Learning Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 06 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2025 |
| Location: | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 9BQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4e1fdf43-5ffe-4779-a5cd-4526561bf86e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
• Be passionate about making a difference and building positive relationships with our children.
• Be passionate about the wellbeing and development of the whole child.
• Be aspirational for every child and especially ambitious for our most disadvantaged and SEND pupils.
• Have good communication skills and be able to build strong and positive relationships with colleagues andchildren.
• Be a reflective practitioner with a strong desire to learn and improve, within a friendly and supportive teamand take responsibility for own continuing professional development.
• Enjoy the outdoors and be enthusiastic about supporting learning in our outdoor areas.
• Hold NVQ Level 2 qualifications as a minimum or suitable relevant experience for the role / Have 3 GCSE’sincluding English and Maths.
What the school offers its staff
We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to support a pupil in KS1 with Special Educational Needs. The LSA post is 28.75hrs - we will also consider applications for the mornings or afternoons only. The post is advertised on a fixed term 2 year contract until 31st August 2027. Please note that this role is attached to top up funding for a KS1 child at our school as such, should the child leave the school, or funding should cease, the post would end.
Further details about the role
Applicants must note that Enhanced DBS checks and references are required for this post.
Commitment to safeguarding
https://www.kaleidoscopemat.co.uk/uploads/9/4/7/2/94728976/safeguarding_policy_kmat_2023.pdf
The successful candidate will:
• Be passionate about making a difference and building positive relationships with our children.
• Be passionate about the wellbeing and development of the whole child.
• Be aspirational for every child and especially ambitious for our most disadvantaged and SEND pupils.
• Have good communication skills and be able to build strong and positive relationships with colleagues andchildren.
• Be a reflective practitioner with a strong desire to learn and improve, within a friendly and supportive teamand take responsibility for own continuing professional development.
• Enjoy the outdoors and be enthusiastic about supporting learning in our outdoor areas.
• Hold NVQ Level 2 qualifications as a minimum or suitable relevant experience for the role / Have 3 GCSE’sincluding English and Maths.
What the school offers its staff
We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to support a pupil in KS1 with Special Educational Needs. The LSA post is 28.75hrs - we will also consider applications for the mornings or afternoons only. The post is advertised on a fixed term 2 year contract until 31st August 2027. Please note that this role is attached to top up funding for a KS1 child at our school as such, should the child leave the school, or funding should cease, the post would end.
Further details about the role
Applicants must note that Enhanced DBS checks and references are required for this post.
Commitment to safeguarding
https://www.kaleidoscopemat.co.uk/uploads/9/4/7/2/94728976/safeguarding_policy_kmat_2023.pdf