W006 - Learning Support Assistant
Gloucestershire College
Gloucestershire
- £11.44 - £12.63 per hour
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 27 September 2021
Job overview
On-Claim, term time only: £11.44 - £12.63 per hour. FTC until 31st August 2022.
Gloucestershire Professional Services (GPS) is recruiting for a Learning Support Assistant to join the Learning Support department at Gloucestershire College.
As a Learning Support Assistant you will work with learners across the College who have a range of additional learning needs and disabilities including dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, autism or physical impairments. You will enable them to access their curriculum and to achieve and progress whilst at Gloucestershire College.
Working one-to-one or with a small group of learners, you will provide strategies to promote autonomy and independence that support their ambitions, inclusion and employment outcomes.
Please review the Job Description to find out more about this role and apply online to join our team.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will:
• Support students under the direction of the Learning Support Coordinators and Head of Learning Support.
• Actively participate in discussions, team meetings and reviews relating to the learners that you are supporting.
• Effectively use ProMonitor and other internal systems to ensure consistent communication relating to learners and their support.
• Carry out specific support tasks in a range of settings (e.g. classroom, workshops, work placements, offsite visits, sport).
Skills and Experience:
• Working with 16+ age range
• Working with individuals with additional learning needs or disabilities
• Educated to A Level standard or equivalent
• Minimum of Maths and English GCSE grade C / Level 2
• Safeguarding training or willingness to work towards
Benefits:
A career with us means much more than just a salary - we know that our people are our greatest asset. Working with committed colleagues, we also offer an attractive benefits package.
Attached documents
About Gloucestershire College
- Gloucestershire College
- Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham
- Gloucestershire
- GL51 7SJ
- United Kingdom
Gloucestershire College is a successful college of further and higher education, offering a wide range of education and training programmes, including A Levels and GCSEs, vocational qualifications, work-based learning, basic skills courses, higher education, short courses for business, part-time day and evening courses and English for overseas students.
The College is a dynamic and lively place, with main sites in Cheltenham, Gloucester and Forest of Dean, as well as a number of satellite sites such as our Construction School in Kingsditch and the Tewkesbury Launchpad Centre.
The College continues to be formally recognised by external bodies, being re-accredited for Investors in People, achieving ISO9001 and achieving the Dyslexia Quality Mark.
Buildings are not sufficient to make a thriving and successful college. We have an excellent team of staff who challenge learners to achieve their best and who provide the support required to ensure this is accomplished. We also work effectively in partnership with key stakeholders in the County, thereby fully playing our part in helping drive the local Gloucestershire economy.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.