Learning Support Practitioner

**Please note that this vacancy requires the successful candidate to work 25 hours per week, 38 weeks during term time and the salary will be £11,742 pro rata per annum

A holiday payment of £1,584 will be paid equally in your twelve monthly salary payments in addition to the pro rata salary above**

As a Learning Support Practitioner at EKC Ashford College, you will provide support to students who have a high level of need undertaking a range of subjects and qualifications from entry 1 up to level 3 including Functional and GCSE English and Maths.

Students may have a wide range of learning difficulties and or disabilities. Students will require support in their programme of study, work placement and if necessary their welfare/personal care needs.

If you are interested in the role and being at home for the school holidays, no weekend work and no night shifts we want to hear from you.

If you have strong communication skills, an understanding of behaviour management, have a passion to inspire students to be active in learning, and work well under pressure this is the ideal role for you.

You will be passionate about supporting students with a high level of need and ideally will have gained previous experience with working alongside individuals with visual and/or hearing impairments, global development delay and language & communication difficulties.

In your role you will be a member of a team to support students in small groups and during lectures who have: Autistic Spectrum Condition, Social, Emotional and Mental health needs, Global learning delay, Language & Communication, Sensory, Physical needs experience in working with the above needs would be an advantage. This may also include personal care, assisting with mobility and specific medical/feeding needs. Experience in working with the above needs would be an advantage but full training will be given.