Learning Support Coordinator

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Great CPD opportunities

Free onsite parking

Free use of onsite gym

Discounted childcare at the onsite Day

Westfield Health Cash Plan including 7

Job summary

Yorkshire Rose College in Doncaster is seeking a Learning Support Coordinator to ensure high-quality learning support across all sites and learning activities. You will coordinate timetables, absence planning, and deployment of learning support resources alongside the college leadership team.

You will work with Curriculum Managers, contribute to self-assessment, provide monthly reports, support staff planning, and assist with examinations and access arrangements.

Qualifications

• Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Experience with EHCPs and knowledge of EHCP processes
• Ability to work with 16–25-year-olds in an educational setting

Responsibilities

• Coordinate high-quality learning support across all sites and activities
• Oversee day-to-day absence planning to ensure learners receive support
• Deploy learning support resources with the leadership team
• Contribute to the college self-assessment process
• Provide monthly reports and staff performance information to senior leaders
• Contribute to staff planning to match learner support needs
• Monitor effectiveness of learning support provision
• Collaborate with Curriculum Managers to coordinate timetables
• Support coordination of examinations and access arrangements
• Attend college events and manage staff timetables with the curriculum team
• Support curriculum developments and innovations
• Create and maintain administrative systems
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Line manage support staff as required
• Undertake staff briefings and work with HR on absences

Skills

Level 3 qualification

BSL Skills

Safeguarding qualification

EHCP knowledge

Student support experience

Teamwork & communication

Leading educational sessions

Organisational skills

Education

Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Yorkshire Rose College Doncaster, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6AY

Basis: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Contractual Hours: 37 hours per week

Annual Leave: 55 days including 8 bank holidays (To be used during the school holidays)

Location: Yorkshire Rose College

The role

The Yorkshire Rose College are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and organised individual to coordinate support across the college curriculum to ensure that the educational, health, and care needs of young people are met effectively. This role involves working closely with teaching staff and the leadership team.

Main Responsibilities

As well as the responsibilities set out in the job description, the Learning Support Coordinator will also be expected to carry out the following:

• To ensure the provision of high-quality learning support across all sites and learning activities
• To oversee the day-to-day absence planning procedures to ensure learners receive support during periods of staff absence.
• To support the college leadership team to deploy learning support resources to best effect.
• To contribute to the analysis of the Colleges self-assessment process
• To provide monthly reports and staff performance information to senior leaders
• To contribute to staff planning activities, so that recruitment matches learner support needs.
• To monitor effectiveness of all learning support provision through a variety of methods
• To work collaboratively with Curriculum Managers in the coordination of timetables
• To support with the coordination of examinations and exam access arrangements
• To attend college events
• To manage all timetables for staff in collaboration with the curriculum management team
• To support curriculum developments and innovations
• To create and maintain administrative systems.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Line manages support staff as required.
• Undertaking briefings with the staff team, where appropriate.
• To work closely with HR to manage absences effectively.

Can you demonstrate

• Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• BSL Skills (willingness to work towards)
• Safeguarding qualification (willingness to work towards)
• Experience of working in a similar environment with 16-25 year olds within an educational setting with young people with EHCPs
• Experience of providing support to students
• Able to work as part of a team and communicate clearly
• Experience of leading/supporting with the facilitation of sessions in an educational setting
• Knowledge of support needs of students with an EHCP and strong knowledge of EHCPs with the ability to identify and use strategies to meet a range of student needs
• Excellent organisational skills
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office

Staff Benefits

• Contributory Pension
• Great CPD opportunities
• Free onsite parking
• Free use of onsite gym
• Discounted childcare at the onsite Little Learners Day Nursery
• Westfield Health Cash Plan including Doctorline - 24/7 access to a GP, Dental, Optical and Prescription claims and much more (funded by the employer) with the opportunity to upgrade.

Closing date for applications: 31st August 2026

The Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) . The Foundation may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Foundation is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are &slshquot;spent&slshquot; unless they are &slshquot;protected&slshquot; under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the workplace.