On Site Provision Assistant

On Site Provision Assistant

Job Type:  Permanent

Hours of work:  32 hours per week x 39 weeks per year (Term time plus one week) 

Salary calculated in line with NJC Grade C pay scale, point 5 – 7

Actual salary £17,116 - £17,694

We are now recruiting for an On-Site Provision Assistant to support our students within the Alternative Provision Unit on our Campus. The Unit is to support students who find the school system challenging, including those anxiety-based school refusers and / or those who struggle to regulate emotions and behaviour within the school. The successful candidate will have experience working with students and an understanding of young peoples’ social, emotional and educational development needs. They will need to demonstrate a patient, empathetic, and non-judgmental approach and have the ability to form positive relationships to support students with their challenging behaviour and learning needs.  

Main duties and responsibilities

• To work as part of a team to support students to engage positively in their learning, as a listening ear and supporting adult.

• Supervising students in a working environment in On Site Provision (OSP)

• To do the support work with the students as outlined in their pastoral support plans.

• Administer baseline testing to identify need and measure progress

• Deliver small group programme delivery of literacy / numeracy or social skills programmes

• Monitoring and marking students work while in OSP ensuring it is completed to a good standard

• Day to day administration tasks include registering students, completing daily review cards.

• Supporting students to engage back in lessons, using top tips, pen portraits and identifying positive strategies

• Communicating with parents as needed

• Any other tasks as reasonably directed by the Inclusion Leader or SMT

Stoke Damerel Community College & Scott Medical and Healthcare College are a vibrant and aspirational community of teachers and learners. We have an excellent teaching and support staff team who demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, within and beyond our curriculum.

The successful candidate will work across Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College. No additional travel is required as the sites are next door to each other.

Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.

We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students.

We welcome applications from individuals who have experience of working with young people either in an educational and/or social care setting. You must be able to establish excellent relationships with pupils and colleagues, and work well within a team. 

For further information on this vacancy, please register for an online account to complete the application form. Please visit our website www.greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk/join-us/staff 

Close date: 11:59pm on Monday 21st October 2024

Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.