Learning Support Assistant - Southwater Junior Academy

About Us

The Southwater Junior Academy wishes to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed Learning Support Assistant who cares about children, understands inclusive teaching and thrives as part of a positive team.

The Southwater Junior Academy is a four‑form entry junior school with high attainment, well behaved and enthusiastic children, an extensive range of extra‑curricular activities, a well‑resourced learning environment including a music studio and an ICT suite, plus access to highly personalised joint professional development.

• Salary: £11,036
• Contract Type:
  Temporary
• Working Pattern:
  Monday – Friday, Term Time Only. Hours to be agreed.
• Location:
  
  Southwater, West Sussex
• Interviews: TBC

• Build trusting relationships with children, using a nurturing and therapeutic approach to promote emotional wellbeing and engagement.
• Supervise and provide particular support for 1‑1 pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
• Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes.
• Celebrate and promote the inclusion of every child, encouraging a sense of belonging within the classroom and wider school community.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
• Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self‑esteem and independence.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
• Use initiative to ensure pupils are on task, challenged and are making good progress.
• Provide emotional support for particularly vulnerable pupils.
• Be adaptable and open to supporting a range of children across Key Stage 2, responding to their individual needs with care and creativity.
• Be flexible in supporting a range of 1‑1 children across the KS2 age phase.

• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the displays of pupils work.
• Use strategies, in liaison with class teachers, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
• Assist with the planning of learning activities.
• Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record the achievement/progress as directed.
• Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils achievement, progress, etc.
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
• Establish constructive relationships with parents.
• Provide clerical/admin support eg photocopying if appropriate.

• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
• Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies.
• Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
• Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.

• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime if required.
• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips, residential visits and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.

• Experience:
  
  Working with or caring for children of relevant age.
• Knowledge and
  
  Skills:
  • Ability to relate well to children and adults.
  • Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
  • To be able to use initiative in and outside of the…