Learning Support Assistant
Location: Rotherham
Salary: £22,256 (Pro-rata £11,191.62) per annum
Hours: Part time (22.5 hours per week for 37 weeks worked – Term time plus 1 training week)
Our client’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider, and this is at the heart of everything that they do. To help them achieve this they are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join their existing teams. To be a part of the team they will expect you to be committed to our values too.
The Role
They are looking for Learning Support Assistants to work within their busy Additional Learning Support Team.
In this rewarding role, you will provide in and out of class support to assist students with learning difficulties/disabilities to help them achieve their best possible outcomes. This may be supporting with personal care and/or literacy and numeracy.
You will be a key part of the Student Support team, and will assist in the planning, preparation & reviewing of learning in conjunction with relevant curriculum staff, providing feedback and carrying out reviews as appropriate to ensure students are making expected progress and working towards outcomes.
You will have the personal skills to be able to effectively support students, dealing with challenging behaviour when it arises, and helping them to develop their own coping strategies.
Skills and Qualifications
* You will have the personal skills and experience to be able to effectively support students, dealing with challenging behaviour when it arises, and helping them to develop their own coping strategies.
* You will have experience supporting students in an educational setting and knowledge of SEND, ALS and EHCP’s
* You will need to hold or be working towards your Maths and English L2/C grade to be considered for this role and be willing to work towards an adult learner support or equivalent qualification.
Department Info
In this role you will work closely with members of the Additional Learning Support and Curriculum department teams. You will report directly to the LSA Coordinator and liaise closely with tutors to support learners within the classroom environment.
Benefits
* Access to the local government pensions scheme
* Access to their gyms, restaurants and salons
* Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
* Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
* Parking available at all of their sites
* Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
To Apply
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