Learning Support Assistant x 2 – Fixed term
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you looking for a rewarding role that will allow you to make a difference by helping to give young people a positive start in life?
Does the future excite you within our Trust?
Then come and work for us at John Fernley College as a Learning Support Assistant.
If you have the ambition to be a crucial advocate for our SEND students by enabling them to become confident and resilient individuals, then this is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday, 23rd February 2025
Interview Date: Thursday 6th March 2025
Start Date: As soon as possible
Fixed term to end December 2025
With a remuneration package including:
1. A salary of £18,349.43 - £18,640.37 per annum (FTE £24,408 - £24,795 per annum)
2. Local Government Pension Scheme membership
3. 5.44 weeks paid holiday entitlement rising to 6.44 weeks after 5 years’ continuous service
Trust Employee Benefits
* High quality continuous professional development throughout the year
* Career progression opportunities within the Trust
* Occupational sick pay, maternity and paternity pay
* Access to the generous Local Government Pension Scheme
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Free eye care tests
* On-site parking at John Ferneley College
* Accessible central services including HR, Finance and IT
The post-holder will work a 32.5 hours per week, Term-Time only, plus 5 INSET days (39 weeks per year) on a fixed-term basis.
As a leading, high performing education provider, the Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a multi-academy trust currently educating around 2,500 pupils from the age of 2 to 16. Our schools are based in the town of Melton Mowbray and surrounding villages in the Borough of Melton and are easily commutable from Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Oakham.
As our Trust grows, so does our need for talented, skilled individuals. Each of our employees brings a unique mindset, new ideas and positively impacts the development of our Trust. We are therefore dedicated to:
* Creating our own
* Growing our own
* Inspiring our own
* Retaining our own
And of course, Children First!
As a Trust, we are always looking to develop our staff to grow their career with us through mentoring and professional development opportunities. Our staff are driven by one main vision, to do our best for every single pupil so that they can develop to their full potential, to act courageously and with integrity in all that they do.
The SEND team here at JFC have many opportunities to broaden their knowledge through the implementation of various CPD opportunities. Furthermore, LSAs are allocated to a unique learning zone in order to enhance and encourage student progress. If you are looking to be a crucial advocate for our SEND students by enabling them to become confident and resilient individuals, then this is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.
This role may be suitable for a graduate looking to gain relevant and practical experience within the classroom with a view to undertake teacher training or to gain specialist training and knowledge in a field that you are passionate about.
The successful candidate will need to be an organised and creative person with good IT skills and a commitment to transforming the life choices of young people. You will also need to be confident in the use of IT and be able to assist in preparing materials for lessons.
The start date for the role is as soon as possible and is dependent on completion of satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Mowbray Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if sufficient applications are received.
Mowbray Education Trust embraces and welcomes diversity and equality.
Mowbray Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working within the Trust to share this commitment. All roles are subject to full pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check.
Mowbray Education Trust ~ Children first
We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and fluency in the English language.
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