Literacy Support Assistant, St Dominic’s School

Salary: Grade R3, scale point 16 – Grade R4, scale point 21. FTE:£28,258 – £30,294 per annum (Actual: £21,884.78 – £23,418.71), depending on experience

Location: St Dominic’s School, Hambledon, Nr Godalming, Surrey GU8 4DX

Working Pattern: 32.5 hours per week, 8:30 – 16:00, Term Time only

St Dominic’s School is a special school in Godalming, Surrey, and stands in 56 acres of wooded grounds with ample space for outdoor learning activities. The school provides for 150 pupils and students between the ages of 7 – 19, who have a range of academic abilities and complex needs and with a primary diagnosis of speech language and communication needs and/or autistic spectrum conditions.

The school is the national lead in the ‘blended’ approach to teaching and learning and holds the Advanced Autism Accreditation and the prestigious Arts Council ‘Artsmark’ Silver Award.

St Dominic’s School is a rewarding and inspirational place to work where pupils and students enjoy the holistic programmes and educational opportunities offered to them by nurturing staff whose goal is to encourage growth, development and independence in preparation for further education and employment. To find out more about us visit www.stdominicsschool.org.uk.

We are seeking to appoint a confident and self-motivated individual to provide specialist skills and knowledge to ensure that pupils and students who have literacy-related special educational needs or other needs affecting literacy make progress.

You will conduct ongoing literacy assessments of pupils and students to ensure that interventions are matched effectively. This will involve planning, preparing and delivering literacy learning programmes and monitoring the pupils/students by assessing, recording and reporting on their achievements, progress and development.

Applicants need to possess strong literacy skills and will be required to sit a literacy test as part of the interview process. Where necessary, training will be provided for the successful candidate.

Previous experience of working with children in an educational setting is essential

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

Benefits include: Free car parking, lunch provided on site, and Employee Assistance Programme.

St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust, an established family of specialist academies and college centres that provide for over 1500 pupils and students with a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit https://www.ohcat.org/work-for-us/

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Joan Grant, Head of English via email jgrant@stdominicsschool.org.uk.

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact office@stdominicsschool.org.uk.

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role. Failure to show evidence will result in your application not being shortlisted for interview.

Please note that CV applications will not be considered.

Closing Date:  15th December 2024 at 11:59pm

Interviews will take place the following week.

We encourage you to apply before the closing date as we reserve the right to arrange interviews and close this advert before the closing date if we receive applications from exceptional candidates.

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.