Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
Luminate Education Group
Harrogate
- £19,099 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- £19,099 PA Pro Rata
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 12 August 2022
Job overview
Harrogate College is recruiting for a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to work with learners with additional needs. This role is reduced year 39 weeks and part time 22.2 hours per week over a minimum of three days.
What We Do
The SEND department is a friendly, busy team at Harrogate College. We support students with special educational needs and disabilities, some of whom have Education, Health and Care Plans. We provide in class support, help to get exam access arrangements, mentoring, supervision and quiet spaces. We're looking for someone with experience of working with learners with additional needs who can be flexible and adaptable and quickly establish a rapport with a wide range of young people.
What You Will Do
- Provide in and out of class support to meet identified needs of students with Education, Health and Care Plans.
- Provide teachers/assessor and SEND team members with verbal and written reports on student progress towards outcomes.
- Assist with emergency evacuation plans and practices.
- Supervise vulnerable learners during unstructured times and when accessing transport.
- Assist with personal care and medical requirements as necessary.
- Support students who are less mobile or may be wheelchair users.
- Comply with and keep up to date with college policies and legislative and regulatory requirements.
Hours
- Reduced Year, 39 weeks.
- 22.2 Hours per week over a minimum of 3 days.
- Start time 8.30am, finish time 4.30pm
Your Profile
- You should embody our college values: Respectful, Kind, Collaborative, Honest, Responsive and Organised
- You should be a strong advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion, and in particular how they pertain to young people with special needs and disabilities.
- We would expect you to be qualified to at least L2 in Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE grade 4 or C), preferably with a qualification in Learning Support.
- You should experience of working within a team who support students with high needs and have knowledge of how to prepare them for adulthood.
For more details, please contact:
John-Paul Wordsworth, SEND and High Needs Support Manager
Email: john-paul.wordsworth@harrogate.ac.uk
Hilary Grovners, SEND Support Leader
Email: hilary.grovners@harrogate.ac.uk
Vacancy Reference: HC090
About Luminate Education Group
- Luminate Education Group
- Park Lane, Leeds
- LS3 1AA
- United Kingdom
Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.
We offer a curriculum as diverse as our students within a vibrant and multicultural learning environment. Our goal is to deliver excellent and innovative education which supports and inspires every student to achieve their ambitions.
You’ll be part of a positive, progressive and collaborative team, where you’ll play an important role in helping to transform lives and communities through education.
We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development courses designed to help you continually develop and grow.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
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