About us
The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.
About The role
Working for our subsidiary company Sparks Teaching Services, a s a Learner Support Assistant, you will contribute to the education and social development of students with special educational needs and disabilities. You will assist with the delivery of learning programmes and activities in the classroom/ workshop or off-site learning situations.
Main Responsibilities:
Meeting the support needs including intimate personal support of individual learners, in the classroom and out of class situations
Contributing to the review of learner progress and achievement and attend meetings as appropriate
Liaising with learner, families and external agencies as directed by the line manager
Routine administrative tasks associated with the above duties, including record keeping
Participating in programmes of planned development and training as may be recommended by line managers and contributing to the development of Additional Support Services across the college
Liaising with appropriate additional support and mainstream staff to promote the inclusion of learners with learning difficulties and disabilities according to college policy.
Assisting learners to access medication under the direct guidance of the line manager and the Health and Safety officer and in accordance with procedures outline in induvial risk assessment.
Maintaining a safe and healthy working environment in accordance with the Colleges Health and Safety policies and procedures, in association with other colleagues and managers
Participation in quality assurance and controls procedure
To comply with requirements of all company and Sheffield College policies ad procedures.
What we can offer you
As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between a rate of £14.25 per hour (£12.71 per hour plus £1.54 holiday pay) per hour.
Our benefits
Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with NEST - 3 %
Annual leave - STS- 20 Days (148 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
Health and wellbeing, we offer
Employee assistance programme through Bupa
Occupational Health through PAM
Free eye tests for VDU users
Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses
Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us.
Armed Forces Covenant
As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, were pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.
Safeguarding
We are an employer who is?committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding
Next Steps:
To apply: Please follow this link - https://jobs.sheffcol.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=8317802c4A&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=5459113IoW
As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.
Closing date: 29 June 2025
Please be aware If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.
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