Learning Support Assistant
Interview date: 06 November 2024Hours: 20 hours and 30 minutes per week, term time only plus 20 hours and 30 minutes INSET hours per academic year.An ELAN LSA is positive, a team player, motivational, flexible, creative, and innovative with a supportive nature, as well as being confident, calm, consistent and resourceful with experience supporting pupils in a classroom environment, with Special Educational Needs or disabilities (SEND).
You will work closely with the class teacher to resource and adapt planning and support high quality teaching and learning across all subjects. You will help to create learning environments where pupils can expand their knowledge. You will work with the school community to uphold our trust and school values.
You need to be proactive, energetic, and committed to engaging pupils, developing their desire to learn. You will help to inspire them to be confident and independent working on 1:1 and in small groups. You will also need to be calm, patient, sensitive and able to comfort children when they’re upset.You should have experience of:
working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other high level needs such as global delay experience of working with children who have Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) needs
working with children who require a Total Communication Approach
working with outside families and outside agencies
supporting children with personal care
delivering evidence based, targeted interventions to move children forward.
Why apply to work at Bournville Primary School:
Bournville Primary School is a modern, fully inclusive school for 2-11 year-olds in Weston-super-Mare. At Bournville, we are passionate about children’s education. We are informed by the most up-to-date and relevant research and we are not afraid to take risks and try something new.
We encourage children to have enquiring minds, take pride in their achievements, and have respect for moral and personal values. Bournville is more than just a school, it is a family that understands and works with all aspects of the child. Adults who work at Bournville will be advocates for the children in our school and have excellent ability to develop relationships with children and families.We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route.
As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROS) 1974.