Learning Support Assistant (ABA) in Grays

No prior experience is necessary as full on the job training is given.

Location: Treetops Learning Community

Pay: Band A point 4 (£17,814 actual)

Hours: 27.5 hrs per week - 45.8 wks per year (1 extra paid week after 5 years of service)

Responsible to: Pre formal Pathway Lead

The Trust: In March 2025 Treetops School was judged by Ofsted to have maintained the standards identified at the previous inspection. The previous inspection was in February 2020, at which time Treetops was judged as Outstanding. Treetops Free School, which officially opened in September 2022, was judged Good in its first Ofsted inspection in March 2024.

Students throughout Treetops Learning Community have complex needs varying from moderate to severe learning difficulties, which may include speech and communication difficulties, autism and global developmental delay.

The Role: Previous experience of working with children with special educational needs whilst not essential, is preferable. Full on the job training will be provided.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Tutors working within the Pre formal Pathway department of Treetops school will work under the direction of their class instructor; with support and on-the-job training provided by their class senior.
• Assisting in the development of individualised programmes, underpinned by the science of ABA (applied behaviour analysis), with specific emphasis on pre formal pathway approach to language.
• Implementing these programmes on either a 1:1, 1:2, or small group basis, dependent on the needs of the student(s) they are assigned to work with.
• Preparing resources for the running of targets for each students' programme.
• Collecting data on both behaviours that challenge and skill acquisition throughout the school day.
• Graphing daily data at the end of the school day and cumulative progress data at the end of the school week.
• Maintaining records in each students' individual folder.
• Assisting pre-formal class teachers in the running and set up of daily classroom activities.
• Supervising pairs or small groups of students at breaks and lunch times, encouraging independence, social play with their peers and appropriate behaviour, which is consistent with the school's behaviour, value and aims documents.
• Reporting any safeguarding concerns to the class instructor, Pre formal Pathway Lead or safeguarding leads.
• Developing professional relationships with parents and providing accurate information daily in the home-school communication books.
• Co-operating with colleagues to ensure the aims of the school are achieved consistently.
• Forming and maintaining good relationships with the children and young adults of the school; based on mutual respect, trust and understanding.
• Assisting with the physical and self-care needs of the children and young adults as they require; including, but not limited to, any toileting procedures.
• Working across all key stages within the pre formal department on either a termly or bi-termly basis.
• Any other duties as deemed necessary by the Pre formal Pathway Lead or Headteacher.

Closing date for applications: Monday 24 August 2026

Interviews: various dates

The governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and satisfactory references.

Information about the School: All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.