Learning Support Apprentice

About the role

🌟 Learning Support Assistant 🌟

Reporting to the Learning Support Co-ordinator or SEND Lead, you'll be a key player in helping students thrive! 🚀

What you'll be doing:

• Crafting awesome Additional Learning Support (ALS) Plans based on student and family feedback for your caseload. 📝
• Providing 1:1 or small group support to smash those learning barriers and unlock potential. 🤝
• Helping students fully engage in college life and boost their study skills for independent learning. 📚
• Offering personal care and medical support when needed for students with specific care plans. ❤️
• Teaming up with the SEND Lead to ensure students have the coolest assistive tech and digital tools. 💻
• Collaborating with teachers to adapt lessons and materials so everyone can learn their way. 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫
• Keeping detailed records of support and progress on our college tracking system. 📊
• Helping out at student Annual Reviews. 🗓️
• Chatting with parents/carers and external agencies to keep everyone in the loop. 🗣️
• Supporting students during public exams and formal assessments. 💯

General Responsibilities (for all awesome staff!):

• Championing the safety and well-being of all students. 🛡️
• Staying up-to-date with college policies via the intranet. 🌐
• Being part of our performance review process. ⭐
• Following our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Health & Safety, Safeguarding, and Quality Improvement policies. ✅
• Contributing to college events and promoting what we do! 🎉
• Using resources smartly and sustainably. 🌱
• Attending and contributing to college meetings. 💬
• Engaging in your own professional development and well-being. 🧠💪
• Managing risks effectively in your role. ⚠️
• Embodying our employee values and behaviours. 👍

Key responsibilities

• Provide regular support for an identified caseload of students, either 1:1 or in small groups.
• Support students to participate in all aspects of college activity and to develop their study skills.
• Provide personal care/medical support as required for individual students with care plans.
• Collaborate and work closely with teaching staff to adapt and differentiate learning materials.
• Provide and maintain records of support provision and outcomes for each supported student on the college tracking system.

Entry requirements

GCSE in: (English (grade C/4), Maths (grade C/4))