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Learning Support Assistant Teaching/Child Support - Term Time - Special Needs Position

Goldwyn School, Ashford

  • Ref:KCC886-7041-111S
  • Posted:05/09/2017
  • Pay:Kent Range
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:30/09/2017 at 09:00
  • Interviews:TBA

Advert

 

Goldwyn Sixth Form College is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated

Learning Support Practitioner.

The ideal candidate will:

  • Support students with identified learning needs, including students with profound and multiple learning support needs on a range of vocational, PSD and Maths and English programmes.
  • Provide support to individual on 1:1 basis or small groups of learners in lectures and in practical sessions.
  • Be able to work within a team and under direction from the College Manager and teaching staff supporting young people aged 16-25 with learning difficulties including AHD and SEMH within their vocational programme to achieve to their full potential.
  • Provide specialist learning support that include personal care and support to learners with profound learning difficulties.
  • Promote inclusion and participation.
  • Provide Pastoral support/care

This will be a one year contract in the first instance.

The successful candidate should have some industrial experience and an understanding of motor vehicle workshop practices.  In particular, we are looking for candidates who are able to assist and supervise students in carrying out their workshop tasks alongside their tutors.

Additionally the successful candidate will be required to facilitate learning and skills acquisition in the practical workshop learning environment and contribute to the maintenance of both the workshop and workshop equipment

Salaries commensurate with duties and qualifications and will be based on Kent Range.

To apply please complete the application form and send with your CV and a handwritten covering letter addressed to:

Mr R W Law, Principal, Goldwyn School, Godinton Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BT.

Information about the school

Goldwyn is an outstanding and unique secondary (11-18) SEMH special school in Kent, operating over 4 sites in Ashford and Folkestone, with each site running its own distinctive educational pathway.

We are a highly regarded and successful school which has expanded its provision to meet the needs of our increasingly complex and vulnerable students.

Following an internal restructuring, we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed strategic leader to work with the Principal to maintain the outstanding provision we have created, whilst seeking to develop innovative and exemplary practice within SEMH education.

Goldwyn School is a KCC Foundation Special School for children and young people with an EHCP for SEMH needs from age 11 to 18. Students who are admitted to the school have complex and wide ranging difficulties and come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds and a wide geographical area.

Goldwyn School is an Outstanding School (Ofsted 2022) for students with SEMH needs, and consists of: • Goldwyn Ashford in Great Chart, Ashford (TN23 3BT) • Goldwyn Folkestone in Parkfield Road, Folkestone (CT19 5BY) • Goldwyn Vocational Centre in Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent (TN23 4FB) • Goldwyn Plus in Beaver Lane, Ashford (TN23 5NX) (our alternative curriculum programme)

Why Work at Goldwyn: • “Goldwyn is a family; a truly supportive unit” – School Governor • We are values driven – they are not words on a page, they are core to our school and its ethos • We have a strong and dynamic leadership team who support each other and who offer an extensive level of coaching and expertise • Our staff are our secret weapon – without a staff that feel supported and invested in, we cannot offer our students the very best education. Our staff wellbeing strategy, ambassadors and events build and sustain our team • Collaborative working is well established at the school and this fosters a culture of staff learning • There is a learning culture for our staff, with extensive CPD on offer for effective and tailored professional development • The school adopts a 2-week extended October half term to support staff wellbeing • Working from the KSENT Trust, you will have opportunities to participate in practitioner research in education, school-to-school support, and a range of leadership development programmes • Opportunities to work with partners and national leaders at the forefront of SEMH education

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01233 662177

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.