Are you passionate about educating and supporting young people with SEND? Would you like a career in a new custom-built facility that has been designed to enable young people with severe and complex needs to develop their skills for independence. The support you offer will enable young people to move into adulthood with the skills and confidence to lead a more fulfilling and purposeful life beyond College.
Term time only, 39 weeks per year
Salary (Grade 3, Spine Point 10) ££22,507.70 FTE (Actual salary:£19,590.36)
Contract type: Permanent
About the role
As a Learning Assistant, you will be supporting students with their programme of study, creating positive relationships with them and assisting them both onsite and out in the community. This will include students severe learning difficulties and complex needs which may include young people who have Speech and Language difficulties, Autism, mobility needs and some personal care needs. You will work under the guidance of the class teacher in small groups or on a 1:1.
To ensure that all learners receiving support have the opportunity to achieve as well as their peers and are able to stay as independent as possible.
You will be responsible for and receive training and support in:
- Providing high quality in class or small group support to learners identified with additional learning needs, under the guidance of the class teacher, in all learning environments
- Plan, implement and measure the impact of the support work carried out in the classroom in order to evaluate its effectiveness and work towards continual improvement of the service
- Be a part of the College’s learner assessment process, assisting teachers to gather support data, keeping accurate records that are accessible to all who require them.
You will need
- Experience of working with people with learning difficulties and disabilities.
- Learning Support or similar qualification or be willing to work towards.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.
- A passion for making a positive difference to young peoples lives.
- A minimum of a level 2 qualification
In return, you will receive:
A wide range of benefits to help make HSDC a great place to work! Some of these include:
- We will invest in you! As an organisation that puts education at the forefront of everything we do, it’s only right that we take the same approach for our employees.
There are a wide range of training and continued development opportunities available to staff. These include in-house sessions on coaching and mentoring, the opportunity to attend workshops and seminars, staff development days, as well as funding available towards relevant qualifications. HSDC also offers opportunities for funded research and cross-college projects, with some research bids involving international travel to speak at conferences.
- Generous pension scheme. We offer both the Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme. Our employer contribution currently sits at 26.5% for both schemes!
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- A whole range of discounts. All employees are eligible to purchase an NUS TOTUM card which gives you access to hundreds of discounts with retailers.
- Giving back. Giving back to the community is an important part of working at HSDC. All staff are given the chance to give back to causes close to their heart. There are opportunities for volunteering and regular fundraising activities for both local and national charities.
Staff are also able to contribute to a charity through the Give As You Earn (GAYE) scheme.
- To find out more about what we can offer you, please visit our website here.
How to apply
We strive in offering an inclusive and accessible recruitment and interview process to all candidates. Should you have any questions at all, or require any support with reasonable adjustments, please contact peopleservices at hsdc. dot ac dot uk and a member of our team will respond as soon as possible.
For more information on the position itself, please connect with Sophie Owen at sophie.owen at hsdc. dot ac dot uk for any queries. Please note, we appreciate the value of each applicant but kindly ask that you complete an application form as we do not accept CV’s.
If you would like to take a look at the job description for this vacancy, please see this under Supporting Documents on the right-hand side of the page.