Job Description

Job Role: Learning Support Assistant

Hours: 26.67 hours per week Monday - Friday, 39 weeks per year (Term time plus inset days)

Contract Type: Part time, Permanent

Salary: Scale 3, Points 5 - 6 (Actual Salary £15319 - £15562)

Closing date: Midday Monday 25th November 2024

Interview Date: 04/12/2024

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Learning Support Assistant to join our Learning Support Faculty. You should be approachable, patient and understanding to support identified students with special educational needs and/or disabilities to enable them to access the curriculum.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Excellent communication

• A positive 'can-do' attitude, inclusive values and a great sense of humour!

• A team player

• Good organisational skills Duties involved:

• Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with school policies and help keep pupils on task

• Interact with, and support pupils, according to individual needs and skills

• Implement planned learning activities/teaching programmes as agreed with the teacher, adjusting activities according to pupils' responses as appropriate

• A full list of duties will be found on the Job Description

We can offer you:

• A friendly and supportive working environment

• A commitment to professional development

• Cycle to Work and Tech Schemes

• Employee Benefits Platform

• Reduced Gym membership

For more information about our school, please visit www.boswells-school.com or contact Maria Williams on mho@boswells-school.com or 01245 264451.

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.

Information about the School

The Boswells School is a large 11-18 secondary school that serves the area of north Chelmsford. The school is an extremely popular, over-subscribed convertor academy that enjoys an excellent reputation in the local and wider community. We were graded ‘Good’ in every area by OFSTED in February 2017 and are working towards our goal of becoming a truly great school.