Student Support Assistant
Reading School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade: RS04 points 10 to 22 FTE Salary: £25,545 pa to £31,364 pa Actual Salary: £22,168 pa to £27,218 pa
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 5 July 2024
Job overview
37 hours per week (full-time), term time only plus one week
Are you passionate about education and supporting young people? Do you have experience of working in a secondary school or with SEND students?
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Student Support Assistant who is passionate about providing a nurturing learning environment for our students. This vacancy has become available due to a move from the department to another role within the school.
We are committed to providing an inspirational environment for our students, where they are actively engaged in learning and optimistic that they can achieve. We enable them to develop leadership skills with an emphasis on integrity, teamwork and celebrating success.
Based in the Auxilium in the main school building, you will work with students across the year groups supporting personal, social and academic development. Meeting the needs of young people with SEND is the responsibility of all staff, but as a member of our Student Support Team, you will play a vital role in supporting a case-load of students.
As a Student Support Assistant, you will be working alongside teachers and specialist staff to support students with special educational needs or students who require additional support to access learning and opportunities in order to flourish and be prepared for life beyond school.
What you’ll do:
- Support students to help overcome barriers to learning, helping them achieve their full potential.
- Produce and coordinate support material on SEN, learning and welfare issues for staff and parents.
- Design and lead one-to-one and group work sessions to support students, specifically those with neurodiversity.
- Be aware of and support difference, ensuring all students have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
What we’re looking for:
- Excellent communication skills.
- The ability to relate well to children and adults.
- Experience of working with SEN students, in particular.
- Ability to adapt readily to changeable situations.
In order to conform with our Safer Recruitment process, all applicants must complete an application via our recruitment portal. Links to the portal can be found on our website:
https://www.reading-school.co.uk/vacancies
Stand-alone CVs will not be considered for shortlisting. Candidates should complete the personal statement section of the application form clearly detailing how their skills and experience meet the job description and person specification.
If you have any queries regarding this role, please contact:
Deadline for Applications: 9am, Friday 5 July 2024.
Application Forms will be reviewed on receipt. Early application is advised as we hold the right to close the application process early if a suitable applicant applies and is appointed.
Reading School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be willing to undergo an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Full details of our Safeguarding - Staff Recruitment Policy and Data Policy can be found on our website.
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About Reading School
- Reading School
- Erleigh Road, Reading
- Berkshire
- RG1 5LW
- United Kingdom
Reading School is an amazing place to study and work. Our School was founded in 1125 and, through its 900-year history, we have provided world-leading education to tens of thousands of students. With this rich heritage and depth of tradition, it should be no surprise that our academic reputation is second to none. Our Year 13 students are consistently awarded A* to B grades in more than 90% of their A-Level entries, and those sitting GCSEs regularly achieve the very top grades in more than 85% of their courses.
This is not what matters to us most though. We consider these outcomes a necessary, but insufficient measure of a student's education. Education is much more than grades, and learning is much more than retaining information. Education is the business of hope. It sustains society, nurtures culture, inspires innovation and enables the best in humanity.
Education matters, because people matter.
At Reading School, in all we do, we therefore seek to nurture curiosity, inspire service and build character. We promote honesty and community as well as excellence and leadership. We encourage our students to find resilience at the bottom of the ruck, humility on the podium, delight when encountering difference, patience when practice is tough and integrity when no-one is watching.
As a school of character, we believe that your actions can and will make a difference to you and others. We are a values-based organisation that focuses on growth and development. Our core values underpin everything that we do and our staff, both teaching and associate, role model these values.
If you are thinking about joining our team you can find out why it might be the right fit for you. Our team is proud to make a positive impact and strives to put values in to action – excellence, integrity, leadership and community.
Chris Evans, Headteacher
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