Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistants (LSA) required ! 

Help learners overcome barriers, build confidence and achieve their potential every day. Join a supportive, friendly education team where your encouragement and dedication will have a genuine impact on students' lives.

This is an opportunity to join a dedicated further education provider where inclusion is at the heart of everything they do. You'll support young people and adults with a variety of additional learning needs, including autism, dyslexia, emotional and behavioural challenges, and physical or sensory impairments. Working closely with learners throughout their studies, you'll play a key role in helping them overcome barriers, build confidence and succeed both academically and personally.

Based in Weybridge, Surrey this role is commutable from Ashford, Staines-upon-Thames, Sunbury-on-Thames, Feltham, Bedfont, Stanwell, Shepperton, Hounslow, Hanworth, Egham and surrounding areas.

Salary: £26,592.45 FTE (Actual Salary: £22,460.39)

Hours: 37 hours per week, 37 weeks per year (part-time considered for the right candidate)

This LSA  position is a permanent role with great benefits: Enjoy a generous holiday allowance, an excellent pension scheme, free on-site parking, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee discounts, ongoing training and professional development.

The Role:

As a Learning Support Assistant your responsibility will be to support students with a range of additional learning needs, helping them succeed both inside and outside the classroom. Working as part of a dedicated support team, you will:

• Provide 1:1 and small group support across a variety of curriculum areas (Entry Level to Level 3).
• Help learners develop their English, maths and study skills.
• Support students during examinations and assessments.
• Maintain accurate records of learner support and progress.

You'll be a patient, enthusiastic Teaching Assistant (TA) / Support Worker/ Learning Support Assistant (LSA) with:

• English and Maths at Level 2 (or equivalent).
• An understanding of supporting learners with additional needs (SEND)
• An LSA/TA qualification (or willingness to work towards one) is desirable.
• Strong communication, IT and organisational skills.

Whether you've worked as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) , Learning Mentor, Teaching Assistant /SEND TA ,or supported students on a 1:1 basis  or in intervention groups we'd love to hear from you. If you're committed to helping learners reach their full potential and want a rewarding role where every day makes a difference apply today!