Job Description

Cambian Spring Hill School - Ripon

Learning Support Assistant

Salary: £18,423.14

32.5 hours per week, (8.45am – 3.45pm Mon- Fri) term time

Full UK driving licence required

Are you looking to join a well-established, committed and developing education team supporting young people with Complex Needs?

Do you have experience working in an SEN School?

Are you based in or around the Ripon area?

Do you have the empathy, compassion and resilience required to help support young people in their learning?

Here you will join a strong, supportive team in helping young people with complex needs. It is challenging yet highly rewarding work where the little things you do every day will have life-changing results.

Located in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside on the outskirts of Ripon, Spring Hill is a residential SEN School and Children’s Home.

You will need the following skills/qualifications:

• A passion for working with children and young people.
• Experience of working within an SEN School.
• Excellent communication skills and a good team player.
• Engaging.
• Strong determination to succeed.
• Hardworking.
• Teamwork.
• Resilience.
• Honesty.
• A willingness to learn.
• GCSE grade 4 or equivalent in English & Maths.

We positively encourage applications from male and BME applicants who will be able to provide positive role models for our students.

Requirements for DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks, it may extend the processing time.

Requirements for DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.

The Cambian Group are an equal opportunities employer.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. xsrmqjs As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.