Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant - Oldham - Swptmber

We are working exclusively with a secondary school in Oldham, who are looking to secure the services of an outstanding learning support assistant. This particular role is to support the needs of students with SEN, who may display low-level challenging behaviours and can become disengaged from learning quite quickly. You must be comfortable with EBD/SEMH. To be successful in this role, it is essential you are calm, resilient and overall, have a good sense of humour.

You will work as part of a team of LSAs under the guidance and leadership of the HLTA who oversees the team.

This post is to start in September and will be for the whole of the academic year, until July 2025. We do require applicants to be able to commit to the role in its entirety.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

Location Oldham
Position Learning Support Assistant
Type of work Teaching Support
Start date September 24
Contract type - Temporary
Full time
Minimum rate of pay £95 per day
Hours 8:30 am 4pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Degree educated with a good classification
Previous experience working of working with young people (which we can reference)
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year (essential, however, training can be provided)
Up to date prevent awareness training issued in the last 3 years (essential, however, training can be provided)
Recent behaviour management training completed (desirable, however, training can be provided)

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team