Learning Support Assistant/SEND Admin Support

ST HELENA SCHOOL

LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT/SEND ADMIN SUPPORT

Pay Range: Local Government Pay Scale 6, Point 13-17

Actual Salary from: £20,231 - £21,770

Start Date: Flexible, can be decided at interview

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring individual to become a member of our SEND team. Your role will be to support students with various SEND needs to provide specialist provisions to overcome their barriers to learning as well as providing administration support to the SENDCo and SEND Department.

This post is 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus non-pupil days).

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Working with individuals or small groups of children in collaboration with teaching staff;
• Proactively supporting students with activities designed to enhance numeracy and literacy;
• Supporting SEN students in gaining the ability to utilise IT in the classroom;
• Promoting positive behaviour, raising esteem and encouraging an aspirational culture;
• Working with SEN students to foster their development as independent learners;
• Providing administrative support for the SEND department within the school.

We're looking for you if you have:

• A good standard of education (ideally Maths/English GCSE grade A* to C or equivalent);
• A commitment to high standards of achievement from students and yourself;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to act on your own initiative.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).

Why work for The Sigma Trust, St Helena School?

We can offer you:

• A Competitive Salary
• Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
• Employee Benefits: Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Perkbox, Cycle to Work Scheme and Discounted Gym Membership at selected local gyms.

Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.

Additional Information:

For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk

To Apply

To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:

https://careers.sigmatrust.org.uk/Apply/U2l81c7fnbWEgQXBwbGljYXRpb24gRm9ybS58Mzl8NDE2MDQ3fDF8fEZhbHNlfDIxMjJ8MjI5NjMwOHww?i=8J8FSfIlTd0%3d

Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV’s and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.

• Closing date: Midnight, Thursday 22nd June 2023
• Interviews will be held week beginning Monday 26th June 2023

The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.

The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.