Learning Support Assistant

Ambitious College is London's first independent and ‘award winning' specialist day College dedicated to supporting young people with Autism ages 16-25 years old. We are co-located with West Thames College.

Are you looking to step away from a traditional classroom based support role and have the opportunity to be more practical and creative in your approach working with young people?

Do you want to work in partnership with an empowering and forward thinking charity?

We are looking for Learning Support Assistants to join our welcoming team ASAP. This role will involve assisting our learners both academically in the classroom and practically in the community where you will be actively teaching our young people key life skills to fulfill their potential so they can go on to lead active and successful lives.

What Ambitious About Autism offer:

• A competitive salary of up to £24,198 and reviewed annually.
• Start of the art facilities including learner kitchens, sensory rooms and equipment, a personalised gym area and IPAD's for all learners.
• State of the art training including person centred approaches, positive behaviour support, medication training and understanding sensory needs.
• Clear progression routes in the organisation into our HLTA or LSC roles, our teaching team, transdisciplinary team or pathways into adulthood.
• Free healthy breakfast available every day.
• Travel season ticket loans and cycle to work loans scheme up to £5000.
• Annual staff recognition awards
• Continuous professional development including access to coaching and mentoring as well as e-learning and online training courses.

We believe that everybody is entitled to lead a fulfilling, happy and rewarding life; and this includes young people with Autism. We ensure that our children and young people are at the heart of all that we do.

This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody who is looking to move into a fulfilling role and truly make a difference to the lives of our young people, their families and the community.

Start date: ASAP start; taking into consideration notice periods and recruitment checks.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week (term time only). This is a permanent, full time role where you will be paid across 52 weeks.

If you are adaptable, resilient, looking for a new challenge or change and want to make a positive impact to autistic young people please apply today.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.

Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.