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Job details
Application closing date: 22/01/2025
Location: Halifax
Salary:
Post 1: £11,880 per annum (FTE £24,404)
Post 2: £10,183 per annum (FTE £24,404)
Package: Both posts are fixed term (linked to a statemented child)
Post 1: 21 hours per week, term time only
Post 2: 18 hours per week, term time only
Job category/type: Schools
Learning Support Assistant – 2 posts available - The Greetland Academy
At The Greetland Academy, we have high expectations and a relentless focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning, to ensure each child can maximise their potential and have their life chances significantly enhanced. We believe in the importance and value of education and that every child has the right to access an education of excellence.
We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated Learning Support Assistant. The post is to support individual pupils with special educational needs; previous experience in this area is desirable but not essential. The successful candidate will work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher, to support access to learning for pupils. Specifically, this may be to:
1. Work within the classroom to support the learning needs of the child.
2. Provide targeted 1:1 and group interventions as required.
3. Adapt support dependent on the pupils’ needs - communication, patience and understanding. Intimate care will also be required.
4. Create a stimulating environment in which their learning and development is encouraged.
5. Keep records of the child’s progress and provide information that will help teachers with their progress.
6. Provide personal care to assist toileting, including changing and other self-care skills.
You will:
1. Have a clear understanding of the ways in which children learn and a range of effective teaching styles which meet the children's individual needs.
2. Be confident in your ability and work with initiative.
3. Work well within a team, be keen to share ideas and happy to take advice from colleagues and specialist staff.
4. Be keen to develop skills further by completing training signposted by key leaders.
5. Be determined to make a positive difference to the young people at Greetland Academy.
6. Be able to smile a lot and model high expectations of yourself and others.
7. Be caring, friendly, adaptable and hardworking.
In return you will work with a warm and welcoming school community, with dedicated staff and enthusiastic well-behaved children. Great Heights Academy Trust is a progressive and forward-thinking Multi Academy Trust where there are opportunities for development and career progression. As a Trust, we offer many benefits including a generous holiday entitlement.
If you are passionate and enthusiastic about helping children and can work with us to nurture their aspirations and dreams; enabling them to be the best they can be, then we would love to hear from you.
If you are interested in this role, please complete our application form, as a Word Document, and return to Hayley Drummond at h.drummond@greatheightstrust.org.uk. Please indicate if you are interested in Post 1 or Post 2 or both posts. We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date: Wednesday 22nd January, 9am
Interview: TBC
Start: Immediately
Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
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