Specialist Support Assistant

4 weeks ago


Bradford, United Kingdom Bradford Metropolitan District Council Full time

**Department of Children’s Services**

**Specialist Teaching and Support Services,**

**Children’s Sensory and Physical Needs Service.**

**Specialist Support Assistant (VISSA) - Children with Vision Impairment (0.4 FTE)**

**Band**
**5/6: £21,189 - £24,054 pa (Actual pro-rata £6,402- £7,403)**

**Permanent**

**1 x 13 hours per week, Term time, 38 weeks plus one week (39 weeks)**

**Based at Grove House Local Authority led Resourced Provision**
- “Our vision is to provide high quality support for all Bradford children and young people using a collaborative approach through transformational learning experiences so that they can flourish, make excellent holistic progress and successfully transition to responsible citizens”._

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, dedicated and creative Specialist Support Assistant (VISSA) to join our team of professionals to work with children with vision impairment across the Vision and Physical Needs Service, in the Local Authority Led Resourced Provisions (LARP). This post will initially be based at Grove House Primary School.

The Vision and Physical Needs Service is a large, enthusiastic and dynamic team of specialists providing teaching and support for children and young people with vision impairment and children with Physical needs. We work with two schools that host a Local Authority Led Resourced Provision and peripatetically across the Bradford local authority.

As a Specialist Support Assistant (VISSA), we can offer you:

- An opportunity to work within a dedicated, skilled and supportive team.
- Planned continuous professional development (CPD) relevant to your role.
- Access to wellbeing support and resources and other employee benefits
- An opportunity to make a positive contribution to the successful education and wellbeing of children and young people with vision impairment.

Ideally you will have some experience of working in an educational setting with children and young people and young people with vision impairment.

You must be willing to undertake training to develop your skills in supporting children with a vision impairment. There will be opportunity within the service to do this.

**Bradford Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS check and children’s barred list check will be undertaken for these posts and all mandatory pre employed checks will be carried out.**

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**Responsibilities of the post include ensuring that the safety and welfare of children and young people is paramount by implementing the relevant safeguarding practice and policies and liaising with other council colleagues including the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) where appropriate. Further details can be found within the job description.**

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**Closing Date: 9**
**th**
**May 2023**

**Please see attached Job Profile**:
**Specialist Support Assistant - Vision Impairment - JP.doc



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