Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant
Dartington, Totnes
Salary: £12 per hour (£18,150 per annum including holiday pay)
Working Hours: 34.75 hours per week, 5 days a week (term-time only)

Do you want to work in a rewarding and meaningful role?

We are seeking a Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly team, to support our students to meet their individual needs and challenges in our college setting.

About the Role

Lifeworks College is a small, independent, specialist further education college for students with learning disabilities. As part of our ongoing development, we are now looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join our team, working term-time only.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will work alongside our tutors and will be a source of support for students to ensure they are motivated, happy and engaged in their learning and development.

In this key role, you’ll help to inspire and encourage students through the transition from school to college and enable them to participate in independent living and working. You’ll carry out a range of tasks to facilitate a positive, supportive learning environment and ensure that students realise their full potential.

Our College staff operate over 38 weeks of the year; working 34.75 hours per week for 36 weeks (term time) and 34.5 hours per week for the remaining 2 weeks (outside of term time and allocated for training).

Who are we?

We have been running our services in Devon since 1996, supporting and encouraging people with learning disabilities to realise their aspirations and achieve their very best futures.

Our values run through everything that we do. We work with passion and are kind, friendly, respectful and positive, believing that everyone has the right to be happy, safe and live a fulfilled life.

Lifeworks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people that we support, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. For this post, pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought, and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

About you

To join us as a Learning Support Assistant, you will need:

- Experience of working with children and/or young people with learning difficulties within an educational setting
- At a minimum, five GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C or above, including Maths and English
- As a Learning Support Assistant, you’ll be a great communicator who is friendly, collaborative and flexible. Patient and empathetic, you’ll also have excellent organisation skills and a proactive approach

You’ll receive full training and ongoing support in your role to build on your existing experience and enable you to achieve your career ambitions. Experience of working with complex and challenging behaviour would however be beneficial to your application.

What’s in it for you?

- 33 days’ leave paid to you as part of your salary (due to the nature of the contract)
- A contributory pension scheme & life assurance cover.
- Flexible working options.
- Training & progression opportunities open to all.
- Wellbeing resources including access to an employee assistance programme.
- Access to lots of retail and day-out discounts.
- Fully funded sign-up to your initial DBS and annual update service.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to encouraging applications from applicants who declare they have a disability, provided they meet the minimum job criteria as specified in the person specification, by offering a guaranteed interview.

If you require any further information about this role or support with the online application process (other formats available) please call or email the HR team.

PLEASE NOTE: If we receive enough candidates that meet our criteria, we will close the advert early.

Other organisations may call this role Early Years Assistant, SEN Learning Assistant, Education Support Assistant, One-to-One Learning Support Assistant, Learning Skills Assistant, or Teaching Assistant.

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