Learning Support Assistants

Teaching Vacancies; Norwich; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Schemes

Company Health Plan

Eye care vouchers

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

City College Norwich is seeking a Learning Support Assistant to work across Easton College and City College Norwich sites. You’ll support students with special educational needs, neurodivergences and complex care needs in a range of learning environments—from classrooms to workshops and beauty salons.

You'll enable access to practical and academic learning, build inclusive relationships, and grow with the role, with the expectation to gain a relevant qualification within 3 years.

Qualifications

• Empathy and ability to build rapport with students
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Adaptability to dynamic learning environments

Responsibilities

• Support students with SEND, neurodivergences and complex care needs across multiple sites
• Assist in English, maths and subject theory classes as needed
• Support practical/vocational learning in workshops and real-world settings

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

To work at City College, Easton College and Paston College sites

Make a Real Difference Every Day

Are you passionate about supporting students to achieve their full potential? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where no two days are the same? We are looking for a committed and compassionate Learning Support Assistant to join our team, working across our Easton and Norwich campuses.

This is not your typical classroom-based role — you’ll be at the heart of student life; you will be working with a range of students across the wider college environment. Supporting students with special educational needs, neurodivergences and complex medical and personal care needs across a wide range of settings. You could be classroom based or beyond from an engineering workshop to assisting in real-world learning environments like our hair and beauty salon. Helping students fully access practical, vocational learning experiences as well as in English, maths and subject theory classes.

Some of our students require personalised care and support both within our inclusive learning programmes and within the main college. But wherever you are placed, you will enable students with additional needs to participate confidently and safely in learning, and help them build strong, supportive relationships that empower students to grow in independence and confidence.

What Makes This Role Exciting

A varied role spanning multiple campuses and diverse learning environments

Opportunities to work alongside industry-standard facilities and teaching spaces

Direct impact on students’ lives — whether academic or their personal development.

A role where no two days are the same

We’re committed to your growth too. You will be supported to work towards a relevant qualification, with the expectation to be qualified within 3 years, build specialist skills in supporting students with complex needs and gain experience in both academic and practical/vocational settings.

You’ll be empathetic, patient, and resilient. Comfortable working across different locations and environments. Passionate about inclusive education and student wellbeing and adaptable — equally at ease in a classroom, workshop, or salon

This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking, inclusive college community, where you can make a tangible difference every single day while developing your own career.

What the college offers its staff

• Pension Schemes
• College Rewards - A reward scheme providing discounts and/or cashback for purchases from a wide selection of retailers (in store and online)
• Company Paid Health Plan - Reimbursement of healthcare costs (up to limits depending on membership level), access to counselling services and 24 hour a day advice
• Eye Care Vouchers for VDU eye tests
• Specsavers vouchers provided in advance of the appointment covering the eye test cost and discounts on a selected range of glasses
• Cycle Solutions Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• In association with Cycle Solutions, this scheme allows you to hire a bike via salary sacrifice. The full cost of the bike will be split across 18 months and deducted from your gross salary.
• Discounts and promotions for: Solutions Gym, Solutions Spa, Solutions Hair Salon and Debut Restaurant at City College Norwich
• Travel - Discounted, bus, rail and park and ride tickets
• On site nursery at City College Norwich

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.