Learning Support Assistant

Are you looking to help extraordinary people achieve extraordinary things? Diverse Abilities offers you the opportunity to achieve this and is now recruiting for learning support assistants to join our team at Langside School.

Category: Care Vacancies
Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £16,926.30 (actual salary - term time only)

Hours: Monday - Friday 8.45am - 3.45pm

Overall purpose:

To support the teacher in the delivery of the curriculum and support the pupils with personal care needs. To ensure the safekeeping and welfare of all pupils at all times.

This role requires staff to

In relation to pupils/students:

• Provide personal care to whatever level is appropriate for the pupil/student.
• Encourage as high a level of pupil/student independence as possible.
• Support pupils/students to use their chosen method of communication at all times.
• Assist pupils and students with their feeding programmes

In relation to management/organisation:

• Actively support our policy of continued personal professional development.
• Report any changes in pupil’s or student’s behaviour or physical appearance which may give cause for concern.
• Support all Langside School and Diverse Abilities Plus policies and working practices

In relation to staff team:

• Make a positive contribution to Langside’s multi team approach.
• Support the implementation of programmes.
• Attend any essential training or meetings.
• Be an active participant in the appraisal system.
• Act as a positive role model at all times.

These lists are not exhaustive, and the full details can be found in the job description above.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits. These include access to thousands of retailer, restaurant, entertainment and hotel discounts through Perkbox, auto-enrolment pensions, paid accrued holiday, and a cycle to work scheme.

We also provide long service awards at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25+ years including vouchers and additional paid time off.

Essential skills include

• Interpersonal skills
• Organisational and time management skills
• Teamwork
• Clear communication
• Understands, values and respects people
• Person centered approach
• Physical ability to carry out necessary tasks
• Problem solving
• Self-management

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Closing date: 10th November 2023