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Learning Support Assistant

3 months ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Queen Alexandra College Full time

Description:


Queen Alexandra College (QAC) is a national residential College and registered charity that supports a diverse range of student/client abilities and needs.

Our College provides education, training, routes to independent living and employment through an innovative, holistic approach to learning and support.


We welcome young adults who come to our College from all over the country - as well as many who are local to us.

All students, clients and staff are supported within safe and well-resourced environments.

We have educational and learning sites based in Birmingham, one of Europe's most welcoming and vibrant cities, with a rich and diverse culture.

Our main site is based in Harborne, a pleasant leafy Birmingham suburb, on a friendly and green acre campus with excellent facilities and resources.

QAC makes a positive difference to the lives and learning of people with disabilities and learning difficulties. We have high expectations of staff, young adults and clients whilst being responsive, innovative and collaborative. Our College values drive how we work with students, clients, stakeholders and as a team.


We continue to attract and retain staff of the highest calibre, who are proud of QAC's achievements and who wish to be an integral part of our ongoing and future successes.


Key Responsibilities:

Duties and Key Areas of Responsibility

Learning

  • Recognising & Recording progress of students against their targets
  • Understand Curriculum area and broad course objectives including the techniques utilised to evidence progress (such as photographs, videos, and witness statements).
  • Participate in team meetings
  • Adaptable approach to different learning styles of our students
  • Understand disability theory & practical implementation of this to engage students in learning
  • Adapt styles of communication to develop a positive and constructive learning environment
  • Liaise and implement strategies from specialists (IT/SLT/ Physio)
  • Support communication through the development of your own skills in communication methods (PECs/Makaton/BSL)
  • Support Tutors to ensure the classroom environment is suitable for students sensory or support needs
  • Support Tutor in the creation and preparation of differentiated resources.
Personal Tutoring

  • Undertake tutorials with your assigned students on a regularly directed basis.
  • Agree with your assigned students, a range of targets and review these regularly.
  • Attend and participate in the annual and transitions reviews for your students
Social & Emotional Support

  • Recognise the social and emotional needs of our students and adapt your support in line with the agreed strategies to support positive improvements
  • Contribute to the development and updating of Positive Support Plans and Risk Assessments
  • Deescalate behaviour that challenges in line with the positive behaviour support plan, utilising all training and MAPA techniques where applicable.
  • Undertake preventative work to reduce the likelihood of behaviour that challenges.
Break & Lunch Support

  • During unstructured time, support students to ensure ratios and safety are addressed at all times.
  • Support the students to engage with their peers or chosen activities.
  • Lead and support students during club/ directed study or enrichment activities, sharing your knowledge where applicable.
Personal Care

  • Support students with a range of hygiene needs, including feeding, toileting and changing clothes.
  • Ensure the personal care needs are met in line with care plan and performed with respect and dignity.
  • Support students to access the full campus and activities, which may require you to push wheelchairs/ guide wheelchairs/ sighted guide students.
General

  • Use technology to access information on students to ensure their support needs are met.
  • Ability to talk to external professionals, families and careers, where directed to support students
  • Participate in personal education, including mandatory and skills development training
  • Actively engage with Peer Mentoring for yourself, along with new and existing colleagues.
  • Support students to access activities in the community to develop their independence.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

How to apply:


You are required to upload a CV with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment, and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment.

Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.


About Queen Alexandra College:


Queen Alexandra College (QAC) is a national residential College and registered charity that supports a diverse range of student/client abilities and needs.

Our College provides education, training, routes to independent living and employment through an innovative, holistic approach to learning and support.

QAC offers a vibrant, varied and fun edu