[ref. a02449900] Pupil Support Assistant
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our Personal Support Assistants are a key part of the support team at Severndale, enabling our learners’ personal care needs to be met in a compassionate, hygienic and dignified way, so that they are clean, comfortable, happy and ready to learn in their classrooms.We want our learners to be as independent as possible, working to toilet train where their needs allow. Our PSAs are part of a team, who work together effectively to provide care across the academy, with each PSA usually allocated to a small number of classes, often working with a partner, managed by our Lead PSA.
The successful candidate will effectively support the personal care needs of pupils, with 20 hours worked from 10:00 to 14:00. Although we are currently recruiting aimed at Monkmoor campus, you may be expected to work at either Monkmoor (Shrewsbury) or Futures (Shrewsbury College, London Road) depending on the needs of learners.
As part of the Pupil Support Assistant role over lunchtimes you will assist pupils with play, welfare and feeding of an individual or small group of pupils. This will involve accessing training to support learners with different eating and drinking needs.
Skills required:
- Ability to build good relationships with children, staff and parents
- Excellent verbal communication
- Excellent listening skills
- Organisational skills
- Positive whilst working under pressure
- Ability to effectively use manual handling techniques including hoisting (when trained).
You should have the relevant skills and personal qualities such as being dynamic and proactive to undertake the range of duties and the ability to work accurately and consistently.
What the school offers its staff- Permanent Contract
- Pupil Support Assistant: Salary - Scale 2 (SCP 3-4), starting at £12.45 per hour
- Contract – 20 hours per week / 5 days per week, Term Time plus 5 PD days
- Start: 10:00am. Finish: 2:00pm
- Access to the School Advisory Service & Bike to work scheme
- Continuing Professional Development
- Local Authority Pension Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.