Learning Support Assistant

Role: Learning Support Assistant

Location: Gloucestershire

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £22,734 per annum (Pro-Rata) DOE and Qualifications, People’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37hrs per week

Contract Type: Permanent – Term Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Learning Support Assistant to join our Additional Support department at an FE College group.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Being responsible for providing support to learners with the learning difficulties and/or disabilities in all aspects of the college curriculum.
• Providing overall care of the learner and enable them to access the college facilities and develop independence within the wider community.
• Being an active member of the Foundation/ main college team and assisting in the development of individual programmes and the assessment of student progress.
• Providing learner support to a group of learners or on a one to one basis within all aspects of the college curriculum.
• Providing the support needs required by the ALS Team Leader, Lecturer and learner.
• Attending regular meetings to provide information for review and evaluation purposes.
• Maintaining appropriate records as required by the College e.g. registers, progress reports.
• Developing the independent living skills of the learner.
• Developing and monitoring the ILP’s of the learners with the tutor.
• Maintaining and updating resources available to support learning.
• Ensuring the classroom and materials are kept to a high standard to promote a healthy and stimulating learning environment.
• Being responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and for raising any concerns in line with college procedures.
• Being responsible for promoting equality and diversity in line with college procedures.
• Being responsible for following health and safety requirements in line with college policy and procedures.
• Participating proactively in training and development including qualification development required in the job role.

About you:

• Hold a Level 2 Learner Support Certificate or equivalent or be willing to work towards
• Be educated to Level 2 in Maths and English
• Have working knowledge of Learner Support post 16
• Have experience of providing support to individuals in an educational or care setting
• Possess the ability consistently to contribute to a high quality learning experience for all students
• Possess the ability consistently to demonstrate high levels of performance in the job role
• Have a willingness to work on all sites
• Have a flexible approach to work patterns

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.