Lunchtime Support Assistant SEN ( 13 hours per week)

We are currently looking to appoint a Lunchtime Support Assistant to provide high quality support over lunchtimes for pupils aged from EYFS - 6 years, who have a range of special educational needs.

This is a permanent, Grade 2 role with a full time equivalent salary of £20,623. Working Term-Time only, 38 weeks per year, 13 hours per week. The pro-rata salary is £6,404.

About Prospect House 

Prospect House is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust. We offer an innovative curriculum to children with very significant learning needs and other associated additional needs, aged 3 – 11 years old. We recently moved into our brand new school site in Higher Blackley, North Manchester which provides outstanding specialist facilities including a state-of-the-art hydropool, ASC friendly classrooms and corridors, Food Technology Room, Library, Immersive Learning Room, Sensory Regulation Room, Parent Room, Pets as Therapy Dogs (Alfie and Ovie) and two KuneKune Pigs (Sebastian and Dolores). This is an exciting time to join our friendly and welcoming team as we grow and develop our new site and school community. Find out more about our school in the candidate brochure below. 

Main responsibilities 

·        To help create an atmosphere so that the meal and lunchtime recreation is a pleasant experience for pupils and staff.

·        To supervise students in the dining area/s and elsewhere as required by the Head teacher.

·        Attend to the physical needs of students as required such as, feeding, toilet needs, changing and hand washing.

·        Responsible for implementing policies and procedures relating to standards of Education, Health and Safety and Care and to carry out those procedures competently.

·        To carry out all the policies in the staff handbook after training, maintaining procedures in line with statutory regulations, Health and Safety, Manual Handling, etc. 

 Key skills and experience 

. The ability to understand as well as supervise children and young people.

. Experience of working with children/young people with communication, severe, profound or complex learning difficulties.

. Ability to attend to students’ personal needs, including pastoral, social, health, physical hygiene i.e. toileting and changing, minor first aid and welfare matters.

. To be aware of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.

. To communicate clearly and be able to understand written and verbal instructions. 

Working for us: 

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. 

Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including; 

• a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues 

• membership to Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments 

• access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24 hour support 

• Cyclescheme access 

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions 

Closing Date: 13th February 2023

Interviews: During week beginning 27 February 2023

Applying to work for us 

Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage. Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete. We cannot accept CV's. We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applicants.  

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview. 

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references. 

Safeguarding Children 

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. 

Equality Statement 

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. 

If you would prefer to request a manual application pack, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 0161 527 7953 or via e-mail at hr@prospere.org.uk