SEND Support Practitioner

BURNLEY COLLEGE; Burnley; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Burnley College is seeking a dedicated Learning Support Practitioner to provide high-quality support to learners with SEN across the college.

You will deliver targeted, supportive sessions, helping students to understand and record their work while considering individual needs to support holistic wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Good general education to at least level 3.
• Maths and English to at least level 2.
• Level 2 Learning Support qualification or willingness to achieve one.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality and effective support to individuals or small groups across the College.
• Provide sessions that help students understand and record their work.
• Ensure learners' needs support holistic health and wellbeing.

Skills

SEN knowledge

Learning support

Barrier to learning awareness

Education

Level 2 Learning Support qualification

Job description

Due to continued development and investment in our Additional Learning Support offer, as well as exciting curriculum changes, we are seeking to add to a team of experienced, positive and passionate individuals, who will provide high quality and innovative support to learners with a Special Educational Need or Disability

With a good general education to at least level 3 and Maths and English to least at level 2, you will also possess at a minimum, a Level 2 Learning Support qualification, or be willing to achieve one in a timely manner.

Though further training will be given, you will already have the knowledge, experience and understanding of specific issues relevant to learners with SEN needs or learning difficulties/disabilities. As part of this, you will understand the potential barriers to learning and the strategies to enable learners to overcome them.

The Support Practitioners will deliver a high quality and effective support provision to individuals or small groups across the College, ensuring a consistently outstanding learning experience. They will place and deliver relevant, supportive sessions, helping students to understand and record their work whilst considering their specific needs to ensure their holistic health and wellbeing.

Burnley College will also be holding a recruitment event on the 7 July to talk about this role, if you interested or know someone who may be interested in this job

Burnley College Sixth Form Centre provides first-class Further Education, University Education, Apprenticeship, business training and adult learning programmes, in the heart of Pennine Lancashire. Please also see our College Charter below.

At Burnley College, we celebrate the diversity of all our staff, students and visitors. We provide a safe and supportive environment in which everyone is able to study and work to the best of their abilities and we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all.

The College is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share in this commitment. Employment at the College is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post involving regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check.

The location for this vacancy is on site delivery.

The closing date for this post 5.00pm, Wednesday 30 September 2026

Please be aware that the College does not hold a Sponsorship Licence, and as such is unable to sponsor individuals for Skilled Worker Visas.

We will return on Monday 5 January 2026.