Description
SEND Primary Cover Learning Support Assistant
Pay Scale: £85 – £96 per day
Start Date: January 2025
Location: Wakefield WF3
Full-time or part-time
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We are seeking an enthusiastic committed professional to join us as a Primary Learning Support Assistant in a Specialist SEND School in Wakefield. The school’s education programme is designed to provide pupils with the specialised support they need, going beyond what mainstream schools can offer.
The school is accessed by Primary aged children with profound physical and medical needs, severe learning difficulties and ASD. This is a school where the team of staff work together to provide great experiences and accessible education for each individual student with care and consideration embedded in everything they do. Through encouragement, a wide range of learning opportunities and an enthusiastic staff, they work in partnership with parents to ensure each child will fulfil their potential.
Outdoor learning is a feature of the curriculum. The school is fortunate to have extensive grounds, which have been developed over the years. Play/leisure areas have been planned according to the needs of the pupils and to enable them to develop both physically, socially and cognitively. In addition, pupils benefit from a programme of Forest School learning both on and off-site.
This school works closely with health professionals to deliver physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational/sensory integration therapy and music therapy. There are two full time nurses on site and various medical professionals hold clinics at the school. In addition, the school has the support of teachers for the hearing and visually impaired, and for pupils with MSI needs, who visit pupils on a regular basis.
You will be working with children across the school to cover in a variety of classes on a 1:1 and whole class basis. This role would suit a person who has previously worked in a care background, a mainstream setting or SEND setting looking for flexibility in their next role.
The successful candidate will:
Support the Class Teacher in delivering a range of subjects and learning to support student’s progression
Work as part of the team to deliver lessons, support positive behaviour, and to make students feel safe so that they can learn and achieve
Follow whole school systems for teaching and learning. The school will support you with a full induction, they are a very supportive team
Provide personal care to student’s where needed
Work both indoors and outdoors to support children in a variety of settingsOur ideal candidate will have:
A committed and passionate view of students with SEND
Experience minimum of working in a SEND environment or similar unit/provision
A relevant care qualification or CACHE qualificationWhy choose Career Teachers?
Competitive weekly pay
Assignments paid to a scale after 12 weeks (AWR)
Friendly and honest service
Online time sheets
Your own dedicated consultant
Guaranteed pay schemes
Genuine refer a friend scheme
Affinity Extra – Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Well-being portal.*These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.Career Teachers are a leading national education agency that specialise in the recruitment of long term and daily supply teachers and support staff. As a teacher or teaching assistant, you will have a dedicated consultant who will support you with your career and who will give you access to a variety of opportunities that suit your needs.
All roles will require an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS), although we can help with this process a new application is required if your current DBS is not on the update service, and reference checks.
At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.
All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.
Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:
– Attend an interview in person;
– Give details for us to complete Reference checks;
– Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients
