Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Teaching Personnel are looking to recruit SEN Learning Support Assistants to work on a temporary basis at an SEN Special School in Preston.

The school caters for students ages 3-11 who have moderate to severe and multiple learning difficulties including physical disabilities, sensory impairment, ASC, and SEMH. The school’s holistic approach to meet pupils needs and intends to develop self-discipline, independence and autonomy in preparation for adulthood.

As an Options Autism school, the school provides care and education to pupils and young people with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, the school is leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Key Duties:

• Helping children learn through fun and educational activities.
• Managing a daily schedule that includes activities, toilet breaks, lunch, and rest time.
• To follow the principles of safeguarding to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
• Ensure that each child’s cognitive, social, and emotional needs are met.
• To ensure the education environment, is a safe place for children, that equipment is safe, high standards of hygiene are always adhered to. 
• To foster children’s growth, self-esteem, and independence.
• To plan and deliver focused learning opportunities for individual children and to carry out focused tasks from individual SEND action plans.
• To work with the key workers, to discuss each child’s individual needs.

Key Information:

• The chance to work with wonderful individual children and young adults.
• A full time role, Monday to Friday (8.30-3.30pm) start date September 2024.
• Term-time only role. 
• PAYE contract.
• Preston based, PR4.
• A compettitive hourly rate of pay of £12.90+ per hour depending on experience and additional duties. 

The school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced Child only Disclosure and Barring Service Check on the update service, please do not apply if you do not hold one of these or are not willing to apply for one.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please contact Katie on 01772 301154 or, .

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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