Learning Support Assistant (Farnborough)

Role Overview:

• Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
• Position: Learning Support Assistant
• Hours: 8:30am-3:00pm (term time only)
• Type: Full-time
• Pay: Minimum £85 per day, depending on experience
• Start Date: February 2025
• End Date: Ongoing
• Contract Type: Temporary

Responsibilities:

• Provide learning support to pupils, working both in groups and on a 1:1 basis.
• Collaborate with other support and education staff.
• Support students with special educational needs (SEN) or those with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties.
• Manage challenging behaviour effectively and positively.

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in a school or similar setting.
• Experience working with children and young people with SEN or social, emotional, and mental health difficulties.
• Proven ability to manage behaviour effectively.
• Up-to-date Safeguarding training (desirable, but training can be provided).

Eligibility:

• Right to Work in the UK.
• Enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or willingness to process a new application.
• Two professional child-related references covering the last two years.

Application Process: If you are interested in this role, please apply with your up-to-date CV. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About Prospero Teaching: Prospero Teaching acts as an employment business/education recruitment agency for this vacancy. The successful candidate will need to register and pass all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching. All adults working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting their welfare.

Benefits:

• Accredited continued professional development courses, including safeguarding and behaviour management.
• In-house Training and Development Team

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.