Learning Assistants - Exeter College
- Multiple Locations
- Full Time
- £20,136 - £22,313 FTE (Actual salary £18,413 - £20,404)
This is an exciting time to join our Foundation Learning Support Faculty within a forward-thinking and growing College. Our people are at the very heart of our organisation. We are committed to being an exceptional employer where staff thrive because they feel valued, engaged, and challenged.
We are looking for a proactive, caring and professional individual to work as part of our Supported Internship Team.
Your role would be to provide in-class support to enable learners with specific learning difficulties, disabilities or emotional difficulties to access their teaching and learning opportunities within the classroom environment; to provide individual/group support for learners experiencing a range of difficulties. You will also be supporting learners in their individual work placements across various employers within Exeter, under the supervision of the Team Leader/ teaching staff. Your role is to enable learners to perform job tasks within the workplace, and to maintain positive relationships with employers, college staff and learners.
Supported Internship Assistants need to be confident in supporting students with Maths and English, and IT.
Exeter College is a great place to work. We are in the Times top 100 employers and offer a range of excellent staff benefits such as the Local Government Pension scheme, the Discounts and Benefit scheme, IT Perks, NUS Discount Card and cycle to work scheme. Discounts are available at the College Gym, Haven Banks Outdoor Activity Centre, and at the College’s Spa and Salon. College courses may be either free or at discounted rates. In addition, there are comprehensive staff development days for staff to enhance their skills and knowledge, as well as a wide range of free staff wellbeing activities ranging from mindfulness to pottery.
Our Values - Ambition, Collaboration, Energy
Our values are what make us, us. Please do take a couple of minutes to learn more about them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcFUB8HvS9M
Your Benefits
We recognise that taking regular breaks from work is important. The College offers full time support staff up to 44 days off per year (this includes 28 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and a period of operational closure at Christmas closure (which has been 8 days in recent years). You will also have the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension scheme, find out more at www.lgpsmember.org.
Your Development
As a member of our team, you will also have access to a range of excellent benefits and discounts, along with staff development opportunities, wellbeing services and activities.
Key Information
At Exeter College we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our student's including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.
All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further inform.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community.
If you would like to apply today, please go to http://www.exe-coll.ac.uk/College/Jobs
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is midnight, 26th January 2023.
We will be holding a selection process for this position during the week commencing 30th January 2023.
We do not accept CVs, no agencies please.
Job Details
- OrganisationOther Organisations
- Work LocationExeterDevon
- Work Postcode
EX4 4JS
- Reference
AC1078
- Occupational GroupEducation Support
- Salary Details
£20,136 - £22,313 FTE (Actual salary £18,413 - £20,404)
- Job TermPermanent
- Appointment TypeFull Time
- Hours
37 hours per week, 40 weeks per annum
- Closing Date
26/01/2023
- DBS Check Required
Yes