Learning Support Assistant

To work as a Learning Support Assistant, providing support to the teacher pupils. In addition to agreed responsibilities of Learning Support Assistants and any reasonable direction from the Headteacher or member of the Senior Leadership Team the Learning Support Worker will:

Main Tasks

• To work with individual and small groups of pupils on educational activities.


• To assist teachers in developing and implementing individual educational programmes.


• To support individual and small groups of pupils across a broad and balanced curriculum.


• To prepare materials and equipment.


• To occasionally transport pupils home and on educational visits etc.
  
  Our colleagues' wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we're always looking for new ways to improve everyone's work/life balance. We're taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent)., Glebedale School is a special needs school which provides provision for boys and girls aged 7 years and upwards. We provide a nurturing and welcoming environment to SEMH pupils, and our curriculum has a keen focus on therapy, education and personal development. Our school aims to help pupils grow academically, socially and emotionally to enable them to become capable future citizens.


We provide education to 30 pupils from the Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire and Cheshire areas. At our last Ofsted in December 2022, we were rated "Good".

Acorn Education is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education and accommodation care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance


• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions


• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks


And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits


• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad


• Cycle to Work Schemes


• Electric Car Purchase Scheme


• Critical illness cover


And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.