Learning Support Assistant
Woking College
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- £14,239.06 pa (inclusive of fringe allowance) for 35 hours per week, term-time - 39 weeks per year. FTE is £16,532 plus £993 fringe allowance pa
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 29 August 2017
- Apply by:
- 25 June 2017
Job overview
The College requires a Learning Support Assistant to support learners both in the classroom and to provide one-to-one support. We are looking for a member of staff for 35 hours per week to join this friendly department in our successful and growing College. The role will be term-time only (39 weeks per year).
We are looking for an exceptional candidate. We expect high performance from all our staff, and are looking for an impressive individual to inspire College students. Candidates should demonstrate their ability and suitability to both the role and the culture of the College.
The Department
Woking College aims to ensure equality of opportunity and a wide and varied curriculum for each student in order that every student can become an effective learner, who is able to achieve their maximum potential.
We appreciate that every student is unique. Consequently, there are differences in the ways in which they learn and the level of support that each individual needs.
We aim to provide holistic, personalised and fully integrated support for all students according to their needs and circumstances. In the first few weeks after enrolment, using diagnostic screening, as well as information provided from home, Learning Support will create an agreed plan to address any particular needs. Many students come to the College for a fresh start and so we apply a flexible approach to enable them to grow in both confidence and independence, thereby preparing them for greater success and future progression opportunities.
A dedicated Learning Support area is available throughout the week, where one-to-one and small group lessons take place and specialist staff in the fields of literacy, numeracy and study skills can provide assistance. Depending on learning needs and preferences, some in-class support is also available, as well as specific workshops for building confidence, social skills and mentoring.
Learning Support at Woking College includes:
- Weekly or one-off one-to-one support in the department, or small group work
- Help with study and revision skills, time management and organisation
- Proofreading
- Obtaining exam concessions
- A supported lunchtime social group
- A confidence building workshop (Autumn Term only)
- For students with EHCPs: EHCP monitoring and reviews; In class support; Mentoring and buddying
Salary: £14,239.06 per annum (inclusive of fringe allowance) for 35 hours per week, term-time - 39 weeks per year. FTE is £16,532 plus £993 fringe allowance per annum.
Closing Date: 9am, Friday 26 June 2017
Interviews: will be held in week commencing Monday 3 July 2017
Start date: 29 August 2017
To Apply: Please download the Learning Support Assistant Application Pack and click the Apply Now button to access the Application Form
Apply by completing and returning the Application Form to:
Kirsty Crook, Personnel Officer: email: kcr@woking.ac.uk direct telno: 01483 227438
Woking College, Rydens Way, Woking, GU22 9DL. Reception telno: 01483 761036
Website: www.woking.ac.uk
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About Woking College
Woking College is an oversubscribed and highly successful college of over 1400 students drawing students from more than 60 different schools. Our very successful strategic focus has, for many years, been to create the very best environment for high quality of teaching and learning alongside the widest range of enrichment activities enhancing the cultural capital of our students. Alongside this we place a very strong emphasis on maintaining our wonderful community, we have a more diverse College population than might be thought of as typical for Surrey but we are determined to maintain our inclusive ethos. We are fully committed to innovation whilst maintaining a humane and caring approach for all members of the College community which has resulted in the doubling of the student population in recent years. These approaches have been key to securing Grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ in all seven categories in our October 2022 Ofsted inspection.
Woking College is enjoying record results, very positive value-added and an abundance of applications and quite rightly has a teaching and learning culture which is the envy of other institutions, indeed in recent staff surveys over 95% of College staff said they were proud to work at Woking College!
We have benefited hugely from an impressive transformation of the College’s estate over recent years, with the completion of a new Sports Centre in 2014, a new Arts Block in 2015 and a modern and larger Science Building in 2016. A full size 3G pitch was completed in 2020. A £3m teaching block and another £3m project working collaboratively with an adjacent community centre will enhance our estate even further within this academic year.
We recognise the advantages of collaboration and have worked hard over the years to build and maintain close working relationships with other education providers and the Local Authority. The College has been a long-standing member of S7, the Surrey and Sussex group of Sixth Form Colleges, possibly the leading college consortium nationally, and we look forward to continued positive engagement with schools, colleges and the local community for the benefit of all.
With strong leadership from our passionate and committed senior leadership team, and with the support of excellent teaching and support staff across all areas, we look forward to the continued evolution of the College; we also look forward to meeting committed, engaging and passionate people who want to join us to further enhance the life-chances and choices of our students – which is of course our main mission as educators.
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