Learning Support Key Worker

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College; Stroud; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS College is seeking a Learning Support Key Worker to join the Additional Learning Support Team at Stroud, WISE and Filton Campuses. This permanent, full-time post involves term-time working hours and provides in-class and out-of-class support to learners with EHCPs and SEMH needs.

You will deliver trauma-informed behaviour support, build strong relationships, monitor attendance, and contribute to EHCP reviews. DBS checks and safeguarding compliance are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Awareness and understanding of barriers facing young people in education and how to support those with SEN and SEMH needs.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent de-escalation skills and trauma-informed practice.
• The confidence to chair meetings and liaise with a wide range of stakeholders.
• A commitment to supporting learners and families to achieve positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible, in-class and out-of-class support to learners with EHCPs, adapting approaches in real time to meet SEMH needs.
• Deliver dynamic behaviour support using de-escalation, co-regulation, and trauma-informed strategies to promote positive engagement.
• Build strong, consistent relationships with learners to increase trust, resilience, and readiness to learn.
• Monitor and support learner attendance, identifying barriers and implementing timely interventions.
• Chair and coordinate EHCP annual reviews for a small cohort of identified key students, including gathering evidence and tracking progress.
• Develop, implement, and review individual support plans aligned to EHCP outcomes and learner goals.
• Work collaboratively with curriculum staff, Youth worker team and Safeguarding teams to implement reasonable adjustments and promote inclusive practice.
• Respond to emerging needs and incidents, providing on-demand support to maintain learner safety, wellbeing, and engagement.
• Maintain accurate records of interventions, progress, and impact using college systems.
• Contribute to safeguarding by identifying concerns and following college procedures to ensure learner welfare.

Skills

SEN & SEMH awareness

Organisational skills

Communication skills

De-escalation skills

Trauma-informed practice

Stakeholder liaison

Chairs meetings

Job description

Learning Support Key Worker

Role Information:
Reference: REQ001526
Location: Stroud, WISE and Filton Campuses
FTE Salary: Up to £27,294.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Actual Salary: Up to £24,293.09
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, Term Time Only
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

We are pleased to invite expressions of interest from internal colleagues for the opportunity to undertake the role of Key Worker within the Additional Learning Support Team.

2 full time posts at Stroud Campus

1 full time post at WISE Campus

4 full time posts at Filton Campus

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provideflexible, responsive in-class and out-of-class support to learners with EHCPs, adapting approaches in real time to meet SEMH needs
• Deliverdynamic behaviour support using de-escalation, co-regulation, and trauma-informed strategies to promote positive engagement
• Buildstrong, consistent relationships with learners to increase trust, resilience, and readiness to learn
• Monitorand support learner attendance, proactivelyidentifyingbarriers and implementingtimelyinterventions
• Chairand coordinate EHCP annual reviews for a small cohort of identified key students, including gathering evidence,writingreports, and tracking progress against outcomes
• Develop, implement, and review individual support plans aligned to EHCP outcomes and learner goals
• Workcollaboratively with curriculum staff, Youth worker team and Safeguarding teams to implement reasonable adjustments and promote inclusive practice
• Respondto emerging needs and incidents, providing on-demand support tomaintainlearner safety, wellbeing, and engagement
• Maintainaccuraterecords of interventions, progress, and impact using college systems
• Contributeto safeguarding byidentifyingconcerns and following college procedures to ensure learner welfare

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

We welcome applications from colleagues who have:

• Awarenessand understanding ofthe barriers facing young people in education and how to support those with SEN and SEMH needs, especially anxiety related non-attendance
• Knowledge of EHCPs and the annual review process.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent de-escalation skills and trauma informed practice.
• The confidence to chair meetings and liaise with a wide range of stakeholders.
• A commitment to supporting learners and families to achieve positive outcomes.

Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed

If you have any queries please contact [e-mail]

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.

Have a question about a specific role, your application, or the process? Our team is happy to help.

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