Learning Support Assistant
Telford College
Telford
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 September 2019
Job overview
Moral Purpose – Students first – a belief that all students can achieve and an unwavering commitment to pursue achievement for all.
The Role
Learning Support Assistants support teaching and learning for students with severe/profound learning difficulties who may have additional needs and to carry out other duties as may be necessary and assigned by Telford College.
Opportunities exist to support our students within the following provisions
• Mainstream
• Foundation
• Willowtree
The post holder is responsible to the Leadership Team of the provision and the Learning Facilitator for his/her duties, responsibilities and tasks. The post holder is required to maintain efficient professional working relationships with all students, staff, parents/carers, other professionals and all visitors.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The successful applicant will be expected:
- To work at all times according to the aims and policies of Telford College.
- To undertake work/teaching programmes with individuals or groups of students.
- To assist the Learning Facilitator in maintaining a safe and stimulating environment
- To undertake professional development and training across College as appropriate.
- To support inclusion/outreach work as required.
- To assist in the setting up and cleaning away of all activities within the curriculum.
- To undertake and provide assistance with the personal care needs of students such as toileting, feeding and mobility (this may require a level of physical fitness appropriate to the requirements of the individual needing care e.g. pushing a wheelchair) in accordance with the policy of the College.
- To supervise meal and break times as required, this may involve assisting students with the purchase and carrying of food and drink in areas within the wider College.
- To provide supervision at social times to enable learners to access clubs/activities.
- To supervise students in and out of transport at the beginning and end of the day.
- To support students in relation to learning/additional needs including physical, behavioural, medical, emotional, sensory etc.
- To support all aspects of the curriculum as timetabled and to provide assistance across all areas of work which the students undertake including (but not exclusively) essential skills, social skills and a range of vocational activities associated with work preparation and leisure. Some of these will take place off the College campus.
- To work in other areas of the College as required.
- To promote good relationships with colleagues, parents, other professionals and visitors.
- To be trained as a First Aider and in the administration of emergency medication if required.
- To maintain confidentiality in all forms of communication including guidance on social networking sites and ensure that this is adhered to at all times.
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The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
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About Telford College
- Telford College
- Haybridge Road, Wellington, Telford
- Shropshire
- TF1 2NP
- United Kingdom
Telford College has been created from the merger of two further education sites in the town to bring both academic and vocational courses together onto one thriving site.
The mission is simple: to be the local college of choice, whether you’re a school leaver looking to go to university or start a career, an adult developing their skills, or a business wanting to grow.
We have reshaped our curriculum to meet the needs of the business community in an area known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, working in partnership with some of the area’s biggest companies.
Huge investment in university-standard facilities means we now offer courses which pave the way for careers in more than 70 different industries.
For example, we have expanded our engineering and construction programmes to help tackle a skills shortage, and our construction apprenticeships programme has achieved a national award.
We are also about to launch new courses, backed by the Aviation Skills Partnership, to meet an urgent need for skilled engineers in the aviation industry – the forerunner of a fully-fledged Shropshire ‘aviation academy’.
Our new virtual and augmented reality suite makes us one of the leading colleges in the country for developing skills in this exciting and dynamic hi-tech sector. The chief executive of the Education & Training Foundation said he was ‘blown away’ by the VR facilities when he visited earlier this year.
But cutting-edge technology is no good unless students are also equipped with the basics, and that’s why we are proud to see our Maths and English results improving year-on-year.
Following its most recent monitoring report, education watchdog Ofsted reported ‘significant’ progress in English and Maths teaching across all course areas, as well as progress in ensuring that the curriculum tackles skills gaps in the local economy, and meets the needs of local employers.
One of our major innovations since the merger is the launch of a 7th Form – the first of its kind, blending wide ranging traditional A level courses taught by specialist teacher from a variety of backgrounds, with direct links not just to universities, but crucially to industry mentors from local companies where students will gain advice and support to achieve their career ambitions.
It means students get to hear first-hand from the people who have been there and done it, and understand the type of person they need to be to make it in their chosen career.
The chairman of the Football Association, Greg Clarke, has this year thrown his support behind ambitious plans to build a £1.6 million centre of excellence here at the college.
Shropshire FA is currently working in partnership with us to create a facility which is hoped to become a mini version of the national football training base at St George’s Park.
The plans include grass pitches at the entrance, a second full-sized outdoor 3G pitch, an indoor half-sized 3G pitch in our indoor sports dome, tailor-made indoor futsal facilities and an education block, specifically for football development.
From construction to catering, sport to science, art to apprenticeships, and much more besides, our team recognise the importance of delivering consistently outstanding teaching and learning, and motivating students to be the best they can possibly be.
With tutors who have experience at the highest levels of business, we are acutely aware of the value of giving students the sort of practical, relevant skills which are in step with the needs of the local economy.
There have never been so many opportunities for students, and Telford College is excited to be meeting their needs in these dynamic and changing times.
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