Learning Support Assistant - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Cross Keys Learning (Womenswold), Canterbury

• Ref:KCC886-6140-1S
• Posted:28/04/2025
• Pay:£17,000 - £19,500
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:23/05/2025 at 16:00
• Interviews:TBC

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We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive and committed person(s) to join our staff team at Cross Keys Learning in Womenswold (near canterbury) who will support our SEN support students. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can relate to students who have struggled within a mainstream setting and need a more nurturing environment.

Applicants must be able to work collaboratively and have some prior experience of working with children or young adults.  Experience of working with young people with SEN would be an advantage, but not essential as training will be provided.

Key Purpose of the Job  

• Be part of the whole school team working to promote the best possible outcomes for our students in terms of their wellbeing, academic and personal development.
• Support students with special educational needs in lessons with their academic development and learning behaviours.
• Deliver interventions to students on a 1:1 and small group basis
• Assist with the setting and reviewing of targets for students based on their individual need.
• Support teaching staff with lesson delivery and planning.

As a small school with a strong nurturing focus the key asset of our staff is the understanding of each individual students educational need and working together as a team to deliver the best outcomes for our students.

We are happy to consider applications for part-time hours.

Early applications will be considered for interview as soon as they are submitted.

Cross Keys Learning are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect ALL staff to share this commitment. Our approach to safer recruitment means the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check, and full reference checks with previous employers will be conducted.

Information about the school

Cross Keys Learning is a small independent school for students (aged from 11 to 17), where excellent attainment and progress for students is consistently maintained. We are situated in both Broadstairs and Womenswold, We take great pride in creating a warm and friendly environment and a positive culture for learning so that our students are given opportunities to excel. We place great emphasis on the social and emotional development of our students, alongside the encouragement of a love for learning so they can achieve their full potential academically. High emphasis is placed on student and staff well-being to make Cross Keys Learning a great place to be.

We are an established and well respected provision offering education to students aged 11-17, and the school has very recently been rated GOOD by Ofsted. Our provision is designed to offer learning within small groups (5-8 per group) and we offer a broad and balanced alternative curriculum. We support students with a wide range of needs: ASD/ social and communication difficulties, students unable to manage a mainstream environment due to high levels of school-based anxiety or school refusal, students that require an alternative curriculum/ pathway as their cognitive ability or school experiences have resulted in them being significantly behind ARE (age related expectations) and students that may have low self-esteem and confidence.

Our mission is to work together continuing to make our school a safe and secure environment where we are aware of our own and each other’s well-being, and have a pride in our community and our learning, so we can all reach our potential.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Sharon Mount
• Address:The Street, Womenswold, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6HE
• Telephone: 07587 352086
• Email: sharon.mount@kms.kent.sch.uk

Documents

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• CKL LSA JD