Learning Support Worker

NCG; London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

NCG is seeking a dedicated Learning Support Worker at Southwark College to support students with EHCPs. The role involves adapting resources, supervising learners, and ensuring they achieve their educational potential in a caring environment. This part-time position offers a chance to make a real difference in students' lives and comes with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Generous Annual Leave

Government Pension Schemes

Competitive Salaries

Flexible Working

Cycle to Work Scheme

Access to Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Training and Development Opportunities

Enhanced Sickness Policy

Qualifications

• Passion for helping students achieve their potential.
• Dedication, patience, and ability to think differently.

Responsibilities

• In-class support for learners with EHCPs including note taking.
• Creating and using resources to meet learners' needs.
• Supervising learners during breaks and assisting off-site.

Skills

Patience

Communication

Adaptability

Job description

In class support for learners with EHCPs, this would include note taking, prompting, assisting students with classroom tasks to access teaching, learning and assessment. Creating / adapting / using a range of resources and strategies to meet learners' needs including e-resources, assistive technology and adapted equipment. Supervising learners on arrival at college, during lunchtimes and breaks and ensuring they leave the premises with due care

Learning Support Worker

Education

Southwark College, part of NCG Group (a leading national provider of education and training) is looking to recruit a new Learning Support Worker. Based at Southwark College, close to Waterloo Station, the successful candidates will be part of a large team of Learning Support Workers. The post would be:

• FTE 0.57 post, working term time only for 3 days a week, on Tuesday to Thursday from 9.00 am - 5pm
  
  

The Main Duties Of The Post Holders Would Be

• In class support for learners with EHCPs, this would include note taking, prompting, assisting students with classroom tasks to access teaching, learning and assessment
• Creating / adapting / using a range of resources and strategies to meet learners' needs including e-resources, assistive technology and adapted equipment
• Supervising learners on arrival at college, during lunchtimes and breaks and ensuring they leave the premises with due care as required
• Supporting learners off-site in learning and travelling contexts e.g. trips, travel training, work placements
• Keeping records of learner needs, progress and the achievement of learning targets
  
  

If you have a passion for helping students achieve their full potential and the drive, abilities and qualities to make a difference to student's education we would like to hear from you.

About Southwark College

Southwark College is a large further education college in London, offering an exciting range of work-focused courses that give our students the skills and experience they need to develop their employment potential. We provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured.

We're proud of our success in achieving excellent results and producing knowledgeable and successful students, but we're built on our staff and our success is down to recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. Helping our young people and adults to fulfil their potential and often transform their lives through education requires dedication, patience and the ability to think differently. That's why we set out to recruit staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome.

We'd love you to join the team if you want to make a real difference to the lives of students, local employers and the wider Southwark community. In return, we'll provide you with a range of development opportunities, benefits and support to help you fulfil your role.

Southwark College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Southwark College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

• Being both inclusive and diverse
• Trusting and respecting our communities
• Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
• Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
  
  

As part of the NCG Group, Southwark College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers' pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

Employee Benefits

NCG is a great place to work, with a whole host of benefits such as:

• Generous Annual Leave
• Government Pension Schemes
• Competitive Salaries
• Flexible Working
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to Discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Enhanced Sickness Policy