Learning Support Assistant (ARC)

St Mary’s Catholic College

Learning Support Assistant

Job Title: Learning Support Assistant

Location: St Mary’s Catholic College - in the Resourced Autism Provision (The Arc)

Responsible To: ARC Lead SENDCO

Salary Grade: Band D, scale point 6-7 £23,893-£24,294 (FTE per annum), (£14,975-£15,226 actual per annum)

Contract: This position is a fixed-term contract initially until 31/08/2025, 26 hours a week, 39 weeks a year (term-time plus INSET days, holidays to be taken in non-term time).

Start Date: As soon as possible

Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 12.00pm

About the role

Our mission is simple, we develop individual excellence, embrace opportunities and build communities with the Gospel values at the heart. St Mary’s Catholic College are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working individuals who will promote students' development in a safe and secure environment. Your role will be to support students by developing an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible, whilst ensuring their safety and well-being.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• To promote students' development in a safe, secure, challenging environment.
• To meet the physical/medical needs of the student according to a student’s individual care plan whilst encouraging independence wherever possible. 
• To develop an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible.
• To encourage inclusion within the classroom.
• To display students' work to reflect their achievement.
• To encourage good personal hygiene and assist with necessary self-help skills 
• To facilitate small group and 1-1 interventions as directed by the SENDCO (homework club, social skills, Precision Teaching, ELSA). 

We offer: 

• A unique opportunity to work for a MAT which is one of 87 national teaching school hubs and includes the lead school for Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub.
• Mentoring and high level training, a stable and well established SEND team with opportunities to work in both mainstream and specialist settings.
• Encouragement to develop your career with excellent promotion opportunities and opportunities.
• A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core.
• Inclusion in whole school and MAT teams – working together to achieve ambitious outcomes whilst valuing every individual’s contribution.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Holy Family Multi Academy Trust will undertake general online searches for all shortlisted candidates, this may include social media and video platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and You Tube.

Online searches will only examine data that is publicly available, and the aim is to identify any incidents or issues. Any areas of concern will be discussed during the interview process.

The successful applicant will be subject to relevant clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability. All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK. 

To apply for this position, please send a covering letter, completed application form and accompanying documents attached to the vacancy listing, for the attention of Mr K Maddocks, Headteacher, to recruitment@hfcmat.com.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.