Learning Support Assistant

The Learning Support Assistant (LSA) will: • Work with the tutor to ensure that learners with SEN are supported to learn to the best of their abilities in the classroom and in work placement. • Develop the skills learned in the classroom to the workplace by providing targeted support at the interns placement acting as their job coach. • Ensure that activities are differentiated to meet the needs of the learners under the direction of the tutor. • Encourage the development of social/emotional skills of the learners. Liaise with the tutor to ensure that progress of learning is monitored and recorded within agreed timescales. • Ensure that by working closely with the tutor, Education Quality Assurance Manager, and the Area Managers that effective support is delivered. • Support the preparation of lessons and the uploading of learners work to agreed systems within the set deadlines. • Liaise with the area teams to ensure that information on each learner is updated and cascaded to the wider team. • Ensure that safeguarding policy and procedures are followed. All public facing roles require a proportionate level of English language proficiency for written and verbal communication and the Trust is required to verify results of certain English language competency tests relied upon. When the fluency duty is met by the provision of a sign language interpreter, the interpreter should be registered with the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD). Job description Job responsibilities The Learning Support Assistant (LSA) will: • Work with the tutor to ensure that learners with SEN are supported to learn to the best of their abilities in the classroom and in work placement. • Develop the skills learned in the classroom to the workplace by providing targeted support at the interns placement acting as their job coach. • Ensure that activities are differentiated to meet the needs of the learners under the direction of the tutor. • Encourage the development of social/emotional skills of the learners. Liaise with the tutor to ensure that progress of learning is monitored and recorded within agreed timescales. • Ensure that by working closely with the tutor, Education Quality Assurance Manager, and the Area Managers that effective support is delivered. • Support the preparation of lessons and the uploading of learners work to agreed systems within the set deadlines. • Liaise with the area teams to ensure that information on each learner is updated and cascaded to the wider team. • Ensure that safeguarding policy and procedures are followed. All public facing roles require a proportionate level of English language proficiency for written and verbal communication and the Trust is required to verify results of certain English language competency tests relied upon. When the fluency duty is met by the provision of a sign language interpreter, the interpreter should be registered with the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD).