Learning Support Assistant

Coventry City; Coventry; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Coventry City Council is seeking a learning support assistant to help adult learners with disabilities or learning difficulties in ESOL courses. This role plays a crucial part in enhancing the learning experience and ensuring accessibility for all community members. Applicants should have a passion for equality and a flexible approach to meet diverse learner needs.

Benefits

Guaranteed Interview Scheme for certain groups

Qualifications

• Experience supporting adult learners with disabilities or learning difficulties is crucial.
• Ability to adapt to changing learner needs and work across various venues.

Responsibilities

• Support adult learners in ESOL courses to help them progress and achieve qualifications.
• Work under the direction of a tutor with small groups or individuals.

Skills

Knowledge of diverse needs of ESOL learners

Flexibility

Positive attitude to equality of opportunity

Job description

Jobs and careers with Coventry City Council

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Adult Education Service is part of Coventry City Council. We provide a wide range of courses for Coventry residents age 19+ and much of our provision is targeted at people with the highest levels of need.

We offer long courses in English, maths, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), ICT/Digital and vocational subjects such as Early Years, along with provision for adults with learning disabilities.

We also offer a very wide range of short community courses in arts, crafts, music, dance, exercise, fitness and family learning. In addition, we run a highly supportive study programme for young people.

Our work-based learning offer includes Apprenticeships in the following subject areas:

• Nursery Workers
• Teaching Assistants
• Leadership/Management; and
• Customer Care.

We also provide courses for adults who are seeking work via the Council’s Job Shop.

Our main base is at Southfields Old School, CV1 5EJ, with provision delivered at around 25 other sites within Coventry, mostly in areas of highest need.

We welcome applications from anyone who wants to make a difference to the lives of people in Coventry.

What is the job role?

As a learning support assistant you will support adult learners with a disability, learning difficulties or pre-literacy needs to fully access learning. Working under the direction of a tutor you will work with small groups/individuals to enable learners to progress in their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses, achieve qualifications and move on in their lives.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking a flexible and experienced person with knowledge of the diverse needs of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL ) learners. We are looking for someone with a passion for improving the lives of those most in need; someone who has a positive attitude to equality of opportunity. You will need to be adaptable to meet changing learner needs and be prepared to work in different venues across the city supporting different learners, tutors and classes.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note,an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit ouraccessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'.If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date(s): W/c 7th and 14th of July.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

• Location Southfields Old School, South Street, Coventry, United Kingdom (Incl. Northern Ireland)