are you interested in supporting a child with ASD to reach their full potential?
Come and work in the beautiful surrounding at St Gabriel’s Nursery, within the grounds of our independent day school in Newbury.
The role: We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant who will work in our Nursery on a 1:1 basis with one of our pre-school children. This wonderful child needs support at times when stress level become hard to manage, most often at transitional times in the day, due to sensory factors and social communication misunderstandings. When 1:1 support is not needed, you will provide general support to the whole room.
With a Level 3 Early Years Childcare qualification, you will join our exceptional nursery team encouraging and supporting all the children, ensuring each child is treated as an individual from their very first day.
All our children, from our youngest babies, follow a specifically tailored and richly diverse Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum with access to specialist staff from the Junior School. A wide variety of fun and exciting learning opportunities are provided for the children, which take place both in and out of doors.
The nursery is proud of its family orientated atmosphere, where children become confident, happy and independent learners.
Qualifications and experience:
- Level 3 qualification recognised by the Early Years’ Service
- Previous experience of supporting children with ASD
Hours: 4 days per week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) 8.30am – 4.30pm however we can discuss a variation of these hours for the right candidate. If you are interested in full time hours, we are happy to discuss this as well.
This role is permanent with an initial focus on 1:1 support for 1 year which is linked to the attendance of the child.
We are looking for someone to join us as soon as possible.
Benefits:
- Paid overtime for meetings and training
- Free hot or cold lunch, cakes, fruit, tea and coffee
- Birthday bonus
- Free Perkbox subscription which gives you access to discounts on cinema tickets, days out, supermarket shops, Apple products, health, beauty & fashion brands plus much more
- Perkbox wellness hub which offers workouts, meditation sleep stories and wellbeing webinars
- Financial advice service
- Discounts on new cars
- Life assurance cover
- 24/7 access to a virtual GP
- Planned career and salary progression
- Wellbeing support
- Outstanding outdoor space and grounds
- Free on-site parking
- Contributory pension scheme
- Lots of opportunity for personal development
St Gabriel’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the receipt of an enhanced DBS certificate and verification under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.
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About St Gabriel's School
Founded in 1929, St Gabriel’s is a thriving co-educational independent day school for children aged 6 months to 18 years. The key to our success is providing a balanced and inspiring education within a community based on mutual respect and collaboration, creating an environment where pupils are confident, engaged and happy.
While justifiably proud of our pupils’ academic results, we see education as being so much more than numbers and grades; we believe strongly in an all-round education and are eager for our pupils to enjoy their educational journey, rather than having their heads down as the world passes them by.
In the last decade, we have successfully established the St Gabriel’s Nursery and extended the co-educational offering of our Junior School to the Senior School. The Sixth Form, alongside Year 9, will accept boys from September 2024 with St Gabriel’s becoming fully co-educational in September 2026.
Situated in Sandleford Priory, which dates back to the early Middle Ages, St Gabriel’s is set in a beautiful Grade 1 listed building within Capability Brown parkland, which provides a gracious setting in which to work.
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