Learning Support Assistant
Location: Rotherham
Salary: £23,971 FTE (Pro-rata £16,371.04) per annum
Hours: Part Time (30 hours per week for 37 weeks worked Term time plus 1 training week)
Vacancy Type: Permanent
The Role
Our client is 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 EHCPs.
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 Manager 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
New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made
To Apply
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