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30 hours per week - 8:45am to 3:00pm including flexible lunch break. Term time only
Scale 4, Point 6 - 7 (Full time equivalent £19171 to £19554 plus inner fringe)
Required 1st September 2020
Fixed term contract until 31st March 2021 to enable the setting to meet the additional health and safety requirements caused by Covid-19.
We are seeking a Learning Support Assistant who is caring and enthusiastic to join our existing supportive team. The successful candidate will have good communication skills and be committed to helping children reach their full potential. They will possess appropriate skills in Maths, Literacy and ICT and be patient and empathetic.
Excellent support skills are essential and therefore previous experience is desirable. The successful applicant will already hold a relevant Level 3 qualification.
Our Governing Board is committed to:
• safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of children and young people;
• promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs.
Upshire Primary Foundation School expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, DBS and medical checks.
If you would like further information or an application form please contact Julie Hockley, Finance and Personnel Manager on admin@upshire.essex.sch.uk. Due to Covid-19 we are sadly unable to offer tours of the setting prior to interview.