Learning Support Assistant Level 1 & Level 2

St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Academy

Woolton Hill Road

Liverpool

L25 6EG

Tel: 0151 288 1000

Learning Support Assistant – Level 1 & Level 2 Term Time Only

Start Date- As soon as possible.

St Francis Xavier’s College, founded in 1842, is a Catholic Converter Academy with a co-educational Sixth Form with a strong academic tradition and 1000 pupils across KS3/4. The Sixth Form has strong collaborative links with partner schools across the city.

As we look to the future and continue our improvement journey, we have recently joined St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust. We are excited about joining St Joseph’s as they become the CMAT for our part of the Archdiocese. Through the Trust, we can offer you a firm commitment to your own professional development, which is at the core of their offer for all staff. You can find more information here www.sjcmat.co.uk

ROLE DETAILS

As an improving school, this is an exciting opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant with previous experience of working with individual students or small groups of students under the direction of the Teacher or SENDCo and Asst. SENDCo to join St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Academy.

As a Learning Support Assistant you will work with other professionals to break down barriers and ensure that learners are able to access the curriculum and provide emotional and social support to students to ensure equal access to a learning environment across the school. The Learning Support Assistant must be able to build positive relationships with students, be a positive role model and support students to reach their potential and help enable students to be included in all aspects of school life.

If you have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver these requirements whilst having the focus and drive to ensure successful outcomes are reached for our students then we’d love to hear from you.

Our Learning Support Department at our school has an excellent team of professionals who achieve excellent results. We value challenge, active participation and motivation. The department is a positive and forward thinking department who believes that every child can achieve in school. We are currently applying for an Autism Inclusion Award with the Autism Education Trust, so a passion for and experience of working with pupils with Autism would be welcomed.

If you have the vision and skills to deliver inspirational support whilst having the focus and drive to ensure successful outcomes with our students, then we’d love to hear from you. Please see Job Description for more details.

In addition, we are looking for the following qualities in the successful applicant:

PERSONAL QUALITIES

·    Ability to work under pressure

·    Energy, enthusiasm, good sense of humour

·    Emotional maturity and resilience in dealing with challenging behaviours.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• A commitment to support your professional development.
• Working as part of a committed and talented team of professionals.
• Opportunity for additional paid duties.
• Access to Trust-wide professional development opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programmes.

If you believe that you have the energy, passion, resilience and drive to be part of our positive journey we would love to have you on our team. Please see further details in the Job Description.

Early applications are strongly encouraged and visits to the School are welcomed.

The role is deemed to be in regulated activity with a high level of contact and responsibility for children on a day to day basis.

Please visit our website for details and application form at

www.sjcmat.co.uk

For further information and school visits please contact

cliddy@sfx.sjcmat.co.uk

Forward completed applications to: vhill@sfx.sjcmat.co.uk

Closing date for applications: Friday 18th October 2024 at 12pm

Shortlisting: Friday 18th October 2024

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Please note – Only applicants who are shortlisted will be contacted following the closing date. For shortlisted applicants an online search will be conducted prior to interview

Safeguarding of our pupils is a priority. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS disclosures

This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate with a children’s barred list check. You will also be required to complete a criminal self-disclosure form if you are short-listed for the post.’

Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at an interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.