Job Title: Learning Support Assistant
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Hourly rate: £18.27
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Part Time
Term Time only post: Yes
Advert Closing Date: 13/07/2025
Job Overview
Les Quennevais school are looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant to provide tailored support to students in both classroom and small group settings. The successful candidate will help ensure students with additional needs can access the curriculum, achieve their potential, and develop both academically and emotionally.
For further information regarding the role, please email Helen Frost (h.frost@lqs.sch.je)
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Key Responsibilities
In-Class Support
Provide targeted support to students with special educational needs or learning difficulties during lessons.
Help adapt learning materials and strategies to ensure accessibility and understanding.
Work collaboratively with teachers to support differentiated learning activities.
Promote independence and confidence among students.
Intervention and Small Group Support
Deliver or support intervention programmes focusing on literacy, numeracy, social skills, or other specific learning needs.
Track and report on student progress within intervention groups.
Support with the planning and preparation of intervention resources.
Emotional and Pastoral Support
Build positive, supportive relationships with students who require emotional and behavioural support.
Work alongside pastoral and SEN staff to monitor student wellbeing.
Support students in developing emotional regulation and resilience.
General Duties
Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries at all times.
Contribute to creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment.
Participate in relevant training and professional development opportunities.
Follow school safeguarding policies and procedures diligently.
Support school events, trips, and activities as required.
Person Specification
Essential:
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Patience, empathy, and a genuine commitment to supporting young people.
Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Desirable:
Experience working with students, particularly those with SEN or additional needs.
Understanding of safeguarding, SEND Code of Practice, and child development.
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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