Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Pay Scale: £85 – £96 per day

Start Date: January 2025

Location: Pontefract WF8

Full-time role

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Career Teachers is seeking 3 qualified Learning Support Assistants to join our team of dedicated supply staff at a Multi-Academy Trust based in Pontefract.

The successful candidates will work as Learning Support Assistants, by supporting the teaching and learning of Maths and English, under the direction of teaching staff. The role of Learning Support Assistant across this award-wining trust is to promote the learning and welfare of students by providing practical and learning support to students, including those with statements of special educational needs, under the direction of the class teacher.

These are temporary positions. The working pattern for this role is 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

The schools within this trust are welcoming and supportive, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. They place children at the centre of everything they do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Supporting pupil’s learning and attending to pupils’ personal needs in order to support teaching and learning in the classroom and across the school.
• Supporting the preparation, planning and implementation of individual and group learning activities and intervention programmes across the school.
• There may also be times when you are required to work with pupils who have additional needs.

It would be advantageous if you:

• Hold a childcare qualification such as CACHE Level 3
• Have previous experience working as a classroom Teaching Assistant
• Have experience working with children with additional needs

Why choose Career Teachers?

• Competitive weekly pay
• Assignments paid to a scale after 12 weeks (AWR)
• Friendly and honest service
• Online time sheets
• Your own dedicated consultant
• Guaranteed pay schemes
• Genuine refer a friend scheme

• Affinity Extra – Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Well-being portal.

*These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Career Teachers are a leading national education agency that specialise in the recruitment of long term and daily supply teachers and support staff. As a teacher or teaching assistant, you will have a dedicated consultant who will support you with your career and who will give you access to a variety of opportunities that suit your needs.

All roles will require an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS), although we can help with this process a new application is required if your current DBS is not on the update service, and reference checks.

At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

– Attend an interview in person;

– Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

– Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.