Learning Support Officer

Gateshead College; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

LGPS pension

Travel subsidies

Discounts

Volunteering days

Job summary

Gateshead College is seeking a Learning Support Officer at the Baltic Campus to help students access mainstream curriculum and work experience. You will support learners on a one-to-one and group basis, helping them develop confidence and key skills.

You’ll motivate, guide and implement support plans with curriculum staff, managing complex behaviours and tracking progress against EHCP outcomes. This is a term-time, part-time role with a fixed term until 30 July 2027, occupying 30 contractual

Qualifications

• Experience supporting students with SEN and autism.
• Teaching assistant qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and support students in 1:1 and small group settings.
• Develop support plans and learning strategies with curriculum staff.
• Monitor progress and ensure learners meet goals.

Skills

SEN experience

Education

Teaching assistant qualification

Job description

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Salary £17,906 leading up to £18,966 per annum

Basis Part Time Term Time Only

Job profile for Learning Support Officer

Learning Support Officer

Baltic Campus 08/11/2026

The job requirements are detailed below.

Job details

Salary £17,906 leading up to £18,966 per annum Contractual hours 30 Basis Part Time Term Time Only Region North Package Fixed Term until 30th July 2027, Term Time Only over 36 weeks. Job category Non Teaching Date posted 23/10/2026 Job reference VV2156 Attachments Candidate Pack_generic_2026.pdf Job Description - Learning Support Officer.pdf

Job overview

Are you a brilliant communicator, someone who thrives from working as a team and gets a buzz out of supporting young people with special educational needs and autism achieve their very best? Are you positive and solution focused? We are looking for a Learning Support Officer to work with students on a one to one and group basis, supporting them to access mainstream, supported curriculum areas and work experience and helping them to achieve and exceed their goals and ambitions at college.

You’ll be responsible for motivating, supporting and guiding your students through their learning journey; developing support plans and learning strategies alongside curriculum staff. Responsible for managing complex behaviours and ensuring learners are on track with their work and making progress against their Education Health Care Plan outcomes, you’ll play a key role in helping them get the most out of their experience at Gateshead College.

What we’re looking for:

We’d like you to be as passionate as we are about delivering top quality training and helping student to build their confidence and skills.

You’ll have experience of working with young people with SEN and Autism and will have completed or be willing to undertake, a teaching assistant qualification.

You should have had experience working in a specialist SEN setting and of managing complex behaviours.

About Gateshead College

At Gateshead College we’re famous for education with Employment Edge, industry inspired education that combines high quality learning with real world skills. This means giving our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in work and life and supporting them to be the best they can be.

This means putting everything we’ve got into making sure our students are the most employable and this is what makes our college such an exciting place to work.

From bringing industry expertise into the classroom and working hand in hand with businesses, to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and supporting students to develop personally as well as professionally, we’re all about creating experiences that will set learners up for life

If you share our ambition, we’d love to hear from you.

In return we can offer a values-driven organisation and the chance to work with brilliant people who put students first. You’ll be listened to and will have opportunities to make an impact. We prioritise health and wellbeing and your work life balance will be respected.

Our inclusive culture means you’re valued for being yourself and diversity is celebrated, and our commitment to being a sustainable organisation means we always try to do business the right way to make our community better for everyone.

At Gateshead College we all have the opportunity to help our learners succeed and it’s this clear purpose and shared effort that makes us such a great place to work; we hope you think about joining.

Benefits

• Mental health and wellbeing support, with 24/7 access to an employee assistance programme and counselling services.
• Career average pension with the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Travel support including subsidised on site parking, discounted public transport scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Retail and travel discounts.
• Volunteering Days.

Interviews will be held on 16th and/or 17th November 2026.