Learning Support Assistant

Horizon Teachers are currently working with a Special Needs School in Lewisham that are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to work 1:1 with a child in their Year 4 class that has Autism and requires extra support within class.

This Specialist School caters for children aged 4 - 19 with Special Educational Needs, such as Autism. This school is passionate about creating innovating learning opportunities to best help promote development for all children.

As a Learning Support Assistant within this school, you will need to help manage children's behaviour and support with class work. You will be working alongside a team of experienced and passionate Teachers and Support Staff within the school.

This role is to start ASAP until the end of the academic year in July 2025, on a full time basis.

What the school are looking for in their Learning Support Assistants:

• Supporting a mixed class of students aged 4 -16
• Carrying out behaviour management in line with the school's policies and procedures
• Accompanying and supporting students with their academic and personal development.
• Being proactive in the class to ensure your learning support is tailored to each child's individual need.
• Using skills learned such as Team Teach or Manual Handling (desirable)

Why Horizon Teachers:

• Each registration process all completed from home via one online link and a video call
• A team of specialist education consultants
• Great Google review from teachers and support staff 4.8* rating
• Free certified safeguarding training offered to all support staff once registered with Horizon

One of the best agencies in London. Horizon got me working in a school within 5 days of registering. The staff are all super helpful and committed to finding the right school for you. - 5 Star google review

Horizon Teachers is a specialist Education Recruitment Consultancy that helps Teachers and Support Staff find long term, permanent and interim employment in Primary, Secondary and Special Schools throughout London, the South East, the Midlands and the North of England. As part of the registration process you will be required to have a DBS Check carried out and all original relevant qualifications will need to be sighted and copied before any work placement. For all teaching roles you will need to hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent. 

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