Learning Support Assistant (Secondary)

Learning Support Assistant

Secondary Phase

35 hours per week

Working Pattern: 8:30 - 16:00 (30 minutes unpaid lunch break)

Working weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 Inset Days)

Scale 3 Points 4-5 £21189 - £21575 pro rata (actual salary £17145 - £17653 pa)

Start date: ASAP

We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our growing team at The Beaulieu Park School.  You should be committed to supporting all pupils, including those with additional needs.

This post is for 5 days a week from 8.30am until 4pm (35 hours per week). The role will also include lunch duties (with a 30-minue lunch break). Term time - Plus INSET days.

In this role, you would be working within a fantastic team, supporting all of our pupils, including those with additional needs in our Secondary School. Applicants must be enthusiastic, positive and able to work on their own initiative, as well as follow direction from other members of the staff team. Please see the Job Description and person specification for full details.

You will also support, along with another colleague, a student that has Muscular Dystrophy that requires personal care throughout the day. Consequently, this role is a fixed term one that completes at the time the identified student is due to leave us, 31st July 2023. Applicants should have:

• A high standard of written and spoken English
• Excellent numeracy skills
• A strong work ethic with flexibility to respond positively to challenges of day to day school life
• A calm and motivated attitude with a clear understanding of the needs of all children- including children with additional needs
• Understanding of personal care and a willingness to undertake additional training
• A good sense of humour • Excellent communication skills
• Previous experience of working within a LSA role or similar role 

Closing date: Midday 12th December 2022

Interviews: Week commencing 12th December 2022

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to: 

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people; 
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued; 
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.  

As a trust, we welcome applications from colleagues from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from colleagues from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and people that identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender plus (LGBT+) as these groups are currently underrepresented in our trust. 

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.