SEND Learning Support Assistant

Join a dedicated further education provider where inclusion is at the heart of everything they do. You'll support young people and adults with a variety of additional learning needs, including autism, dyslexia, emotional and behavioural challenges, and physical or sensory impairments. Working closely with learners throughout their studies, you'll play a key role in helping them overcome barriers, build confidence and succeed both academically and personally.

Based in Weybridge, Surrey
this Learning Support Assistant role is commutable from Ashford, Staines-upon-Thames, Sunbury-on-Thames, Feltham, Bedfont, Stanwell, Shepperton, Hounslow, Hanworth, Egham and surrounding areas.

Salary: £22,460 per year (term time only, FTE £26,592) and working
37 hours per week, 37 weeks per year!

This rewarding LSA position is a permanent role with great benefits:Enjoy a generous holiday allowance, an excellent pension scheme, free on-site parking, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee discounts, ongoing training and professional development.

As a Learning Support Assistant your responsibility will be to support students with a range of additional learning needs, helping them succeed both inside and outside the classroom. Working as part of a dedicated support team, you will:

• Provide 1:1 and small group support across a variety of curriculum areas (Entry Level to Level
  3).
• Help learners develop their English, maths and study skills.
• Support students during examinations and assessments.
• Maintain accurate records of learner support and progress.

You’ll be patient and enthusiastic, with:

• Experience supporting learners in a classroom setting
• English and Maths at Level 2 (or equivalent)
• An understanding of supporting learners with additional needs (SEND)
• An LSA or TA qualification, or a willingness to work towards one (desirable)

Whether you’ve worked as a Learning Support Assistant, Teaching Assistant, SEND TA, Learning Mentor, or supported students 1:1 or in intervention groups, we’d love to hear from you.

37 hours per week (37 weeks of the year)

Weybridge

Generous holiday entitlement, Financial benefits and discounts, Pension (TPS or LGPS),Free on-site parking, Staff wellbeing and fitness resources, Employee recognition schemes, Opportunities for professional development.