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The role is a Permanent, Term-Time only role
Monday to Wednesday: (08:30am – 17:00pm)
No working required during school holidays
Salary from: £27,008 - £29,700 full time equivalent pro rata, depending on experience (£13,890 - £15,274 actual for term-time, 3 days, 36 weeks pa)
To Start: September 2025
Our special outstanding school is constantly growing, providing a supportive, nurturing learning environment for more and more children. Due to this expansion, we have an opportunity for you to be a part of a transdisciplinary team of dedicated friendly Teachers, Therapists and Learning Support Assistants.
What the role involves:
You will not find yourself getting bored in this role! Each day brings new challenges, opportunities for development and to demonstrate your supportive skills as a Learning Support Assistant. Your role may involve providing ad-hoc or dedicated 1-1 support to specific children and providing whole-class support in lessons. You’ll also help maintain the learning environments, assist with administration, prepare food and equipment for food tech lessons and provide ad-hoc management or support with challenging behaviour.
The ideal candidate will have:
•Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff.
•Confidence, enthusiasm and a passion for learning.
•Good English (clear written and spoken English) and numeracy skills.
•Knowledge and experience of behaviour management.
•The ability to build good working relationships with children, teachers, parents and carers.
•Experience of working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN), particularly children on the Autism Spectrum.
•The ability to manage a small group of children with complex social communication needs.
•The ability to promote positive behaviour in a nurturing environment is essential.
•Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff.
Closing date: Monday 30th June 2025
Safeguarding Statement
Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information.