Learning Support Assistant

Our client is a national first-choice provider for exceptional delivery and development of programmes to support both young people and adults to learn, achieve and progress to greater opportunities. They are an organisation that believes in creating opportunities for all, through an all-encompassing ethical, friendly, and considerate approach to all their services and operations. Most of all, they believe in working together as a team to create opportunities for individuals that they work with to grow, to help them recognise and achieve their aspirations and goals and attain a positive outcome.

Our client is learner centric and want to make a real difference to the people that they work with, enabling them to improve their employment situation, some of whom will have had poor experiences of learning and employment in the past. Some may have complex needs ad require signposting to other organisations who can help.

Their staff are valued and recognised for the contribution they make towards the organisation’s vision and goals and effective support they provide to the individuals they engage with. Through a strong belief that success is created together, this is on the reasons why they are a great employer to work for.

Currently, they are looking to recruit a **Learning Support Assistant **based in Ipswich.Working hours will be **8:30am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 5:30pm**, Monday to Friday (some flexibility may be required), **37.5 hours per week.**

Are you an inspiring individual with a real passion for creating engaging and creative sessions and looking for a rewarding new challenge?

Can you engage and build positive relationships with young people who may have complex needs? Do you feel that young people who are vulnerable deserve an opportunity to develop their skills, abilities and have the best chance to succeed?

Are you enthusiastic, determined, and resilient and have effective communication skills? Can you solve problems thinking of solutions?

We are looking to recruit

**Job Title**

**Learning Support Assistant**

**Location**:
Ipswich

Working Hours:
8.30 am to 5.00 pm OR 9.00 am to 5.30 pm, 1 hour lunch, Monday to Friday

37.5 hours per week. Some flexibility on these hours may be required.

Contract Type Options:
Term-time

Salary Band:
£19,000 to £22,500 pro rata

**What are we looking for?**

Our client is looking for a Learning support Assistant who will be creative and engaging to ensure individuals of SEND achieve their qualification(s) and work efficiently across the team. You will be supported by your Centre Manager who is responsible for leading the team to drive up quality, reaching and exceeding KPI's and promoting our ethos for continuous improvement.

**Qualifications**:

- Qualified to DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (or equivalent), desirable
- Learning support qualification or willing to work towards
- GCSE (or equivalent) in English and maths at grade C or above, essential

**Skills syllabus This will include**:

- Functional Skills English Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Functional Skills Maths Entry Level 1 to Level 2

Working with individuals who may present challenges, who have struggled in education and have learning needs that require creativity and imagination to ensure they can progress and achieve.

**Main Tasks & Responsibilities**
- To have formal and informal meetings with tutors to contribute to planning lessons / activities.
- To prepare materials and resources.
- Work closely with core skills quality manager
- To prepare students beforehand for a task.
- To work on differentiated activities with identified groups.
- To support the tutor in implementing specific teaching programmes.
- To contribute towards delivery and resource development for functional skills in English, Maths and ICT
- To supervise practical tasks.
- To carry out structured classroom assessment/ observation and feedback.
- To be involved in keeping records and evaluating identified students’ progress. Support the creation of individual learning plans.
- Support learners in all lessons and around the centre
- Provide one to one support to learners where necessary
- Act as a key worker to specific learners through their learning
- Diagnose learner’s literacy, numeracy and ICT needs and requirements by using various diagnostic testing and mock tests
- Liaise with relevant team members to ensure learners achieve their targets and progress into appropriate outcomes
- Read and analyse EHCP’s ensuring you identify the learning needs of the individual, while ensuring the correct resources are in place for individuals
- Manage behaviour effectively within sessions ensuring sessions can continue
- Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance and support to learners to help them progress
- Monitor and maintain appropriate paperwork, reviews, records of progress tracking and to report all cases of learner behavioural issues, sickness and absence
- Complete all required documentation accurately and within agreed tim