Job Description

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust

Wishes to appoint a

SEN Learning Support Assistant

Fixed Term until 31st August 2020

based at; Thameside Primary School

Manor Road, Grays, Essex SS17 0DF

Required: ASAP - Fixed Term Contract

Band 2 (Depending on experience) - Actual Salary: from £11,216

28 hours 20 minutes per week

8.50am - 3.20pm - Term Time Only (30 mins lunch break & 20 Coffee break)

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust wishes to appoint a SEN Learning Support Assistant committed to raising standards at Thameside Primary School, who were judged to be a 'good school' following an Ofsted inspection in October 2018. Our aim is to provide an outstanding education for all of our children.

You will work in partnership with class teachers, to support learning in line with the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, codes of practice, school policies and procedures. We offer the opportunity of working in a school with:

Friendly and enthusiastic pupils
A supportive and dedicated team
Access to training and professional development
The candidates will preferably have relevant NVQ qualifications or equivalent and they must have a good standard of English and Mathematics as well as basic computer skills.

Desirable criteria: Strong behaviour management skills

· Experience of supporting pupils with a range of needs e.g. Asperger's, Autism, ADHD, speech and / or language difficulties

· Knowledge of successful strategies to engage pupils with specific and significant needs

· Flexible and adaptable with timetabling and the daily routines

· Ability to work 1:1 and in small groups

· Ability to be able to differentiate the work based on individual needs

· Excellent communication skills

· Ability to liaise with parents and relevant staff

· Personal Care

For further information and an application form email HR@osborne.coop or telephone 01375 648936.

Closing date: MiddayMonday 9th December 2019 Interviews: ASAP

Information about the School

At Thameside Primary School we provide first-class primary school education for the local community with an exciting curriculum based on raising aspirations, setting high ambition, and pursuing excellence. Our specialist PE department provides high quality sport and extra-curricular activities. Our pupils are confident young people with high self-esteem, grand expectations, and a clear sense of personal responsibility both for themselves and others. Our ethos, in common with the wider Osborne Trust, are based off our co-operative values and shared sense of collective responsibility for supporting each other.