About The Company
Ingfield Manor School is a non-maintained special school and part of Salutem Care and Education who have services across England and Wales supporting adults and children in residential and educational Environments. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthy, active, and fulfilling life, regardless of their background or disability. The aim of our services is to provide a safe and stimulating environment that enables children and young people to flourish and grow. Ingfield Manor School caters for students aged 3—19 years with neurological motor impairment such as Cerebral Palsy and associated medical and sensory needs. Following the Conductive Education approach, the focus is on the holistic development of everyone, including their physical and communication skills.
We are currently recruiting Learning Support Workers to join our teams of staff who support groups of around eight students in all aspects of the learning day. For all posts you should have a related level 3 qualification, or the willingness to acquire it ‘on the job’ and be experienced in working with children or young people.
You will be involved in all parts of the student’s day as a member of a team creating a learning environment that delivers the curriculum to ensure student progress, maintain excellent standards of care and ensure health and safety in accordance with the school's ethos.
About The Role
Job Overview:
To ensure good use of resources and to be part of a team ensuring that the learning environment is adequately resourced to deliver the curriculum to ensure student progress, maintain excellent standards of care, ensure health and safety; and compliance with policies and procedures.
Hours: Full time are 40 hours per week, full days of 8 hours each. Part time hours are pro-rata. Opportunities for flexible working available (early morning, 6.30am - 10.30am / evening shifts, 3:30pm - 9:30pm).
Salary £20,855 - £22,924 pa (£11.69 - £12.85 per hour). (FTE 52wks £24,315 - £26,728). Dependent upon experience
Responsibilities:
- Participate actively in creating an appropriately stimulating learning environment for pupils in accordance with the school's ethos.
- Implement group and individual educational programmes for pupils under the direction of the team leader and to be involved in associated planning and preparation.
- Be committed to Conductive Education.
- Contribute to the development of the overall programme for the group of pupils.
- Contribute to writing individual aims for pupils.
- Have responsibility for maintaining all records for specified pupils.
- Be involved in all aspects of the pupil’s day.
- Provide good standards of physical and emotional care.
- Ensure the physical environment is maintained to high standards of safety, hygiene, and presentation.
- Participate in the staff training and development programme.
- Maintain professional contact with parents or guardians Share and advance the school's commitment to Every Child Matters.
- To work seamlessly across department or team boundaries in a collaborative and constructive manner to implement the school’s strategic direction.
- To demonstrate a commitment to customer service excellence and deliver against the requirements of the school’s quality framework.
- Any other duties as may be reasonably directed by the Principal.
- The work involves the physical facilitation of pupils/students and the moving of furniture and equipment
This job description should not be seen as all encompassing, and the post holder will be expected to undertake any other responsibilities appropriate to the post as identified by the company.
The post holder will further Salutem’s vision and comply with the policies and procedures of Salutem and the school. This job description will be kept under review to ensure that it remains up to date. The post holder will be consulted about any proposed changes.
Salutem Care and Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All offers of employment are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, in line with our stringent safer recruitment policy.
Successful candidates for all posts will undergo a minimum of 6 months’ probation period.
