Learning Support Assistant in Stoke-on-Trent

We are currently seeking passionate SEND Learning Support Assistants for a special educational needs school located in Stoke-on-Trent.

There are both full and part time positions available.

Both roles are available for an immediate start as well as September 2024 and will continue on a long-term basis.

This school caters for students from the age of 5- 19 with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties (SEMH).

Your role is to support the students with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every student has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.

You must be able to engage with the students, build positive relationships and help them to develop essential skills for life beyond education.

Like many SEN environments, your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.

The role: * You must be resilient and confident with your behaviour management * Must have experience supporting individuals with SEND * Establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with students in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the school * Promote and encourage independence and personal development in students and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all timesIf you are interested in this temporary position or want to find out more, contact Steph at Zest Education or click ‘apply for job’ to submit your details.

Zest Education are an REC audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children.

All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications.

The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are: Recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years, teaching within a school teaching the British Curriculum)