Learning Support Practitioner

PeoplePlus; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rehabilitation charity based in the UK seeks a Learning Support Practitioner to join their Prison Education team. The role involves providing support to learners with neurodiverse needs, developing individual learning support plans, and promoting an inclusive educational environment. Candidates should be passionate, empathetic, and hold relevant experience in educational settings. A level 3 qualification in Learning Support is preferred. This position offers a variety of benefits including annual leave, employee assistance programs, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

30 days annual leave for teaching roles

Paid volunteering day per year

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Life assurance scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within a learning environment.
• Ability to manage a caseload of learners effectively.
• Demonstrated experience within the Special Educational Needs field.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to learners with neurodiverse and inclusion needs.
• Develop Individual Learning Support for learners.
• Promote an effective inclusive learning environment.

Skills

Creative

Empathetic

Passion for education

Experience with neurodiverse learners

Education

Level 3 Learning Support qualification (or willing to work towards)

Job description

Overview

As a Learning Support Practitioner you will work collaboratively with our Prison Education team providing support to learners with neurodiverse and inclusion needs. Based at HMP The Mount you will manage a caseload of learners, carry out initial screening activity and develop Individual Learning Support; will promote an effective and inclusive learning environment providing support to learners both in a classroom or workshop environment and on a one to one basis.

What we are looking for

You will need to demonstrate high ethical standards, take personal accountability for everything you do and always want to be the best. You should have relevant and recent experience in a similar role within a learning environment and hold or be willing to work towards a level 3 Learning Support qualification.

You will be passionate, creative and empathetic towards our learners offering knowledge and guidance throughout their academic and vocational studies. You should be able to demonstrate experience of working within a Special Educational Needs field and experience of positively interacting with people in an educational or support setting.

For full details of the role and the person specification please review the job description. If you would like to speak to the recruitment team before you apply please email any questions to and one of the team will come back to you. If you wish to apply please ensure this is done via the apply now button. Applications cannot be accepted via email.

Who We Are

Here are PeoplePlus we are committed to transforming the lives of people with convictions through our work in prisons.

Our services have been designed to tackle the underlying causes of offending behaviour so people can make positive changes to their lives.

With more than 500 people working to support people with convictions in custody and in the community we bring passion, experience and innovation to public sector rehabilitation services.

We also work with specialist partner organisations to help people move away from their past and look forward to a brighter future.

All of our services are designed in partnership with the people who were trying to help and away from our direct work with people serving their sentences were working hard to change attitudes towards people who can often be tarnished unfairly following criminal convictions. Our Social Recruitment Framework brings together organisations to tackle any pre-conceived ideas about hiring people who have previously been involved in crime.

We also work with employers on the Ban the Box initiative to support fair and equal recruitment processes and have engaged industry to influence our employer-led curriculum delivered to our learners.

We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus the right principles are in place but more than that it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that theres real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.

Our Benefits

• A paid PeoplePlus Life Event Day each year
• 30 days annual leave for Teaching roles / 25 days for support roles
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to online wellbeing centre
• Enhanced Wedding leave
• A paid volunteering day each year
• Enhanced Maternity scheme
• Sharesave
• scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Pension
• scheme
• Life
• assurance

Testimonials

What I love about working in a prison environment is that no 2 days are the same. You are a number of different roles such as counsellor adviser and at times the person that makes a difference in that individuals life.

There are also good career opportunities for an individual. I started as a supply tutor and I am now an assistant manager. At PeoplePlus you are given the opportunities to gain new skills and qualifications to enable you to be the best version of yourself.

I have been lucky enough to work in a number of roles within PeoplePlus within the prison education sector each of which has provided variety, challenge and immense job satisfaction. The company recognises values and rewards the hard work of its employees providing great professional development and career progression opportunities as well as a great range of perks and support for wellbeing.

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Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary : 25001 - 30000