Learning Support Assistant

Role:- Learning Support Assistant

Location:- Sunderland and Jarrow

Hours:- 30 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Salary:- £22,612 - £24,496 pro-rata

The Learning Support Assistant (LSA) will engage and support our most vulnerable learners by ensuring that effective support is in place to enable them to fulfil their potential. The LSA will take responsibility for agreed learning activities with individuals or groups under the guidance of delivery staff and will occasionally take responsibility for whole sessions where the primary focus will be to maintain good order and keep learners on task.

Responsibilities

· Promote positive values, attitudes and good behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage learners to take responsibility for their own behaviour

· To have knowledge and understanding of the complex needs of individual learners in order to successfully support them

· Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance, encouraging learners to take responsibility for their own behaviour

· Encourage learners to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all learners in activities

· Provide information and advice to enable learners to make choices about their own learning/behaviour/attitude

· Establish productive working relationships with learners acting as a role model and setting high expectations

· Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all learners

· Provide feedback to learners in relation to progress and achievement

· Work with delivery, staff to establish an appropriate learning environment and agreed support plans

· Supervise learners on educational visits and experiences as required

· Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the delivery officer and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents and carers

Essential Criteria

· A relevant learner support/youth/ or educational qualification (or be working towards).

· Experience of working in a youth/community/educational setting

· Experience in supporting vulnerable young people with learning difficulties and emotional behavioural needs

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team

· The ability to promote learner’s independence

· The ability to relate well to others

· Ability to travel across all delivery locations

To apply for this role please contact Don Stanley at Trigon Recruitment on (phone number removed) for further information/confidential chat or send your CV