Job Description

Learning Support Assistant - Autism Provision

Required for September 2019

Band 2, points 3-5 - Actual salary £12,424 - £12,910 depending on experience.

29 hours per week. Term time plus Inset days (39 weeks)

Monday to Wednesday 8.30am to 3.00pm, Thursday 8.30am to 3.40pm and Friday 8.30am to 3pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced LSA's to join our Autism Provision. You will be part of a team of professionals who will be working to develop a Centre of Excellence for Autism provision.

You will be working with students who have a diagnosis of Autism and your role will include small group teaching whilst also helping students to access the mainstream curriculum where appropriate.

Qualifications and/or experience of autism approaches and working with children with an ASC is desirable. You should also be willing to undertake additional training and qualifications in the field of Autism.

You will be:

· Patient

· Calm

· Confident in working with children who may be highly anxious

· Imaginative

· Hard working

· Flexible

· Happy working as part of a dedicated team

Bromfords aim is to create an outstanding provision for children with an ASC, enabling students to fulfil their potential and enjoy learning.

The Bromfords School and Sixth Form College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be offered a position subject to full pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

For further information please contact Shelley Edwards, HR Assistant on 01268 627866 or by email to recruitment@bromfords.essex.sch.uk

Please note CV's will not be accepted.

Closing date:Monday 2nd September2019, Midday

Interviews: w/c Monday 9th September, 2019

Information about the School

Harris Academy Wickford is on an exciting journey to help our fantastic young people harness their potential, achieve extraordinary results and change the world. The Academy joined the Harris Federation in September 2026. The Harris Federation is the most successful large multi-academy trust in the UK and the only large trust where disadvantaged students outperform non disadvantaged students nationally. We are a group of highly ambitious, committed staff who believe in the transformative power of education. Our collective vision is to help our scholars achieve their extraordinary and change the world. Our mission is to become the best school in Essex by 2030. Our values of Hard Work, Ambition, Wisdom and Kindness underpin everything we do.

We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and to experience our school at first hand. If you would like to do this, please contact Kathy Rich, PA to the Headteacher on 01268 627848 or via email to N.Choudhury@HarrisWickford.org

We may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.