Learning Support Worker

Peterborough College; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 22,538 - 27,547; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Time Working

LGPS Pension

On-site Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional Development Support

Job summary

Peterborough College is seeking a Learning Support Worker to assist students with learning difficulties and EHCP targets, helping them achieve academic success. You will work within a team to implement tailored support strategies and monitor progress.

The role involves pro rata salary for term time hours, with emphasis on mobility support, literacy and numeracy assistance, and safeguarding responsibilities in a college setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting learners with learning difficulties and EHCP targets.
• Ability to clarify complex instructions and support comprehension.
• Familiarity with assistive learning software and devices.

Responsibilities

• Clarify and simplify learning instructions to support comprehension.
• Keep learners engaged, motivated and focused.
• Apply knowledge of learning difficulties to support recommendations.
• Develop and implement tailored learner strategies and EHCP targets.
• Provide accurate daily support records and termly reviews.
• Assist with mobility and exam support as required.

Skills

Learning difficulties

EHCPs

Assistive software

Job description

credit_card Salary £25,043 per annum FTE to be calculated pro rata

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary £25,043 per annum FTE to be calculated pro rata

Salary - £25,043 per annum FTE to be calculated pro rata

Hours - 35 hours per week - 36 weeks per year

Contract - Permanent, (Term Time Only)

Location - Peterborough

Closing Date – 12th August 2026

Transform your passion for student success into a rewarding career as a Learning Support Worker at Peterborough College, where your experience in managing learning difficulties and EHCPs will help students unlock their independence and achieve academic success.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Your main duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following areas:

• Break down complex learning instructions: Clarify, explain, simplify, amplify, and break down instructions to support comprehension.
• Keep learners highly engaged: Assist the learner to stay focused, motivated, and engaged.
• Utilise specialized support knowledge: Ensure sound knowledge of supported students' learning difficulties and/or disabilities to carry out support recommendations.
• Implement tailored learner strategies: Develop and facilitate support strategies, adhere to risk assessments, care plans, and EHCP targets/outcomes.
• Track and monitor progress: Provide feedback for effective support monitoring and complete accurate daily support records (termly reviews, learner agreements, target setting, E journals, and pro-monitor records).
• Promote assistive learning software: Encourage and enable the use of assistive software and equipment to facilitate learning.
• Build individual learner confidence: Actively seek opportunities to promote the learner’s self-esteem, confidence, and independence in the learning activity.
• Boost literacy core skills: Support with literacy skills including reading, spelling, punctuation, and grammar using a variety of strategies.
• Boost numeracy core skills: Support with numeracy skills including calculation examples, and embed life skills such as money and time.
• Develop vital study habits: Support the student in developing study skills such as organisational strategies, notetaking, and scribing.
• Provide formal exam support: Support learners with exams when required to invigilate or act as a scribe, reader, or prompt.
• Participate in review meetings: Attend regular meetings to share and provide information for review and evaluation purposes.
• Supervise off-site student trips: Accompany students on trips and work experience where necessary.
• Deliver physical mobility support: Provide mobility support, including assistance with walking aids and wheelchairs.
• Manage classroom student behaviour: Take a proactive role in maintaining acceptable standards of student behaviour and attitudes alongside teaching staff.
• Foster strong team relationships: Establish positive, constructive, and supportive working relationships with learners, tutors, and colleagues.
• Commit to continuous development: Actively participate in continuous professional development activities to develop knowledge about specific conditions/disabilities.
• Follow compliance and policy: Adhere to best practice guidelines, risk assessments, policies, and procedures.

ABOUT YOU

• Deliver high-quality service
• Communicate with stakeholders effectively
• Protect student personal privacy
• Organise and prioritise tasks
• Support group strategic goals

Why work for IEG?

• Term Time Working: Enjoy school holidays off, including Christmas and Easter breaks, with no requirement to book annual leave during these periods.
• Competitive Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including life assurance and death-in-service benefits
• Health and Wellbeing: Benefit from a gym, free on-site parking, access to employee assistance programme and a friendly team atmosphere
• Professional Development: Ongoing training and development opportunities, including sponsorship for HE/professional qualifications
• Employee Benefits and Rewards: Vivup employee benefits, including lifestyle savings, eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card, providing access to a wide range of national discounts

Safeguarding Statement

IEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and any vulnerable groups within the college community and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough vetting process which includes an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Candidates are reminded that if they are barred from working with Children it is a criminal offence to apply for this position.