Learning Support Assistant - Special Needs

We're seeking to appoint a Support Assistant with experience of supporting pupils with special educational needs, to assist with their learning and personal development. You will work to establish positive relationships, empathising with the needs of our pupils whilst helping to manage behaviour.

The opportunity is part-time, 28 hours per week, and term time only plus 5 training days. The post is fixed term to cover maternity until 31st August 2025, to start as soon as possible.

We are looking for someone who can inspire and who has:

• Experience of providing in-class support for pupils with learning difficulties and an understanding of their curricular needs.
• An ability to collaborate and communicate with others to provide appropriate pupil support.
• The ability to empathise with the needs of young people and establish positive relationships.

Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11–16 school with a distinct ethos and a strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment are evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, our students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and able to achieve their aspirations.

Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

In return, we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi-academy trust.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government, etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Ireland’s leading wellbeing provider.
• Good transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive in a collegiate and positive atmosphere, click to apply.

Closing date: 15th January 2025.

NEAT Academy Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.