Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Actual Salary: -32,535 - -34,488 (pro rata, depending on experience and qualifications)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Working Weeks: 195 days per year

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Teaching Assistant (TA) to lead and manage a Resource Provision within a mainstream secondary setting.

*This is a key role requiring strong organisational skills, excellent communication, and a deep commitment to inclusion and pupil progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Interpreting, clarifying and explaining directions.
• Enabling them to use equipment and materials as appropriate including digital technology and developing pupils'' competence and confidence to do so.
• Motivating, encouraging, praising and reward pupils appropriately
• Assisting with language, behaviour, reading, spelling, writing, presentation, socialisation etc as the needs determine.
• Keeping pupils on task and helping them to concentrate.
• Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses/needs.
• Promoting positive behaviour at all times
• Assisting with any sensory or physical requirements while encouraging independence.
• Assisting with the duties of a form teacher.
• Developing pupils'' self-esteem and sense of worth.
• Providing feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement
• Organise appropriate learning environments and resources.
• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the line manager and to participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents or as directed.

Essential Criteria

Experience & Knowledge

• Working with or caring for children of relevant age
• Evidence of being able to work unsupervised.
• Evidence of working with young people other than in the school setting.

Skills & Abilities

• Good numeracy/literacy skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Able to follow complex instructions.
• Able to support pupils in the classroom by:
• Taking accurate notes.
• Giving clear explanations.
• Encouraging and motivating.
• Helping to manage challenging behaviour.
• Knowledge and ability to use IT effectively to support learning (including word processing skills).
• Ability to self-evaluate own learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
• Ability to relate well to children and adults.
• Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within them.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.