Learning Support Team Leader

**STANMORE COLLEGE**

**LEARNING SUPPORT TEAM LEADER**

(Permanent, Full-time, through a year)

We ae looking for a Learning Support Team Leader to ensure that support for students is organised appropriately in line with the funding available for the support. You will be responsible for day-to-day co-ordination of Learning Support Assistants including their timetabling as well as liaising with local authorities in relation to funding.

You will have experience and knowledge of working with and supporting Students with Special Educational Needs. You must have good interpersonal communication and organisational skills combined with a professional attitude to work.

**About Us**:
At Stanmore College, our mission is to transform futures through exceptional education and support. We are committed to helping every student reach their full potential, and we’re looking for a dedicated Learning Support Team Leader to join our team and be a part of this vital mission.

**Our vision**:
The college will be an educational hub providing a unique educational destination for local people to acquire the relevant skills, training and education to support them to access and build their career ambitions.

The learning campus will be a flexible and accessible place where staff students, employers and stake holders can gather, interrogate, learn, gain skills and progress as well as become a lifetime member of an inclusive learning community.

**Our values**:

- **Inclusive**:we value all people
- **Aspirational**: We want to do our best to achieve a high level of success
- **Supportive**: We encourage and support each other
- **Respectful**: We shown consideration for others
- **Open and honest**: We tell the truth and do not try to deceive people
- **Innovation**: We step outside our comfort zone trying things in new ways
- **Safeguarding**: We believe in protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights
- **Ambitions**: We encourage students to exceed their expectations.
- **Student focus**: We actively involve students
- **Collaborative**: We adopt multiple educational approaches

**Why Stanmore College?**
- Be part of a college that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
- Work in a supportive and inclusive environment with ample opportunities for professional development.
- Play a key role in helping students achieve their goals and open doors to future opportunities.

**How to Apply**:
**Salary**: £31,984 - £35,906 per annum

Interviews will be held on Tuesday, 17th December 2024.

**STANMORE COLLEGE**

**POST: LEARNING SUPPORT TEAM LEADER**

(Permanent, Full-time, through a year)

**REPORTING TO: LEARNING SUPPORT MANAGER**

JOB SUMMARY: To ensure that support for students is organised appropriately in line with the funding available for the support. You will be responsible for day-to-day co-ordination of Learning Support Assistants including their timetabling as well as liaising with local authorities in relation to funding. Main Activities

1. To manage and effectively deploy the team of Learning Support Assistants, including core and agency staffing, developing and encouraging their appropriate contribution to the college.

2. To effectively manage Learning Support timetables to ensure the appropriate support for learners is provided and cover is in place when member of Learning Support Assistants are absent.

3. To work with the Learning Support Manager to agree the level and nature of support to be offered to individual students, liaising with internal and external customers/stakeholders as required.

4. To organise appropriate support for individuals, liaising with external agencies and parents / carers.

5. To undertake and contribute to student reviews as appropriate and to contribute to compliance and monitoring of reviews for students.

6. To maintain and monitor support records and ensure that all records meet audit requirements to evidence the funding claim, providing written or verbal reports as required.

7. To liaise with local authorities in relation to EHCP funding.

8. To undertake the duties of a Learning Support Assistant, when required, to ensure no loss of service to students.

9. To participate in relevant professional development

10. To take personal responsibility for supporting, promoting and following all College policies in relation to health and safety, safeguarding, equality and diversity and data protection within the scope of the post

11. To performing administrative and organisational tasks relating to the work of the College, including participation in team meetings.

The postholder can be required to carry out any other duties consistent with the grade of post, at any site on which the College may operate.

This job description is current at the date shown below. In consultation with the postholder, it is liable to variation by management within a reasonable timescale to reflect or anticipate changes in or to the job.

**Salary**: £31,984 - £35,906 per annum

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