Overview
Senior Learning Support Assistant - Buckinghamshire Primary PRU
Location: High Wycombe
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part-time, 8.30am - 3.30pm Monday to Friday. Term time, plus 5 inset days.
Interviews to be held: Week beginning 17.11.25
About us
We are the Buckinghamshire Primary PRU. We support children who are finding life difficult at their mainstream school. This is an opportunity to be part of a successful team, doing challenging but rewarding work, and playing a vital role in helping some of the county\'s most vulnerable pupils. Everyone who works at the PRU is passionate about giving the children we support the best opportunities to succeed. We are an outstanding PRU (OFSTED 2018), with a great reputation and close links with the mainstream schools in our community so that we can work together to help children overcome barriers and instil a lifelong love of learning.
This role is based at Woodlands Primary PRU in High Wycombe and is a fantastic opportunity to be an integral part of the different provisions offered by the PRU. Life is never boring here and each day brings different challenges and that is why it is so rewarding to work at the PRU.
Responsibilities
* Work alongside classroom colleagues to deliver interventions to individuals and small groups of pupils (class sizes typically six to eight pupils).
* Provide cover for teaching colleagues and lead classes when teachers are carrying out other responsibilities.
* Be part of our outreach service, working with named pupils in mainstream schools to support challenging behaviour.
* Lead small classes in the absence of the teacher and contribute to outreach programmes for named pupils, building effective working relationships with mainstream colleagues.
* Organise and deliver interventions with the team and support colleagues to share best practice.
About you
Ideally you will have experience of working with children with SEMH needs in a primary setting, or related roles (for example outreach worker or tutor) and want to apply that knowledge within our PRU. You should have the right attitude, personality and experiences to add value to the team and be able to work with pupils who find it difficult to cope in school, including collaboration with mainstream schools as part of our outreach provision.
* Experience in similar roles and the ability to quickly adapt to a new setting.
* Ability to organise and deliver interventions alongside classroom colleagues.
* Ability to lead outreach programmes for named pupils and build effective working relationships with mainstream colleagues.
* Calm, flexible and resilient with a willingness to mentor colleagues and share best practice.
We offer
* Training and support from an experienced team to enable success in the role.
* A setting that continually strives to develop and improve.
* Commitment to staff well-being and development.
* A child-centered curriculum that encourages a love of learning.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact the school office. Please send completed application forms to the email address provided.
The PRU operates safe recruitment practices. All applications must be on Bucks Council application forms. The Buckinghamshire Primary PRU is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be sought, and an enhanced DBS check and an online profile search will be carried out for shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and applicants are required to declare: all unspent convictions and conditional cautions; all spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Act. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
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