Employer:<\/b> Outcomes First Group
\nSalary:<\/b> \u00a316,321 per annum
\nDate Added:<\/b> 13\/02\/2024<\/p>\n
How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?<\/strong><\/p>\n Our colleagues\u2019 wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we\u2019re always looking for new ways to improve everyone\u2019s work\/life balance. We\u2019re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).<\/strong><\/p>\n 4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year \u2013 so there\u2019s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG!<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Learning Support Assistant <\/strong><\/p>\n Location: Heath Farm School, Ashford<\/strong><\/p>\n Salary: £16,321.37 per annum **<\/strong>(This salary is NOT subject to pro-rata and is the full amount before tax)**<\/strong><\/p>\n Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only<\/strong><\/p>\n UK Applicants only<\/strong><\/p>\n Join us today to receive a £500 Welcome Bonus. *£250 paid once you start employment and £250 after successful completion of final probation (6 months) \u2013 there has never been a better time to join us\u2019* T&Cs apply! *<\/strong><\/p>\n Are you a Learning Support Assistant committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people?<\/strong><\/p>\n We are looking for experienced Learning Support Assistants to join our fantastic team at Heath Farm School. As a Learning Support Assistant, you will support our teachers to take a creative approach to teaching pupils according to their educational needs, maximising pupil\u2019s achievement, and ability to develop.<\/p>\n This is a great opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant who is looking to start or continue their career in Education and is motivated to inspire learning in pupils with varied and complex needs. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.<\/p>\n Quality is always top of our agenda, and we pride ourselves on the quality of what we do. We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant, who can work with individual and small groups of pupils, preparing classrooms and materials, and building positive relationships with pupils to promote interaction and learning. Our Learning Support Assistants offer essential support to our teachers and have the opportunity to assist in the planning and delivery of lessons in a creative and positive setting.<\/p>\n Whilst previous experience of working in an SEN\/ASC environment would be desirable, excellent support skills and the right motivation, personal qualities and levels of resilience are just as important. These roles are ideal for people working in customer facing industries including retail, hospitality, and leisure, looking for a new role that makes a real difference to pupil\u2019s lives and futures.<\/p>\n We need people who share our vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world.<\/p>\n Educated to GCSE grade C or above in Maths and English,<\/strong> you will be calm, engaging, resilient, enjoy working as part of a team, and be genuinely motivated by helping every pupil to reach their potential.<\/p>\n About us<\/strong><\/p>\n We are an independent SEN school that offers a unique and stimulating environment, where every pupil is able to make outstanding progress in their personal development and enjoy success in their education. <\/p>\n Our students present with a wide range of needs, including social and emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated conditions. However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be happy at school. All classes have excellent ratios of at least 2:1, students to adults. Typically, classes have between 6-8 students.<\/p>\n As an independent SEN school, we are far removed from the bureaucracy found in so many other schools and we are able to abandon ineffective and traditional methods in favour of new, highly effective and tailored initiatives \u2013 essentially, we do what we know is right for the students in our care.<\/p>\n Acorn Education & Care is the UK\u2019s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.<\/p>\n Why join Acorn Education & Care?<\/strong><\/p>\n Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you\u2019ll get an exceptional reward package including:<\/strong><\/p>\n And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that\u2019s right for you, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n And that\u2019s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you\u2019ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.<\/p>\n We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.<\/p>\n *You\u2019ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. <\/strong><\/p>\n Application Deadline:<\/b> 26\/03\/2024\n
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\nContract Type:<\/b> Permanent
\nSubmitted Applications:<\/b> 0<\/p>\n