Learning Support Assistant - Visual Impairment
Northampton College
Northamptonshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- In the range of £18,385 - £20,428 pro rata, Actual Salary: In the range of £13,205 - £14,673 per annum, Dependent on skills and experience
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 1 August 2017
Job overview
Reference Number: ME1617093
This post is being offered as either fixed term or hourly paid. Up to 30 Hours per week, 40 - 41 weeks per year
Northampton College is the leading provider of Further Education in Northamptonshire, and financially outstanding. Our state of the art campus and reputation puts us in a dynamic and unique position to meet both the learning and training needs of individuals and employers.
Northampton College receives a number of applications from students with a variety of visual impairments. A specialist team support the diverse and varied requirements of the students studying on programmes across the college.
This new post will play a key role in ensuring high quality support, including necessary adapted materials provided to students with visual impairments on mainstream study programmes. General learning support may also be provided in a group, a small group or on a one to one basis depending on the requirements of the students.
We are interested in applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including education and industry. Applicants should be qualified in Braille at Grade 2, have a qualification in supporting learning for students with visual impairment or willingness to achieve this.
Applicants will need the ability to use and model specialist approaches e.g. sighted guiding, use of canes, touch typing or willingness to learn, and the ability to provide adapted resources for students with visual impairment, including: Braille, large print, tactile, audio, or willingness to train.
If you would like to be part of a successful team please apply via our on-line application form; www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk clearly outlining your experience, skills and qualifications.
This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Closing date: (Noon), Wednesday 2 August 2017.
Interview date: Friday, 11 August 2017.
We strive to achieve diversity in our staff to reflect the community we serve.
About Northampton College
- Northampton College
- Booth Lane, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN3 3RF
- United Kingdom
Northampton College is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational further education college situated in Northamptonshire. It is a 16-plus institution with three campuses: a major building at its main Northampton site, a smaller campus near the town centre and another 20 miles away in Daventry. It provides places for around 9,000 students aged 16 and over, most of whom are full-time and aged 16-18.
Northampton College was opened in 1973. It merged with Daventry Tertiary College to expand its Daventry campus in August 2004, and its Booth Lane campus reopened after a large redevelopment in 2012.
Principal
Pat Brennan-Barrett
Values and vision
Northampton College’s mission is to give students a sense of development through education. It is an inclusive learning environment that focuses on key strands of provision, provides high-quality learning experiences, and works alongside the local community to create a wider level of participation in learning. The college ethos promotes mutual respect, a high level of engagement and playing a positive role in the community.
Ofsted report
“The inclusive culture promotes a high level of recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of abilities, many of whom are successful in gaining qualifications and progressing to higher levels of study. Resources and accommodation are almost all of a very high quality and are used very effectively; the learning environment is safe, very well-maintained and welcoming. Governors are very knowledgeable and provide well-informed and constructive challenge to managers in order to promote improvement.”
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