About Us
The Southwater Junior Academy wishes to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed Learning Support Assistant who cares about children, understands inclusive teaching and thrives as part of a positive team.
The Southwater Junior Academy is a four-form entry junior school with high attainment, well behaved and enthusiastic children, an extensive range of extra-curricular activities, a well-resourced learning environment including a music studio and an ICT suite, plus access to highly personalised joint professional development.
Main purpose of the job: To work under the instruction/guidance of the teaching/senior staff to undertake work/1-1 care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.
Job Details
Salary: £11,036
Contract Type: Temporary
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday. Term Time Only. Hours to be agreed
Location: Southwater, West Sussex
Interviews: TBC
Duties and Responsibilities to include:
Support for Pupils
- Build trusting relationships with children, using a nurturing and therapeutic approach to promote emotional wellbeing and engagement.
- Supervise and provide particular support for 1-1 pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
- Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes.
- Celebrate and promote the inclusion of every child, encouraging a sense of belonging within the classroom and wider school community.
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
- Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
- Use initiative to ensure pupils are on task, challenged and are making good progress.
- Provide emotional support for particularly vulnerable pupils.
- Be adaptable and open to supporting a range of children across Key Stage 2, responding to their individual needs with care and creativity
- Provide emotional support for particularly vulnerable pupils.
- Be flexible in supporting a range of 1-1 children across the KS2 age phase.
Support for the year team
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the displays of pupils work.
- Use strategies, in liaison with class teachers, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
- Assist with the planning of learning activities.
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record the achievement/progress as directed.
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils achievement, progress, etc.
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- Establish constructive relationships with parents.
- Provide clerical/admin support eg photocopying if appropriate.
Support for the Curriculum
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
- Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies.
- Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
Support for the Academy
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
- Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime if required.
- Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips, residential visits and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.
What You Need to Succeed
Working with or caring for children of relevant age
Ability to relate well to children and adults.
Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
To be able to use initiative in and outside of the classroom.
Basic understanding of child development and learning.
Understanding relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation, including safeguarding.
General understanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies
Effective use of ICT to support learning
To be able to offer a skill to run/support an after-school / extra-curricular club eg ICT (programming), sport, music, art
Experience with working with children in the primary age phase
At least GCSE Maths and English or equivalent qualifications
Teaching/HLTA status
NVQ2/3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience.
A levels an advantage
First aid qualification an advantage
TEFL/TESOL qualifications
Southwater Junior Academy and West Sussex County Council 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. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
How to Apply
To apply for this role please download the job description and application form below.
Please complete the application form and ensure that you outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the job description).
Once complete please return this to [email protected]
Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please feel free to email us or contact us on 01403 730475
NOTE TO CANDIDATES - Please do not select the ‘Apply online’ button as the School processes your applications directly rather than through this site.
The reference number for this role is SCHO02731.
Job Reference: SCHO02731
