We are excitedly looking for an experienced Learning Support Assistant, who has a specific interest in supporting pupils with their mental health, to become an integral part of our well established Social, Emotional and Mental Health provision across our school. We seek someone committed to supporting the needs of young people who present with low arousal and high levels of anxiety which in turn have become a barrier to accessing learning and social opportunities.
| Learning Support Assistant – (Level 3) Social/Emotional/Mental Health key worker, combined with class based support of students and delivering Intervention– Noadswood Main School | |
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| Start Date | ASAP |
| Salary Range | Grade D £28,608 - £31,525 per annum FTE Actual Annual Salary £15,915 - £17,538 per annum |
| Hours per week | 24 hours per week, 4 days 8.30am to 3pm (including a 30 minute unpaid lunchbreak each day) |
| Weeks per year | 39 weeks (Term Time including INSET Days) |
| Contract Type | Permanent - subject to the successful completion of a 3 month probationary period |
Information about the role: The purpose of this role is that the students identified on the successful candidate’s caseload will gain the ability and the skills to succeed through secondary education, accessing mainstream lessons when they can, but also to gain the ability to understand their own emotions, build up their resilience and to develop the ability to regulate and learn strategies that they can take away with them to college and beyond. Additionally, the successful candidate will have the competence and skills to deliver English and Maths intervention, under the direction of the SENDCO and her team, enabling small groups of students to make progress identified by their classroom teachers or on their Individual Learning Plans or on their Education and Health Care Plans. Main duties include:
As well as the whole school CPD opportunities throughout the year, we will be keen to point the successful candidate to bespoke training catering to the needs of the students which may, over time, include Autism, ADHD, Tourettes, OCD, Sensory Processing Disorder and Selective Mutism. If you are someone that likes to be flexible in their approach and to be able to have the time to build up an authentic and resolute rapport with young people, supporting them through their anxieties and difficulties, to make academic progress and hit crucial social and emotional targets, then please don’t hesitate to apply – we also welcome visits prior to interview. Document Applications to be sent by email to recruitment@noadswood.hants.sch.uk Please note CVs are not accepted. Closing Date – 4pm 18th October 2026 Interview date 6th November 2026 (tbc) | |
Noadswood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection processes reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks, along with other relevant employment checks.