Learning Support Assistant - Skills Development Specialism

Salary:  £18,034 to £21,357, Grade 5 to 6, Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Structure

Progression from Grade 5 to 6 is dependent on experience

Job start date: September 2024  

Contract type: 32.5 hours per week, term time: 38.2 weeks per year

Contract term: Permanent

Suitable for ECTs: N/a

Closing date:  Monday 1st July 2024

Interview date: Monday 8th July 2024

Wilmslow High School

School age range: 11-18

Number on roll: approx. 2,000 (including 500 sixth form)

We have a number of opportunities to work within our Learning Support team. For information on the other opportunities please see Learning Support Opportunities at Wilmslow High School below.

Salary at appointment will depend upon experience. If appointed at the entry-level salary, appropriate training will be offered to support pay progression.

In this job, you will work specifically in our Skills Development Provision, supporting students with complex Special Educational Needs. 

Wilmslow High School has two small SEND classes in KS3 and KS4 for students whose complex learning difficulties mean that they require an alternative curriculum for English, Maths, Science and Life Skills, alongside the mainstream curriculum for practical subjects. The groups are taught by specialist SEN teachers and subject specialists and are supported by specialist Learning Support Assistants.

You will take into account students’ special needs and ensure their access to lessons and lesson content through appropriate clarification, explanations, equipment and materials.

You will bring experience of working with young people with complex Special Educational Needs; and an understanding of effective approaches to supporting them.

We offer a happy and caring environment rooted in our core values, in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. A consideration of the person’s suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process. 

If invited for interview, you will be:

asked to complete a self-declaration form answering questions in relation to any criminal record or other information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

subject to an online search. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we may wish to explore at interview.

If successful, you will be subject to:

an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, DBS and a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.

Current or previous employers will be contacted and information requested will include:

disciplinary offences relating to children, including any for which the penalty is ‘time expired’.

whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns.