Vacancy Details
Vacancy Summary
Department of Children’s Services
Education and Learning – Specialist Teaching and Support Service
SEND Learning Support Assistants (Resourced Provisions)
Various hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Band 6, Scale points 6-11 FTE £19,171 to £21,166 pro rata
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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.
Vacancy Information
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 supporting 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.
If you would like an informal discussion about any of these posts then please contact Leena Claypole, BSM for LA Led Resourced Provisions on: 07582103687 or email leena.claypole@bradford.gov.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for these posts.
***Please note, the deadline for applications may be changed without notice once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible as we have rolling shortlisting and interview schedules***
Closing Date: Sunday 31st October 2021
Shortlisting: Various
Interviews: Various
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