Department of Children’s Services
Education and Learning – Special Educational Needs
SEND Learning Support Assistant (Resourced Provisions)
Temporary – (For 12 Months)
35 hours per week (Term time only)
Band 6: £23,893- £25,979 pa (Pro-rata for part time posts)
Based across Bradford District
Exciting new opportunities to make a difference to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities across the Bradford District.
Bradford Council is expanding the provision it makes for children and young people with SEND across Bradford District. We are establishing a number of Specialist Resourced Provisions with places for children and young people with SEND. There will be a number of these to meet the needs of CYP with Autism and a number to meet the needs of CYP with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs. These provisions have been operational since 2019 and currently expanding.
We are seeking to recruit a number of exceptional, experienced Autism and SEMH Learning Support Assistants to support our children and young people in the new resourced provisions based in primary and secondary schools across the district.
The staff in the resourced provisions teams will be centrally employed by Bradford Council Childrens’ Services subject to their terms and conditions and deployed to the provisions, which will be co-located in mainstream schools across the district.
The successful SEND Learning Support Assistants will be comfortable and experienced working with pupils who have ASD and SEMH needs and will be able to effectively support learning across the primary age range or the secondary age range.
Above all, we are looking to find the ‘right' person who will become a valued part of the Resourced Provision and the school community which hosts the provision making this an excellent opportunity to gain experience as an SEND Learning Assistant in a supportive and inclusive environment.
For further information regarding the post please contact Scott Delves-Holmes via email: Scott.delves-holmes@bradford.gov.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for these posts.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do as a Council and the people we support. We have a number of self-directed Staff Networks (Disability, LGBTQ+, Race Equality, Women’s Voice, Working Carers and Young Persons) which assist in providing a voice and support mechanism to colleagues.
The RESPECT Allyship Programme is also available to all staff, which offers opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups, and provides additional benefits and resources to its members. This is part of the RESPECT Campaign, which is the Council’s Internal Equalities Vision for staff and its ambition to build an truly inclusive workforce, where everyone can be their true selves at work.
Please see attached job profile: Learning Support Assistant - JP.doc
Closing Date: 7th July 2024
Interviews: 11th and 12th July 2024