Speech and Language Assistant

Job starts: September 2023

Grade: Scale 3point 5-6

Actual Salary: £20,804 - £21,164

Contract type: Full time (term time only- salary will be pro-rata to 39 weeks)

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract term: Permanent 

LEARNING FOR ALL!

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Speech and Language Assistant to join our creative staff team. This is an exciting opportunity to work across our Early Years Department, as a dedicated Speech and Language Assistant.This role will work closely with our external speech and language therapist to deliver high quality communication and language provision across our EYFS.

 We can offer you:

•   Quality first professional development;
•   Curious children, who love learning;
•   A supportive, forward thinking, and dedicated team of colleagues;
•   An energetic and sociable environment to work and play!

We welcome applications from experienced Practitioners who can;

• Plan, prepare and deliver  focused interventions learning for individuals/groups;
• Be flexible and have a positive nature and the ability to work well under pressure;
• Model excellent communication skills;
• Value professional development and be enthusiastic about taking risks;

Before deciding to apply you will want to find out more about the post - To arrange a visit and/or informal discussion about this post, please contact Lorna Gilbey – Assistant Head teacher. 

To get a flavour of our school, please watch our short school video: Adventures at Portway

Further information about our school can be found on our website - http://portway.leadinglearningtrust.org

Interviews: 12th June 2023 

Portway Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment.  All staff are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as qualifications and reference checks. A disqualification declaration questionnaire may be required for this post. 

We may interview candidates prior to the closing of the advert, so we strongly encourage applicants to apply early.