Learning Support Assistant

Job Description

Pay Range: New Essex Pay Scales - Scale 3/4

Annual Salary: £19,264 - £20,444

Actual Salary: £14,052-£14,913

Weeks per year: Term time only

Full time hours: 32.5 hours per week. 8.00am - 3.30pm

Thurstable Schoolare looking to recruit an enthusiastic and hardworkingLearning Support Assistant. As well as supporting pupils one to one and in groups, a key component of the role will be to act as a key worker providing personal care to students with physical disabilities. This will include providing assistance with navigating the school site, assistance at mealtimes and with toileting.

You will need to work alongside the Learning Support Department and Class Teachers providing whole class support as well as working on a one to one support basis to provide academic support, personal development and guidance. You must be creative in your approach and able to keep pupils focussed throughout the lessons. Building good relationships with the student and parents is vital in order to achieve progress.

We have both full-time and part time, permanent and fixed term vacancies available.Please state on your application form the number of days per week you are looking for.

The ideal candidate will:

· have recent experience of working in a similar role

· a good standard of English and Maths (to GCSE level)

· have relevant knowledge of Safeguarding procedures and why these are important

·· have experience of working with parents to support a pupil

· enjoy being with children

· have the ability to work independently using own initiative

· be physically fit due to physical demands of post

· be patient, empathetic and understanding

· be able to work well as part of team

· be accepting of advice and direction with a willingness to act upon this

· be flexible and adaptable

· respect confidentiality

· ensure high standards in behaviour and pupil learning. Working in accordance with school policies

· be willing to attend training and have a commitment to professional development

You will be working with an experienced team of LSA's. Training will be provided.

Information about the School

THE SCHOOL A warm welcome to Thurstable School, a school built on ethos and with a clear aim of building knowledge and growing character. At the heart of everything we do lies our core values of aspire, respect and endeavour, values that are lived and not just laminated.

We are at an exciting time of our development as we strive to be a school of character and academic excellence and are looking forward to helping your child become the best version of themselves and achieve great academic outcomes whilst developing good character.

In the Summer of 2022 the GCSE results were “significantly above average” and in the top 20% of the country (Department for Education) and we are unashamedly clear that academic scholarship, reading and writing are at the heart of our curriculum.

We have the wonderful Thurstable Loves To Read programme as well as our innovative Morning Meeting programme based upon cognitive science and are committed that all students leave us with a reading age that matches their chronological age.

Equally important to our ethos is growing character and one of our mantras is “true character is doing the right thing when no one is looking”. We believe that character is taught, caught and sought and are committed to providing as many opportunities for the students to make memories from foreign exchanges, musical productions, Duke of Edinburgh schemes and numerous sporting opportunities.

We are committed to our mission statement of "Building Knowledge, Growing Character". We won’t get everything right, but we will always be honest, be led by our values and learn from the best schools in the country to make ours better.

OUR VALUES

Our core values ARE Thurstable. The values of Aspire, Respect and Endeavour are part of our DNA and inform all of our interactions and decisions at the school.

These values underpin our daily routines and are experienced in everything from the calm and purposeful atmosphere to the way our students interact with each other, staff and guests. We actively teach and role model these values and are very much part of our unique character curriculum.

We use the idea of 'Phronesis' to guide us. Phronesis is practical wisdom, a virtue which allows us to make the right decisions at the right time for the right reasons.

We expect our students and staff to use phronesis in their daily life at Thurstable.

ASPIRE

We aspire to the best jobs, college and university places We aim to achieve the highest outcomes possible We pursue excellence and seek recognition We take risks and love learning We are curious and ask questions

RESPECT

We respect ourselves, others and the environment We are respectful, polite and courteous at all times We are on time and we have the right equipment We treat others in our diverse community as we wish to be treated We always follow instructions: first time, every time We are kind

ENDEAVOUR

We work hard to achieve success We focus on the tasks in hand and tackle them conscientiously We have the resilience, tenacity and grit to keep going when others give up We represent the school and participate fully in school life We support others to achieve

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.