Job Role: Learning Support Assistant
Our client, a community organisation providing help and support to people who want to make positive life changes, is seeking staff to provide specialist disability support to young people.
About the Job:
The Learning Support Assistant will provide direct one-to-one and group-based disability support to an agreed schedule of activities, support the tutor by delivering disability specialist learning support, and assist with monitoring and evidencing progress against performance targets.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Provide direct one-to-one and group-based disability support to an agreed schedule of activities.
* Support the tutor by delivering disability specialist learning support for the participant.
* Assist the DSS Co-ordinator with the monitoring and evidencing of progress against Performance Targets set.
* Maintain accurate and timely records that support effective ongoing monitoring and review of own support provided.
General Duties:
* Adhere to the Group's 'Code of Conduct' maintaining confidentiality, professionalism and quality standards across all work practices and interactions.
* Perform job duties in compliance with the Group's policies and procedures to include adherence to equal opportunities, health and safety legislation and data protection requirements.
* Demonstrate commitment to the Group through the completion of all tasks allocated and attending staff and development opportunities.
Person Specification:
(E = Essential, D = Desirable)
Skills and Competencies:
* Knowledge of directly supporting people with disabilities within an employment, education, or employment & training setting (D).
* The ability to work with a wide cross-section of participants with varying levels of support needs (D).
* Highly competent in using ICT with excellent working knowledge of MS Office Suite to include Share Point, Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point (E).
Technical Competencies:
* Educated to NVQ Level 2 or equivalent to include Maths and English (E).
* Good IT skills - to present data using Microsoft packages or suitable alternative (E).
Experience:
* Proven experience of working with young people across a wide cross-section of varying levels of needs, enabling them to identify their own goals and the ability to progress them (E).
Personal Qualities:
* Flexible, adaptable and innovative (D).
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (E).
* Youth work Teaching / pastoral care approach to assisting young people to progress through their qualifications while maintaining professional boundaries (D).
Requirements:
* An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (E).