Job Description
Learning Support Assistant - Full/Part time available
Academics have the pleasure to be working with a well established secondary school based in Worthing, West Sussex. The school are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic learning support assistant to help the students engage and enjoy learning, challenging them both academically and socially to allow them to develop the skills to succeed.
If you have a good knowledge of education practices, or transferable skills from a similar role such as support work, social work, care work, this is a great opportunity to progress your career in a meaning role helping young people achieve.
The role will largely involve supporting students in lessons and may also include some 1:1 or small group work with students.
- You should have a good standard of education and be IT literate with excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Classroom experience or experience of working with young people will be an advantage, but not necessary.
- Support and training will be provided as necessary
Responsibilities may include:
- Working under the direction of the classroom teacher to support students with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) to fully access the curriculum and successfully meet the learning objectives of the lesson
- Using strategies noted on Student Profiles and in Learning Support Teaching Strategy Guides to maximize their learning and liaising with teachers on the use of these strategies
- Working with the classroom teachers to support other students in the lesson to enable the teacher to give attention to students with SEND
- Promoting confidence and independence in students and modelling supportive, respectful relationships
- Assisting and advising the teacher in differentiating the work to enable students with SEND to succeed
- Attending and contributing to students' review meetings
- Delivering small group/1:1 interventions targeting students' specific learning needs
- Supporting students in examinations in the role of reader, scribe or in other ways
- Administering tests and invigilating examinations
- Reporting incidents to the Head of Learning Support/ class teacher/ Head of Year following school protocol
- Keeping up to date with wider school life, reading department and school communications promptly
- Supporting the use of ICT in learning activities
- Assisting with the supervision of students out of directed lesson time, including before and after school if appropriate, and within working hours
- Accompanying students on school visits, trips and out of school activities as required
- Participating in professional development activities as required
- Being flexible, adaptable and being prepared to cover, at short notice, a particular need within the school
- Attending regular team meetings
If you want to know more about this fantastic opportunity or wish to send us your application then please don't hesitate to apply now! For more information about this role or others within the Worthing area, please contact Chris Barrett on or
