Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)

Job Title: Learning Support Assistant / Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)
Location: Hornchurch, Essex
Salary: 29,8556 ( 22,665.90 pro-rata)
Contract: Permanent, Term-Time Only (45.6 weeks,31.25 hours per week)

Make a Real Impact in Hornchurch!

Are you a dynamic, hardworking educator with a passion for supporting students' emotional and academic development? ANZUK Education is partnered with a highly successful, heavily over-subscribed multi-academy trust looking for a dedicated Learning Support Assistant / Emotional Literacy Support Assistant to join their exceptional team.

The School:

Located in Hornchurch, Essex, the school is recognised by Ofsted as a 'good' school. The academy provides a pioneering, rigorous, and ICT-rich learning environment committed to innovation. The school treats children as individuals, promotes an outstanding ethos, and is fully dedicated to giving all students an outstanding education to help them realise their full potential.

The Role:

In this rewarding role, you will work alongside a highly motivated, supportive, and well-qualified team of teachers and support staff. You will provide vital classroom support, positively impacting students' learning and emotional well-being across a wide range of qualifications within the curriculum. You will serve as a clear-thinking role model, helping to shape the future of the subjects and raise student aspirations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver highly effective 1:1 and small group learning and emotional literacy interventions.
• Enthuse, inspire, and act as a champion of learning in an ICT-rich environment.
• Demonstrate high-level interpersonal skills to collaborate with teachers and support staff.
• Help manage and improve educational life chances within a brand new, well-resourced specialist learning environment.
• Actively support the school's commitment to equality of opportunity.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Educated to degree level.
• An excellent practitioner with a passion for raising student aspirations.
• Clear-thinking, outward-looking, dynamic, and hardworking.
• Able to demonstrate a proven track record of leading improvement.
• High levels of resilience with a dedication to making a real difference to the lives of young people.

Why Join ANZUK?

• Access to pioneering professional development (with Investors in People status).
• Fully supported pathways to develop personally and professionally.
• Opportunities to work within a forward-thinking organisation with Training School status.
• A dedicated consultant to guide your career placement.

Apply Today!

Ready to support the next generation in Hornchurch? Click 'Apply' now or visit the ANZUK website for more information.

Pay rates depend on experience, role type, umbrella or PAYE rate selection. ANZUK Education is committed to a policy of equal opportunities. We respect and value cultural and religious diversity and will not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, religion, culture or disability. Each individual will be assessed on merit alone.