Additional Learning Support Coach

Paragon Skills are Ofsted Grade 2 "Good" and a Top 5 Apprenticeship Provider, with a true dedication to the apprenticeship sector.

We are passionate, innovative, and determined to deliver an outstanding teaching and learning experience to every learner every time, and our handpicked, trusted people demonstrate their specialist knowledge and expertise in everything they do, and have a commitment to delivering meaning learning interactions to our learners nationally.

Location: Remote* Please note you will need be based in the U.K due to GDPR

Salary: up to £29,000 dependent on experience

Hours: 36.5 hours a week (Monday - Friday)

We are looking for an energised, passionate and experienced experts to join us as a remote based Additional Learning Support Coach. In this role you will support, mentor and coach neuro-diverse learners on a remote basis by encouraging and inspiring them to complete their planned learning and development tasks throughout their learning journey.

You will lead on the company's use of Cognassist and will ensure that all learners identified with a learning difficulty or disability (LDD) have bespoke support and reasonable adjustments in place to enable them to succeed. You will use your expertise to support both the tutors and employers in terms of support strategies, exam access arrangements and differentiation and will provide 1:1 support for identified learners where necessary.

In this role you will...

. Motivate, engage and inspire learners to achieve their qualification requirements in a timely manner

. Conduct group and 1:1 delivery

. Provide exceptional additional learning support as required

. Collaborate with wider operational teams to ensure completion of initial diagnostic assessment

. Use quality improvement approved resources to deliver impactful sessions

What we need from you...

.Minimum of Level 2 qualification in functional skills - English & Maths

.Training qualification

.Assessor qualification

.Experience of delivering additional learning support

.Experience of teaching functional skills

.Experience of managing a diverse caseload remotely

.Ability to be flexible and adaptable to change

Paragon Skills is an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employees learning, development and career growth, and we are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits including life assurance and income protection and core benefits below.

. 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme

. 3 Paragon Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays

. Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives

. Perkbox – a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools

. Colleague referral bonus payments

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role. To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

We are Leaders in Safeguarding Gold and committed to the safeguarding, welfare and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are proud to inspire success and we can only do this by recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that is representative of the learners and clients we support, and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and actively promote equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.