Student Learning Coaches - SEND

Teaching Vacancies; Harlow; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Harlow College is seeking a Learning Support Practitioner to assist students with SEND, providing personalised support and coaching across the campus. You will help learners with learning tasks, promote independence, and work with staff and parents to ensure safe, effective support.

The role requires strong organisational skills, commitment to safeguarding, and the ability to work autonomously in a busy further education environment.

Qualifications

• You will have a desire to work with young people with SEND needs and strong administrative and organisational skills.
• You will be educated to a minimum Maths & English at Grade 4/Grade C.

Responsibilities

• Provide learning support to students to help them fulfil potential, clarify content, and differentiate materials.
• Provide personal and intimate care support as per care plans, while promoting independence and dignity.
• Collaborate with parents, healthcare professionals, SEND staff and colleagues to meet learners' needs safely.
• Support during assessments, exams, revision, inductions, visits and employability activities.
• Promote safeguarding wellbeing of vulnerable adults and young people in contact with you.
• Keep accurate records of learning support and course documentation per college systems.

Skills

Administrative skills

Organisational skills

Interest in SEND

Education

Maths & English grade C (4/4)

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a graduate looking to go into Further Education teaching? Or looking to change your career to work within education sector with young adults then the role of a Learning Support Practitioner here at Harlow College could be a starting point into your future Career development.

Our team offers outstanding levels of support and coaching across our mainstream campus to enable learners with additional needs to meet their outcomes and fulfil their potential on their course. The role offers you the opportunity to support and learn how the further education sector works, working with many different subject areas facilitating and advocating for the students and offering personalised support and coaching for SEND students.

What the role entails

• To provide learning support to students as appropriate, to enable them to fulfil their potential to achieve e.g. clarifying content, making simple notes, differentiating materials, improving their ability to manage their own learning needs.
• To provide personal and intimate care support to learners, as identified in their support plan, risk assessment, EHCP or individual care plan, including toileting, dressing, feeding, eating and drinking, personal hygiene, mobility and medical needs, while promoting independence, dignity and respect.
• Working closely with parents/carers, healthcare professionals, SEND staff, and teaching colleagues to ensure learners' care needs are met effectively and safely.
• To provide support during assessments, examinations, revision sessions, induction activities, educational visits, work experience placements, college visits, and employability activities.
• To take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults and young persons you are responsible for, or come into contact with.
• To keep accurate records of (learning) support and course documentation provided in line with college systems

What we are looking for

You will have a desire to work with young people with SEND needs and have strong administrative and organisational skills. You will be educated to a minimum Maths & English at Grade 4/Grade C.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is organised and able to work autonomously and calmly under pressure, is able to communicate well with people of all ages and from all backgrounds, can demonstrate a positive and inclusive manner and is solution focused.

What the college offers its staff

What we can offer

• The successful candidate can expect the College to fund any training required for the role, investment in their professional development, opportunities to further their career as well as an excellent benefits package.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.