Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 8:30am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday
Interview date: 23 October 2024
An ELAN LSA is positive, a team player, motivational, flexible, creative, and innovative with a supportive nature, as well as being confident, calm, consistent and resourceful with experience supporting pupils in a classroom environment, with Special Educational Needs or disabilities (SEND).
You will work closely with the class teacher to resource and adapt planning and support high quality teaching and learning across all subjects. You will help to create learning environments where pupils can expand their knowledge. You will work with the school community to uphold our trust and school values.
Your proactive, energetic, and committed approach to engaging pupils will support them to develop their love of learning. You will help to create positive learning environments where pupils can further grow and expand their knowledge, becoming confident and independent. You will also need to be calm, patient, sensitive and able to comfort children when they’re upset.
This is both a 1:1 role and a small group work role. You should have:
• Experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other high level needs such as global delay
• Experience working with children who have Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) needs
• Experience working with children who require a Total Communication Approach
• Knowledge of how to support communication with strategies such as PECS (Picture Exchange Systems) and Makaton
• Experience of supporting children with personal care
Walliscote Primary School is situated in central Weston-super-Mare close to the beach. We are a diverse, strong community educating 4-11 year olds. We have high expectations for all of our children and are looking for inspirational staff to support us in providing the best possible learning experience for each child in our care. We adopt a whole-school Thrive approach providing emotional support to all of our children and as a member of staff here at Walliscote you will support the community to promote positive mental health, improve children’s ability to learn, and open doors to a brighter future.
Walliscote Primary School is part of Extend Learning Academies Network (ELAN) and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. We will be undertaking an appropriate online search for shortlisted candidates. It is an offence to apply for a role that requires regulated activity if you are barred from doing so. Any concerns will be reported immediately to the appropriate body. Our safeguarding policy is available on the school website.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
Walliscote Primary School is part of Extend Learning Academies Network (ELAN) and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. We will be undertaking an appropriate online search for shortlisted candidates.