Role: SEND Learning Support Assistant
Location: Various sites across Nottingham, Derby and Rotherham
Pay: £13.25 per hour
Hours: Flexible, 16-28 hours per week available, term time only
Start date: Immediate, 3 month contract with the possibility of permanent
Must be a driver with own vehicle to apply
Reed Further education are working with a specialist day college for young people with learning disabilities and difficulties. The college offers a wide range of programmes that are tailored to each individual's needs. We are recruiting for multiple vacancies ranging from 16 hours to 28 hours per week, term time only.
The college group operates from several sites across; Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, with the main site located in Eckington, S21 4EF.
- They have has several satellite provisions in Rotherham, Nottingham city Centre and a "real-life" hospitality and catering facility in Rainworth, Mansfield. These environments enable the college to provide a range of personal and vocational training opportunities including:
- Music
- Horticulture
- Animal Care
- Hospitality & Catering
- Work Experience Travel Training
- Art
- Employability
- Personal and Social Development
- Performing Arts
- Functional Skills
The staff are required to work on a range of different sites, including; college campuses, employer's premises or communities local to your learners home – therefore willingness to travel is essential. There may be a requirement to transport learners in your own car, insurance implications are reimbursed. Mileage and expenses are provided for travel during the working day.
Job Purpose: Our Learning Support Assistants are employed to support learners in group sessions or on an individual basis, to ensure outstanding progress is made, relevant to individual support plans, individual learner targets and planned outcomes. Motivating and engaging learners in sessions both on Educational and Lifelong Learning pathways.
Main Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively with Tutors, to provide a quality and beneficial experience for the learners linked to their goals and aspirations.
- Record and evaluate progress and achievement.
- To work at all of our sites, as requested with limited notice.
- Support learners at external work environments, enabling them to progress to work independently.
- Support Tutors to resolve learner issues and concerns.
- Supporting learners with challenging behaviour and help to develop strategies enable learners to overcome behavioural issues.
- Supporting Tutors in preparing resources for sessions.
- Assisting learners at breaktimes and encouraging them to engage in enrichment activities.
- Assist learners to ensure safe and efficient arrival and departure to/from college. Ensure learners are safe at all times with considerations for their health and well-being.
- Deliver personal care which meet or exceed learners' requirement, promoting independence throughout, for example helping the learner with care needs to have a shower, to go to the toilet or to care for their skin or hair.
Requirements for job role
- Full UK driving license, with willingness to travel and use own vehicle.
- Experience of working with adults and children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
- Commitment to safeguarding, equality and diversity and health and safety at the college.
- Previous experience of working in an education environment beneficial, but not essential