Key Stage 2 Learning Support Assistant (including intimate personal care)
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 4ST |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 55027362-c903-4adf-ae29-001cbafa58a3 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The pupils, staff and governors of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced learning support assistant to work with a pupil with SEND in Year 6. We are looking for caring, flexible and conscientious person who display a total commitment to the principles of inclusion. The role involves regular intimate personal care and working with challenging behaviour. This is a temporary role until a specialist school placement is found within the year.
We are looking for people who have:
Excellent English and maths skills
A good understanding of inclusion and supporting pupils with a range of special educational needs
Patience, resilience and a positive outlook
Good organisation and communication skills enabling them to work effectively as part of a team
The ability to work with a range of children across the school as and when directed to do so by SLT
The ability to work flexibly and adapt to changes
The ability to engage with parents and develop positive relationships with pupils and staff
A commitment to the school’s Catholic ethos (you do not need to be Catholic yourself)
What the school offers its staff
Our school is a very happy, supportive and exciting place to work. We can offer you:
An enthusiastic, supportive and forward thinking team
Excellent training and development opportunities
Friendly, motivated, committed staff who work with you as part of a team
Supportive governors who are committed to our journey to excellence
The chance to work with parents who are very supportive of our school values and ethos
Happy, engaged and well-motivated children
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 checks 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.
The pupils, staff and governors of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced learning support assistant to work with a pupil with SEND in Year 6. We are looking for caring, flexible and conscientious person who display a total commitment to the principles of inclusion. The role involves regular intimate personal care and working with challenging behaviour. This is a temporary role until a specialist school placement is found within the year.
We are looking for people who have:
Excellent English and maths skills
A good understanding of inclusion and supporting pupils with a range of special educational needs
Patience, resilience and a positive outlook
Good organisation and communication skills enabling them to work effectively as part of a team
The ability to work with a range of children across the school as and when directed to do so by SLT
The ability to work flexibly and adapt to changes
The ability to engage with parents and develop positive relationships with pupils and staff
A commitment to the school’s Catholic ethos (you do not need to be Catholic yourself)
What the school offers its staff
Our school is a very happy, supportive and exciting place to work. We can offer you:
An enthusiastic, supportive and forward thinking team
Excellent training and development opportunities
Friendly, motivated, committed staff who work with you as part of a team
Supportive governors who are committed to our journey to excellence
The chance to work with parents who are very supportive of our school values and ethos
Happy, engaged and well-motivated children
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 checks 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.