Role: Learning Support Assistant - SEN
Salary: £19,000 - £20,000
Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Start Date: September 2024
MLK Search is excited to present this exciting opportunity for a charismatic and engaging Learning Support Assistant to join a mixed, specialist SEND independent school with Nursery, Senior School and Sixth Form departments.
They are seeking to appoint a confident, dynamic, and inspirational person who can inspire students to achieve positive learning outcomes, regardless of the challenges they face.
We're Looking For Someone Who Can:
- Support teachers, engage with students, provide learning support, and react to situations in a positive, non-disruptive manner.
- Work 1:1 or 2:1 with some students, to give them the time and support they need to learn.
- Assist students in educational and social development.
- Provide support in and out of the classroom, so they can fully engage in all activities.
- Set up activities for students, using technology and adjusting environments to suit.
- Support pupils with emotional wellbeing as well as academic
- Build relationships with teachers and the rest of the staff
- Change things around if need be, quick on their feet
- Deescalate a situation, pick up on the issue quick and dealing with needs
- Be proactive in the classroom
Desirable Experience
- Successful experience within a similar setting supporting students with SEN, ASD
- Ability to build relationships with staff and students
- Someone with a school background, ideally secondary but open to primary
Benefits
- Competitive salary, occupational sick pay, life assurance and financial wellbeing service
- Supportive management and senior leaders.
- Career progression, CPD programme
- Longer holidays
- Free lunch
- Weekly training sessions
If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then APPLY NOW!
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Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for these roles
