Learning Support Assistant Sen

3 weeks ago


Worcester, United Kingdom Heart of Worcestershire College Full time

The purpose of the role is to support College attendance, retention, and achievement strategies by providing a high-quality pro-active support service to learners who have high needs support requirements. To ensure that all learners receive excellent support to achieve their potential. To provide learning support that contributes to an outstanding student experience from the start of their college journey to progression into further study, employment, or greater independence. To work directly with curriculum staff, tutors, student services and key external agencies to ensure services proactively engage learners and meet individual social, emotional and learning needs and to comply with relevant performance monitoring and evaluation systems across the department to ensure quality of provision.

**KEY ROLES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- To provide (through one to one and/or group work interventions) high quality learning support that enables learners to engage and achieve identified goals to aid their progression.
- To provide support for the delivery of specialist foundation programmes which may include those for autistic spectrum conditions, mental health, emotional and behavioural difficulties, severe, moderate and mild learning difficulties and disaffected groups (NEET - Not in Employment, Education or Training) and students accessing mainstream courses, in need of additional support.
- To ensure learners with support needs are fully engaged with student standards and to reinforce College attendance policies.
- To support a flexible caseload of individual and/or groups of supported learners, with a specialist need.
- To assist in pre-entry activities such as recruitment, enrolment and assessment of support needs.
- To assist in the delivery of entry screening and initial diagnostics and use results to inform Personal Learning Plans, set targets and monitor progress.
- Liaise with tutors, lecturers and other lead delivery staff prior to the start of learning to ensure support can be targeted and managed within the learning session.
- To assist in the planning, implementation and measurement of the impact of one to one and group work carried out in order to evaluate its effectiveness and work towards continual improvement of the service.
- To maintain accurate records of all information and interventions, ensuring all administration is completed promptly and efficiently within agreed timescales.
- To contribute to the negotiation, monitoring and support of individual learning objectives.
- To enable learning support procedures to be carried out in line with best practice guidelines with regard to Safeguarding, Prevent, Equality and Diversity themes.
- To make an active contribution to the attainment of English and math for supported learners.
- To provide incidental personal care support where necessary.
- To support learners to access and engage in all learning activities including trips and visits which may require pushing learners in wheelchairs.
- To commit to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults.
- To take direct responsibility for own continuous professional development.
- To participate in the College’s performance management scheme.

**GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- To commit to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- To participate in the College’s Performance Management Scheme and attend such training events as are necessary to enable him/her to carry out the duties of the job description.
- To continually improve teaching, learning and assessment through proactive CPD and sharing best practice.
- To actively participate in the College’s Quality System, including quality improvement strategies and initiatives.
- To undertake such other duties as may be assigned commensurate with the grade and purpose of the post.
- To take reasonable care for the health and safety of him/her and for others affected by his/her work.
- To actively support College Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity policies.
- To operate/conduct all HR tasks and functions within the principles of GDPR.

This Job Description is current at the date shown below and is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake. In consultation with the post holder, it may be changed from time to time by the College to meet changing circumstances.

January 2024

**CONDITIONS OF SERVICE**

All successful applicants will undergo the following checks:

- Enhanced DBS
- 2 x References, one of which must be your current or most recent employer
- Qualification validation check

**SALARY**

The salary range for these posts is from £22,074 to £22,865 per annum pro rata. Your starting salary will be dependent upon your qualifications and experience. Once you have successfully passed your probationary period, your salary will increase within the salary band on an annual incremental basis, until you reach the top of the salary scale.

**HOURS OF WORK



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