Learning & Development Support Practitioner

Senploy; Truro; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Career progression in SEND

Learning-support experience

Job summary

Senploy in Truro is recruiting a Learning & Development Support Practitioner to help students who need extra support with learning and development, promoting independence and confidence. The role offers both full-time and part-time options in a SEND educational setting, working 1:1, in small groups, and with teachers to tailor activities.

An Enhanced DBS is required or willingness to obtain one; you'll benefit from ongoing training, professional development and a path to a longer-term career in

Qualifications

• Experience in education or SEND is valuable, but not required from a classroom role.
• Experience in education, SEND, care, youth services, mentoring, coaching or similar roles involving children and young people.
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or willingness to obtain one is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 learning support.
• Lead or support small-group activities.
• Help pupils understand classroom instructions and tasks.
• Adapt resources and learning activities.
• Reinforce key learning.
• Encourage communication and positive social interaction.
• Help pupils develop confidence and independence.
• Support emotional wellbeing and regulation.
• Use agreed approaches to support positive behaviour.
• Help students manage transitions throughout their day.
• Monitor progress and communicate observations.
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive learning environment.

Skills

Empathy

Relationship building

Patience

Communication adaptation

Teamwork

Reliability

Proactivity

Job description

A good Learning Support Assistant doesn't simply give pupils the answers.

They help young people develop the confidence, strategies and independence to find their own way forward.

We're recruiting a Learning & Development Support Practitioner for an educational setting in Truro, working with students who require additional support with their learning and development.

With full-time and part-time opportunities available, this could suit someone already experienced within education or an individual looking to bring transferable skills into a rewarding SEND environment.

You'll work closely with teachers and other professionals to understand the individual needs of the pupils you support.

Depending on the student and situation, you may:

• Provide 1:1 learning support.
• Lead or support small-group activities.
• Help pupils understand classroom instructions and tasks.
• Adapt resources and learning activities.
• Reinforce key learning.
• Encourage communication and positive social interaction.
• Help pupils develop confidence and independence.
• Support emotional wellbeing and regulation.
• Use agreed approaches to support positive behaviour.
• Help students manage transitions throughout their day.
• Monitor progress and communicate observations.
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive learning environment.

Relevant experience is valuable, but it doesn't necessarily have to come from a classroom.

You may have worked within education, SEND, care, youth services, mentoring, coaching, residential support or another role involving children and young people.

We're particularly interested in people who:

• Enjoy helping others learn and develop.
• Build positive relationships naturally.
• Have patience and empathy.
• Can adapt their communication style.
• Remain calm and consistent.
• Work well within a team.
• Are reliable and proactive.
• Want to develop their knowledge of SEND and education.

An Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or willingness to obtain one will be required.

You’ll benefit from:

• £14.50 per hour.
• A choice of full-time or part-time opportunities.
• Valuable learning-support experience.
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• Experience working alongside knowledgeable education professionals.
• The opportunity to develop a longer-term career within education and SEND.

Progress can be a pupil completing something independently for the first time, communicating something they previously couldn't express or simply beginning to believe that they can learn.

Your support can help make those moments possible.