LSA - Learning Support Assistant (SEND) - Greenwich, South East London

Learning Support Assistant to Special Education Needs (SEN) students in an excellent mainstream secondary school.

Salary: £80 - £90 per day

Hours: Full time - Monday to Friday

Responsible to: Head of SEND/SENCO

School:

• A thriving, voluntary aided, comprehensive school for girls aged 11-18 and with boys in the Sixth Form.
• The school maintains a strong community spirit in North West London which aims to provide a rounded education of all abilities.

The Role:

Suited to an enthusiastic and motivated individual who would be passionate in supporting the work of the

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities department. The post could involve a mixture of supporting students with additional needs in class and supporting groups in the department's resource area.

Key requirements:

• Have a good level of education, degree preferable but not essential
• Display a caring and empathetic nature and excellent interpersonal skills
• Physically capable of manual handling
• Good speaking, writing and IT skills
• Have confidence to guide and lead young people
• Have evidence of excellent attendance and punctuality
• Have good ICT skills
• Be an excellent role model for students

Main Responsibilities:

• Repeating, clarifying, and breaking down instructions into small steps.
• Ensuring that the student can access the physical environment.
• Motivating, encouraging and appropriately praising the student.
• Enabling the student to remain on task.
• Helping students with behaviour issues to access the curriculum successfully
• Assisting with areas of difficulty, presentation, recording, language use, etc.
• Being an effective and trusted advocate for the student

Please contact Carly Walters at Remedy Education for more information, 0208 418 1390.