Bank/Casual Education Learning Support Practitioner

Aurora Group; Minehead; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible shifts

Job summary

Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities in Minehead, seeks an Education Learning Support Practitioner. You will assist students during sessions across vocational training and support the hotel business team to help learners gain work and life skills.

The role focuses on enabling progress, producing supportive resources, and upholding privacy, equality, and safeguarding standards in a caring hospitality education setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role desirable but training can be provided.
• Experience in hospitality setting (Front of House or Food Preparation) is preferred.
• Experience in care or education sectors is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assist students during sessions within vocational training and support staff in the hotel business.
• Help students progress, maintain progress records, and support tutor with evaluations.
• Create resources to support learning and respect confidentiality and equal opportunities policy.
• Support with safeguarding checks as part of pre-employment procedures.

Skills

Student support

Behaviour management

Creativity in resources

Education

Level 2 English & Maths

Level 3 in education

Job description

Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.

We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.

The main purpose of the role:

As one of our Education Learning Support Practitioners your role will be to assist our students during sessions within all areas of vocational training and support the hotel business team at Foxes Hotel.

Your role is to help achieve our mission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently

Key duties:

• You will have high expectations of all students, and to constantly challenge and stretch each student at every opportunity.
• Support the students in their learning, enabling them to reach their full potential.
• Professionally and effectively support with managing student behaviour, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate.
• Support every student to make progress in each session under the guidance of the tutor, and to assist the tutor in ensuring this progress is recorded, evidenced and evaluated effectively and efficiently.
• Creatively produce resources that will support student progress.
• Respect the privacy (confidentiality) and dignity of all students and at all times adhere to the equality and diversity policy.

Our bank staff are able to choose what shift they want to take on, giving them a great deal of flexibility

Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description: Bank/Casual Education Learning Support Practitioner

Successful candidate qualities:

• Experience in a similar role desirable but training can be provided for the right candidate
• Experience of working within a hospitality setting, either Front of House or Food Preparation
• Experience in supporting in the care or education industry
• Desirable an understanding of working with people with a disability
• Level 2 in English and Maths
• (Desirable) Level 3 qualification in education

For candidates that haven't worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.