Learning Support Assistant

6 months ago

Welshpool, United Kingdom Excell Supply Full time

_Job Role:_ **Learning Support Assistant**
- Days/Hours of Work:_ **Monday to Friday** **(10:00am - 16:00pm)**
- Salary:_ **£10.42-£12.00 an hour**

We are currently recruiting for several learning Support Assistant to work in a specialist College on the outskirts of Shrewsbury.

Our client offers a stimulating environment for young adult students between the ages of 18 to 25 years old, the students have with profound and multiple learning & communication difficulties.

This is a wonderful opportunity to work in a happy and nurturing environment and develop relationships, which can lead to long-term and permanent job opportunities.

**About the Role:

- **
- Working under the direction of Tutors to support students to access individualised learning programmes, within small classes and on a one-to-one basis
- Providing personal intimate care to learners including the changing of continence aids.
- Supporting students’ learning and independence in the College and community

Environments.
- Following communication, therapy, intervention and support strategies to help students overcome barriers to learning, including role modelling expected behaviours.
- Maintain confidentiality and ensure that safeguarding learners is paramount and promote a positive safeguarding culture at all times.
- Assisting Tutors in preparing the learning environment and ensuring that all resources are available at the start of the session.
- Assisting Tutors in clearing up after each session, putting work away, preparing displays of work etc.
- Contributing to daily records including student records of progress and achievements.
- Contributing to the assessment processes for students
- Providing physical support to learners e.g. assisting in dressing/undressing, pushing wheelchairs, transferring and hoisting.
- Providing support at meal-times - this can range from simply encouraging, to cutting up food, to hand-over hand feeding, to fully assisted feeding.
- Ensuring that learners are comfortable and appropriately positioned
- Loading and unloading vehicles and driving (no special licence needed)

**About you:

- **
- You must have an Enhanced Child & Adult Workforce DBS.
- Able to provide referencing to cover a minimum of 2 year
- Having a full UK Driving Licence or compatible International Driving licence (due to location being rural)
- Have worked with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties
- Have worked in an educational environment
- Experience working with people with physical disabilities
- Provision of personal intimate care
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

**Training/Qualifications (Some preferable but not essential as all training will be provided )**
- A Qualification in Learning Support or willingness to obtain one
- An appropriate/relevant NVQ at level III or above or willingness to obtain one
- Qualification in Makaton / experienced in the use of Makaton
- Trained to administer Medication
- First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain one

**About Us:

- **
- Consideration for all long-term opportunities with the potential to become permanent.
- Recommend a Friend’ scheme - _Get £500 cash for referring a friend_
- Entry to our ‘Temp of the Term’ award
- Support and advice from our professional mentors including lesson observations
- Access to a full calendar of CPD opportunities in the form of our Twilight Training Programme and other courses delivered during the school holidays.
- A dedicated consultant who will provide an honest and trustworthy service - we listen to your needs.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £10.42-£12.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person

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