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Academic Learning Support Assistant
Job Location
Padiham, United Kingdom
Job Description
Academic Learning Support Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent and Temporary posts available
Salary: Point 13 – 19: £22,071 - £23,599 Pro Rata, Per annum
Various Hours:
29.6 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (permanent)
18.5 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (permanent)
37 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (temporary to 28 June 2025)
Reference: ALSA
Closing Date: Tuesday 7 January 2025
Blackburn College has nearly 700 people employed in a vast range of roles and feels more like a community than a workplace, and this sense of collaboration is just one of the benefits of working here. We strive to make our employee community a welcoming, caring, and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.
We are proud to offer the full range of qualifications that students need to fulfil long and valuable careers. With purpose-built facilities, excellent grades, expanding catchment area, and purposeful vision. We believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification and aim to give all learners an opportunity to develop their full potential in a friendly and supportive environment. There has never been a better time to join us!
The Role
Working as a key member of the Student Support and Engagement Team you will provide a high quality, proactive learning support service for students who have special educational needs and disabilities. You will work with curriculum teams to ensure that all learners receiving support have the opportunities to achieve and exceed their potential, develop independence skills and have equal opportunities to progress into further study, employment and/or positive community engagement.
What are we looking for?
With experience of working in an education or care setting with young people with learning difficulties, disabilities and complex and physical needs, you will have Level 2 Maths and English or equivalent or willingness to achieve within 1 year together with qualifications in learning support, care or education or a willingness to work towards.
You must have knowledge and understanding of barriers and issues faced by students with special educational needs and disabilities and strategies to overcome these
What makes Blackburn College an Employer of choice?
You'll have access to a wide range of benefits and support, including, but not limited to:
Salary band: Point 13 – 19: £22,071 - £23,599 Pro Rata, Per annum
Regular Staff Physical Activity Sessions and reduced-price gym membership
Cycle to Work Scheme
Family-friendly policies
Free eye tests and contribution to VDU-use-only glasses
Several food outlets with a variety of menu choices
A full range of discounted professional Hair & Beauty services provided by the Academy Salon
Professional bakery offering a variety of fresh breads, cakes, and ready meals.+
Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7/365 helpline for advice and support
Location: Padiham, GB
Posted Date: 12/23/2024
Contract Type: Permanent and Temporary posts available
Salary: Point 13 – 19: £22,071 - £23,599 Pro Rata, Per annum
Various Hours:
29.6 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (permanent)
18.5 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (permanent)
37 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (temporary to 28 June 2025)
Reference: ALSA
Closing Date: Tuesday 7 January 2025
Blackburn College has nearly 700 people employed in a vast range of roles and feels more like a community than a workplace, and this sense of collaboration is just one of the benefits of working here. We strive to make our employee community a welcoming, caring, and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.
We are proud to offer the full range of qualifications that students need to fulfil long and valuable careers. With purpose-built facilities, excellent grades, expanding catchment area, and purposeful vision. We believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification and aim to give all learners an opportunity to develop their full potential in a friendly and supportive environment. There has never been a better time to join us!
The Role
Working as a key member of the Student Support and Engagement Team you will provide a high quality, proactive learning support service for students who have special educational needs and disabilities. You will work with curriculum teams to ensure that all learners receiving support have the opportunities to achieve and exceed their potential, develop independence skills and have equal opportunities to progress into further study, employment and/or positive community engagement.
What are we looking for?
With experience of working in an education or care setting with young people with learning difficulties, disabilities and complex and physical needs, you will have Level 2 Maths and English or equivalent or willingness to achieve within 1 year together with qualifications in learning support, care or education or a willingness to work towards.
You must have knowledge and understanding of barriers and issues faced by students with special educational needs and disabilities and strategies to overcome these
What makes Blackburn College an Employer of choice?
You'll have access to a wide range of benefits and support, including, but not limited to:
Salary band: Point 13 – 19: £22,071 - £23,599 Pro Rata, Per annum
Regular Staff Physical Activity Sessions and reduced-price gym membership
Cycle to Work Scheme
Family-friendly policies
Free eye tests and contribution to VDU-use-only glasses
Several food outlets with a variety of menu choices
A full range of discounted professional Hair & Beauty services provided by the Academy Salon
Professional bakery offering a variety of fresh breads, cakes, and ready meals.+
Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7/365 helpline for advice and support
Location: Padiham, GB
Posted Date: 12/23/2024
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