Apprentice Teaching Assistant – Level 3 (18 Months)

Leeds City College; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension schemes

CPD opportunities

PGCE qualifications

Wellbeing initiatives

Travel discounts

Flexible/hybrid working

Job summary

Leeds City College is offering an 18-month apprenticeship as an Apprentice Teaching Assistant within the 14-16 Skills Programme. You will support tutors and mentors, help plan learning activities and assist with attendance, records and progression guidance for pre-16 students.

The role is fixed-term, with progression to a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification upon completion. The apprenticeship is hybrid with fellow staff and students across college campuses in Leeds.

Qualifications

• Good general education including Maths and English at Functional Skills Level 2 or above (or GCSE Level 4 or above).
• Appropriate training and/or a willingness to undertake training in supporting the needs of disengaged/disadvantaged students who may have emotional and behavioural needs.
• Experience of working with disengaged/disadvantaged young people in an educational setting.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with programme tutors and 14-16 Mentors in supporting individual students or groups of students who may demonstrate emotional and behavioural issues.
• Support teaching staff where individual student behaviour within a group is impacting on the learning of the group as a whole.
• Collaborate with programme tutors and 14-16 Mentors to develop learning strategies and practices for pre-16 pupils including individual and group student support strategies.
• Collaborate with programme tutors and 14-16 Mentors to facilitate links with schools, parents and appropriate external agencies e.g. Education Welfare Service, Social Services, Social Inclusion Unit and Youth Offending Teams.
• Assist with the collection and maintenance of documentation for student records.
• Contribute to individual student target-setting and reviews and contribute to ongoing advice and guidance concerning progression routes pre- and post-16.
• Maintain an overview of attendance and follow up absences immediately.
• Attend team and staff meetings as well as case study meetings and be a member of the College’s care and control team.

Skills

Mathematics and English

Education

Maths and English at Functional Skills Level 2 or GCSE 4+

Job description

Leeds City College is offering an 18-month apprenticeship as an Apprentice Teaching Assistant within the 14-16 Skills Programme. You will support tutors and mentors, help plan learning activities and assist with attendance, records and progression guidance for pre-16 students.

The role is fixed-term, with progression to a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification upon completion. The apprenticeship is hybrid with fellow staff and students across college campuses in Leeds.