Havering Schools Jobs
SEND Key Worker/LSA - Secondary
- Employer: Sanders Draper School
- Reference: SCH/25/318143
Sanders Draper School
part of the Success for All Educational Trust
Suttons Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 6RT
Tel: 01708 443068
Email: enquiries@sandersschool.org.uk
Website: sandersschool.org.uk
Twitter: @Sanders_Draper
Headteacher: Mr Stuart Brooks BSc (Hons)
SEND Key Worker/LSA - Secondary
Salary: Scale 2 Point 3-4, Actual Salary £19,366 - £19,642 (30 hours)/Point 3-4, Actual Salary £21,625 - £21,934 (33.5 hours)
Additional salary: £1000 which is then prorated down depending on the hours. 30 hours = approx £700/ 33.5 hours = approx £770
Weeks of the year: 38 weeks a year
Responsible to: SENCO
Liaises with: Class teachers, HOFs and SENCO
Hours: 30 or 33.5 hours per week (timings of the day will be discussed at interview)
Starting: September 2025
We are seeking someone who is highly motivated, flexible and organised who enjoys working with young people. Someone with an ELSA qualification or the willingness to complete an ELSA qualification is highly desirable. Experience with SEMH is also preferable. We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our very successful SEND department. You will be working closely with the Director of Inclusion ensuring the students have a positive learning experience and supporting them to achieve their best outcomes. Are you able to:
- Lead on interventions put into place by the Director of Inclusion
- Demonstrate empathy and understanding for students with additional needs
- To work as part of a team
- Support the learning in a classroom
- Be responsible for improving standards of behaviour & attitudes to learning
- Act as a positive and proactive role model
To discuss this post further or raise any questions please contact Vicky Murphy, Headteachers PA on 01708 443068 or email vmurphy@sandersschool.org.uk
Applications MUST be made via MyNewTerm using the following link Apply here.
Advert closes: Monday 14th July 2025 10am
Interviews: Wednesday 16th July 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS check will be obtained by the school
“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.
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