Supported Internship LSA

Join our team as a Supported Internship Learning Support Assistant to empower students, provide invaluable support, collaborate with educators, and create an inclusive learning environment. Help students thrive and reach their full potential. Apply now!

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Are you passionate about supporting students with additional learning needs? Do you have the resilience, adaptability, and enthusiasm to make a real difference? We are seeking a dedicated Learning Support Assistant to join our team, fostering independence and skills development in students so they can reach their full potential.

Job Requirements:

  • Provide individualised learning support in both classroom and support centre settings.
  • Work collaboratively with teachers and the Supported employment manager to ensure effective and tailored support.
  • Assist in the implementation of learning support systems, processes, and procedures.
  • Act as an advocate for students with additional needs, liaising with teaching staff as appropriate.
  • Stay fully informed about Individual Support Plans and ensure teachers receive necessary support information.
  • Commit to continuous professional development to maintain up-to-date specialist knowledge.
  • Participate in community activities within the support centre.
  • Adhere to college policies on student welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding.

The right candidate will have:

Essential

  • Qualified to GCSE/Level 2 in Maths and English.
  • Ability to work flexibly and respond creatively to students' diverse needs.
  • Resilience and adaptability in working with students who may have complex learning, social, or medical needs.
  • Strong communication skills and sensitivity to different communication styles.
  • Initiative and confidence in offering creative solutions to learning support challenges.
  • A team player with a ‘can do’ attitude, committed to fostering positive student outcomes.
  • Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities within an educational environment.

Desirable 

  • Qualified to Level 3 or above in a specialist subject.
  • Holds qualifications in Special Educational Needs (Level 3 or above).
  • Previous experience working in an educational environment in a similar capacity.

Why choose us?

Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

What we offer:

* subject to terms & conditions

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.  It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV UK

USP College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any other checks that the role requires to ascertain suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults, which may include online searches.

We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College’s website, found here. You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.