Havering Schools Jobs
1:1 Pupil Learning Support Assistant and/or Midday Assistant – KS2
- Employer: Rise Park Junior School
- Reference: SCH/22/201474
Rise Park Academy Trust
Rise Park Junior School
Annan Way, Romford, Essex RM1 4UD
Telephone: 01708 761935
Executive Headteacher: Mrs C. Fox
Head of School: Miss C. Street
1:1 Pupil Learning Support Assistant and/or Midday Assistant – KS2
Required for September 2022
Hours(8.30-12.00/12.00-1.00/1.00-3.15pm – various working patterns available dependent on the availability/suitability of the successful candidates)
Monday – Friday, 39 weeks per year
Grade: Scale 2 Point 3-4
Actual salary for above hours:
8.30-12.00, 17.5 hours - £9,037
12.00-1.00, 5 hours - £2,582
1.00-3.15, £5,809
Rise Park Junior School is part of the Success for All Educational Trust, where children are well behaved and keen to learn. Staff are friendly and supportive within a welcoming, aspirational environment.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic learning support assistant to join our successful school to work with a named KS2 pupil, either in the morning, the afternoon, all day and/or at lunchtime as a midday assistant.
Applications are welcome from candidates with experience of working with KS2 children. A NVQ Level 2 qualification is desirable, but not essential.
The successful candidate will be:
- Proactive, well-organised and willing to work collaboratively with the class teacher and other colleagues
- Experienced in working with pupils with additional needs, including challenging behaviour.
- Able to develop positive relationships with pupils and able to use a variety of strategies to meet individual needs.
- Able to engage and enthuse pupils, encouraging independence in their learning
- Proactive, flexible, well-organised and willing to work collaboratively with the class teacher and other LSAs.
- Passionate about supporting all groups of children in order to enhance the quality of their learning and raise pupil achievement
- Confident in using ICT
We can offer:
- A well-resourced learning environment
- A cohesive and enthusiastic staff team
- Polite and motivated pupils
- Support and commitment to continuing professional development
- A positive, engaged wider school community.
Please apply by completing an application form on Schools website and emailing to jobapplications@sfaet.co.uk. Alternatively via JGP online form
Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 1st July 2022
Interviews (including a short English and Maths skills assessment): Tuesday 5th July
Please assume that if you have not had any acknowledgement of your application that you have not been successful.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and barring service. Rise Park Junior School is an Equal Opportunities employer.
“We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.”
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please apply by completing an application form on Schools website and emailing to jobapplications@sfaet.co.uk. Alternatively via JGP online form.