Learning Support Assistant

**Learning Support Assistant - Lingfield, Surrey**

Monday to Friday - Term-Time only (39 weeks per year)

Permanent - 37 hours per week

£11.98 per hour
- Would you like to represent St Piers School and College, an incredible place for young people with special educational needs and disabilities to thrive?_

**About The Job**

As a Learning Support Assistant at our St. Piers School, you will work as part of a transdisciplinary team of Therapists, Nurses and Support Workers who are passionate about working together to provide the best possible outcomes for our students.

Day-to-day, your role will include
- Putting our students at the heart of everything we do.
- Helping to create a safe learning environment where all students are encouraged, and enabled, to achieve their full potential.
- Enabling students to access learning, using needs-specific, personalised approaches, both with 1:1 and group learning activities.
- Assisting Tutors in the delivery of their lessons.
- Contributing to tracking students’ achievements against their learning objectives.
- Planning and coordinating outings and day trips for our students.
- Completing administration work that will support the smooth running of the School.

**About You**

Our fantastic Learning Support Assistants all share the same great qualities listed below. If you believe you share these qualities, we’d love to hear from you. Our Learning Support Assistants
- Are passionate about supporting children and young people (5-19yo).
- Strive to achieve the best possible outcomes for the people you are supporting.
- Are creative with new ideas to stimulate students.
- Can be adaptable to changing priorities and working flexibly.
- Can demonstrate good initiative when dealing with challenging situations.
- Are engaging communicators, both verbally and in writing.
- Have, or are willing to work towards a Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools (we can fund this if necessary).
- Have experience of working in a classroom environment, and effectively recording and tracking student’s learning progress.
- Ideally have knowledge of specialist areas such Autism, Epilepsy and PMLD.

**More about St Piers School**

St Piers School sits in the Education Directorate of Young Epilepsy, the leading national charity working exclusively to improve the lives of children and young people with epilepsy and/or associated conditions.

We are a non-maintained residential special school for 5-19-year-olds, and we are an innovative and creative School for children with SEND, and a large percentage of our cohort have Epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties, along with communication difficulties.

The school provides a variety of interactive and inclusive environments, both indoors and outdoors, which support the pursuit of ambitions and aspirations through a whole range of exciting and creative spaces. All children are put at the heart of the learning experience, through providing an environment where everyone can make progress and gain new skills.

The school is ‘Good’ [Ofsted 2017], a Centre of Excellence [IQM] for inclusion and is a member of Challenge Partners [Quality Assurance Review (2019) judged ‘outstanding’].

To find out more about St. Piers, and to take a virtual tour of our campus, please click here.

St Piers School and College is part of Young Epilepsy. To find out more about Young Epilepsy, please click here.

**As an employee of St. Piers School, you will receive**
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including the chance to complete your Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools.
- Free parking onsite.
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Subsidised onsite dining in our beautiful restaurant.
- Perkbox - giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
- Gym membership options (onsite and off-site)
- An occupational pension scheme.
- Genuine opportunities for career progression.
- Brand new onsite accommodation available.

**APPLY TODAY**
- If you do not hear anything within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful._
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required._
- Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales)._