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Job Role: Learning Support Assistant
Hours: 32.5 per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract: Part time, Permanent
Salary: Scale 3, Point 5-6 £23500 - £23893 FTE (Actual salary £17,696 - £18,233)
Closing Date: Noon 16th August 2024
Interviews: 21st August 2024
Start date: September 2024
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our growing team in the primary phase of The Beaulieu Park School. You should be committed to supporting all pupils, including those with additional needs. This post is for 5 days a week from 8.30 until 3.30 (32.5 hours per week). The role will also include lunch duties (with a 30-minue lunch break). Term time only- Plus INSET days.
In this role, you would be working within a fantastic team, supporting all of our pupils, including those with additional needs across Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Applicants must be enthusiastic, positive and able to work on their own initiative, as well as follow direction from other members of the staff team.
Applicants should have:
• A high standard of written and spoken English
• Excellent numeracy skills
• A strong work ethic with flexibility to respond positively to challenges of day-to-day school life
• A calm and motivated attitude with a clear understanding of the needs of all children- including children with additional needs
• Understanding of personal care
• A good sense of humour
• Excellent communication skills
• Previous experience of working within a LSA role or a similar role
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual 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 and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.
As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.
In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.