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Speech and Language Support Assistant

Job Introduction

We are seeking a caring, enthusiastic and skilled Speech and Language Support Assistant to join our inclusive primary school team.

The successful candidate will work closely with the SENDCo, class teachers and external Speech and Language Therapists to support pupils with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). You will help children develop their communication, language, social interaction and learning skills, enabling them to access the curriculum and achieve their potential.

This role involves delivering targeted intervention programmes, supporting communication-rich learning environments, monitoring pupil progress and contributing to the wider SEND provision within the school.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience of working with children with speech, language and communication needs. Has completed ELKLAN training, preferably with an accredited qualification.
Has experience delivering speech and language programmes recommended by qualified therapists.
Can deliver individual and small-group interventions and assess their impact.
Is passionate about supporting inclusion and removing barriers to learning.
Can build positive relationships with children, families and professionals.
Has excellent communication and organisational skills.
Works effectively as part of a team whilst also showing initiative.
Has experience using visual communication systems, including Makaton and AAC

Essential qualifications and experience:

GCSE English and Maths at grade 4/C or above, or equivalent.
A relevant Level 3 qualification in education, childcare, teaching assistance or speech and language support, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Experience of supporting primary-aged children with speech, language and communication needs.
Knowledge of language development and the barriers experienced by children with SLCN.
Experience of delivering structured interventions and monitoring children's progress.

Our school is:

a great place to work, genuinely welcoming and friendly;
a flourishing and diverse community;
great at developing learning coaches, teachers, pedagogy and leaders;
well-equipped with modern and modernised buildings backing onto a large sports and recreation field with a woodland area and gardening area;
newly rebuilt through the HCC recladding programme;
doing great things with the curriculum so offers a firm base for excellence;
sociable;
calm;
ambitious.

We offer:

360 friendly, hardworking and keen to learn children;
high quality, focussed CPD;
positive and committed senior leaders with a wealth of experience;
an exciting ‘next step’ in your professional development; you do not have to be the finished article;
a school dog called Bow;
a very successful track record for growing the next generation of teachers;
the backing of an excellent teaching team committed to self-improvement;
a strong support team with a wealth of experience in leading effective interventions handpicked by our school;
teacher handbooks for our core subjects so you know how to plan NPS successful learning;
a well thought through curriculum with sequential concepts, knowledge and skills;
wellbeing and self-care training;
the support of positive parents and committed governors;
a thriving community on the outskirts of Eastleigh just off the M27;
the chance to achieve something exceptional.

You will be:

a naturally positive empathetic communicator;
great at building relationships;
a knowledgeable and skilled educator who is able to nurture happiness and cognitive and academic success in children;
a great reader both for pleasure and to further your professional repertoire;
reliable and dependable;
amazing with children.

Come and see us in action!

You’re warmly invited to join Hannah, our Headteacher, for a tour of the school on one of the following dates:

Monday 15th June at 11:00am
Friday 19th June at 9:30am
Friday 19th June at 3:45pm

Please call the school office on 023 8061 3588 to book your place so we can plan for numbers.

Applications: By application form to Mrs Sarah Wyatt s.wyatt@nightingale.hants.sch.uk .

Safer Recruitment

We are 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 practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.