Job Description
Role: New Opportunites for September! Learning Support Assistants required Location: Cambridge Pay: £10-£13p/h or up to £24000 Duration: Temporary and Permanent
Have you been considering a career change to one that is more emotionally rewarding, with a real sense of helping others to achieve?
Reed Further Education are supporting numerous clients with the recruitment of supported learning candidates in preparation for the new academic year in September. We are seeking Learning Support Assistants for both 1-2-1 and small group set-ups within FE Colleges to support learners with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).
If you have previously worked within educational settings, FE, coaching, mentoring, sports activities, summer camps, tutoring, NHS, care or youth work then we’d really like to hear from you. Alternatively, if you have always enjoyed helping others and are interested to find more out regarding the progression of young adults, then we’d love to be able to tell you more about this role.
What the role of a Learning Support Assistant will involve?
- To provide one-to-one support and supervision of students with special education needs/learning difficulties and disabilities within the classroom
- To encourage the learners to excel to reach their full academic potential
- To support learners with their literacy and numeracy
- To create, monitor and review SMART targets
- To manage challenging behaviour, where necessary
- To maintain accurate records of learners’ progress
