Learning Support Assistants
- Recruiter
- Aquinas College*
- Location
- Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Salary
- £16,400
- Posted
- 23 May 2018
- Closes
- 07 Jun 2018
- Ref
- 225456558
- Sectors
- Education & Teaching, Support
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Aquinas is a thriving Catholic Sixth Form College in Stockport with over 1900 FTE students. The college wishes to appoint to the following support staff posts to start 28th August 2018:
Learning Support Assistants - Mainstream
33.75 hours/term time (one year fixed term contract) to SFCA Scale 3 point 16 £16,400 (FTE salary)
To support students with learning difficulties and disabilities to access the curriculum, develop their skills and succeed on their courses. Most of this support is on A level or Level 3 BTEC courses.
We are seeking to appoint a number of Learning Support Assistants to join our successful Learning Support Team. An understanding of disability and learning difficulty is required and the post will involve working primarily with individual students with disabilities or learning difficulties to facilitate their learning and participation in college life. This support will be on courses at Level 2 and at A level/Level 3 BTEC.
The Learning Support team supports students with an identified need, for example a physical disability, a mental or physical health problem, a sensory impairment, a specific learning difficulty or autism, across all mainstream courses in the college. The majority of our students are on A Level or Level 3 BTEC courses.
The hours required are 8.45 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday, term time.
Learning Support Assistants – Pathways
up to 33.75 hours/term time (one year fixed term contract)
To support and assist students with learning difficulties and disabilities on Entry and Level 1 courses. Appropriate qualifications and/or experience of learning difficulties and disabilities are desirable.
SFCA Scale 3 point 16 £16,400 (FTE salary)
The Pathways programme at Aquinas includes courses at Entry Level and Level 1. Students may study for one, two or three years, dependent upon progress made. There is provision for up to twenty four students across three groups, as well as up to eight places on a Supported Internship programme.
Courses aim to develop independence through subjects such as cooking, enterprise, travel and money management. Discrete lessons are taught by subject specialists in Maths, English and ICT, as well as arts and PE lessons, which provide students with the opportunity to extend their leisure interests. Students join mainstream students for daily registration, weekly group tutorials and assemblies. All students take part in a weekly work experience either on or off site.
The above appointments will be made on the Sixth Form Colleges’ Support staff Pay Scale (salary scale as specified)
As a college committed to equal opportunities, we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. The college and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to a Disclosure Application of the appropriate level to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applicants must complete the college’s application form and a pack is available on our website.
Midday Thursday 7th June 2018.
Interview may be held at short notice week commencing 11th June 2018.