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Learning Support Assistant

Grade 5: £15,861 pro-rata (pay award pending)

Contract Type: Permanent

32.5hpw term time only (39 weeks per year)

Start Date: 23rd August 2023

We are looking for a confident, hard-working and committed Learning Support Assistant who is passionate about supporting all children to achieve their potential, no matter what individual challenges they may face.

Birch Wood Area Special School is a dual site school with a strong vision for achieving the best outcomes possible for children with a range of special educational needs. At our Grange Drive site students range from early years to year 14 with special educational needs including learning and cognition needs (Moderate-Severe Learning Difficulties and Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulties). Students may have a diagnosis of Autism and or AHHD. Students have access to a range of specialist facilities in a positive, communication rich environment. Birch Wood Vale (BWV) is our 11-19 school for students with moderate learning and cognition difficulties and ASC. We also have a specialist Autism provision- Ashton House (AH), based at this site. BWV & AH caters for students who will eventually be capable of achieving entry level qualifications, full GCSEs or a range of vocational qualifications in a nurturing and supportive environment that is sensitive to their needs and aspirational for their futures.

Birch Wood is a well-resourced school, with high staff to pupil ratios in the pleasant market town of Melton Mowbray. We are a small (225 students), caring school community with high aspirations for all our learners. Due to the range of students we work with there are always opportunities for committed professionals to expand their experiences.

Please view our short video to gain an insight to what it is like to work at Birch Wood School (link attached)

We provide a broad, enriched and expanding curriculum which is based on National Curriculum guidelines. Outcomes for all pupils are consistently high and we were judged to be a good school in our most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2018.

The successful candidate will:

• Encourage our children to become independent learners, to provide support for their welfare, and to support the inclusion of pupils in all aspects of school life
• Be able to work collaboratively with staff and be a good team player
• Be motivated, flexible, possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to use their own initiative
• Be able to support pupils’ emotional wellbeing and development using specialist knowledge and appropriate training
• For further information, please see attached job description and person specification.

We can offer:

• A nurturing, caring and friendly environment
• Dynamic and energetic whole school team who work in partnership to support all children to succeed at our school
• Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme

If you would like to apply, please the attached application form.

Deadline for applications: Monday 10th July

Interviews: Friday 14th July