Learning Support Assistant - Gibraltar

Permanent - Part Time - November start

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our growing SEND Department at our beautiful and inspirational Prior Park School, Gibraltar. 

This role will promote good relationships with colleagues, pupil and parents throughout the school, fostering a feeling of 'belonging'. To support and complement the work of teachers for the benefit of pupils and their learning, contributing to a range of teaching and learning activities, working collaboratively as part of a professional team. promoting positive values, attitudes and behaviours. 

Will be working term time only, 27 hours and 20 minutes per week over four days between 8.30am and 5pm, depending on the needs of the school timetable with a willingness to engage with strategies to support SEND students and who can demonstrate an ability to maintain confidentiality, empathy and flexibility.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals, especially those with EAL or dyslexia related training or experience. As a member of our community, you will have an opportunity to be involved and to contribute to the wider life of this successful day school.

We offer excellent working conditions with an attractive rewards package and a free lunch.

Set in a stunning location, high up on the Rock and overlooking the Bay of Gibraltar, Prior Park School is a vibrant, caring community with an ambition as boundless as its view, established in 2016 to serve the families of Gibraltar and Southern Spain. Prior Park School is Gibraltar’s first and only independent, coeducational, Catholic/Christian day school, educating 260 young people aged 11-18.

Prior Park Schools are a family of Christian schools comprising Prior Park College (Bath), The Paragon Junior School (Bath) and Prior Park School Gibraltar. 

The Schools’ Mission is to steward a thriving family of communities with love for the young people they serve at their heart. These vibrant communities cultivate creativity, foster integrity, and transform lives.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Closing date 12:00 Monday 23 September 2024.

Applicants will be notified if offered an interview on Tuesday 24 September 2024.

Interview date Wednesday 25 September 2024. 

To apply for a position with Prior Park Educational Trust, we ask that the candidates complete an application form, also available from our website:

https://www.priorparkcollege.com/pps-vacancies 

For further details, please contact Emma in HR on +44 (0) 1225 835353 or recruitment@priorparkschools.com

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and the school reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.