Job Description
Salary range: KGA Band 3, Pt 3-4 (£22,737 - £23,100 full time equivalent) {salary will be pro-rated}
This is a highly rewarding and challenging role. We are looking for individuals that are supportive, non-judgmental, patient, emotionally available, positive and flexible. You must be able to speak to pupils in a manner which encourages and supports them, enabling you to build trusting relationships. LSAs support pupils in class, in small groups and on a one-to-one basis.
Pupils may have a variety of SEND needs that fall into the following categories of: Cognition and Learning, Communication and Interaction, Physical and Sensory Needs and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH). Our LSAs work with pupils of all abilities and levels of need. Pupils with physical disabilities may need help with mobility and accessing materials, for example and pupils with SEMH needs may need support with emotional regulation.
You need to be a responsible and organised person. We would really be interested in receiving an application from you if you:
• Are curious about and have an understanding how children develop, think and learn
• Are able to manage groups of children
• Have a passion for every child achieving beyond what they might have thought possible
• Have a commitment to breaking down barriers to learning
• Have a strong commitment to safeguarding
• Have a determination to secure positive progress and high aspirations for and with students
• Are committed to nurture a child’s happiness and enjoyment of school and life
• Are an enthusiastic individual with a good sense of humour
• Can build positive relationships with pupils
• Are a good team player who is able to develop good relationships with the people they work with
About King's Academy Schools
Our school’s are vibrant places to work, we are committed to providing an exceptional education for all students. We are absolutely dedicated to fostering high aspirations and academic attainment for every learner. We believe to succeed we must take risks. Providing a supportive but challenging environment to staff and students is vital. However, we also hold that we are only as strong as our weakest member and so share a collective responsibility for success, as well as preventing failure.
Benefits of joining King's Academy Group
• Exceptional professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and supportive working environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Be part of a growing and ambitious school within a successful academy trust
To find out more about the benefits of working at KGA, please visit https://www.kingsacademies.uk/
Where a role receives a high volume of applicants, we may need to occasionally close a vacancy before the published closing date of the advert. Interviews may be arranged as suitable applications are received.
Any offer of employment will be conditional on receipt of; Proof of right to work in the UK / Satisfactory references / Pre employment medical check / Clear enhanced DBS check
Safeguarding statement
King’s Group Academies is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
A ‘prohibition from teaching’ check will be completed for all shortlisted teaching candidates including those applying for a teaching assistant / Cover Supervisor / Other work deemed directly involved with pupils where it is indicated that they have qualified teacher status or have previously worked as a teacher. We will also consider carrying out an online search as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates as recommended by KCSiE.
All successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks.
It is a criminal offence to apply for or accept a position (paid or unpaid) working with children if you are excluded from such work by virtue of a court order or exclusion by the DBS. Although a criminal record involving offences against children is likely to debar you from appointment of this type of post, the existence of other criminal convictions will not necessarily be a bar to employment.