Learning Support Assistant

£17,844 - £19,356 pro rata (FTE)

£9.27 - £10.06 per hour (plus holiday pay)

Various hours from 3 to 5 days per week (36 weeks per year)

Andover and Sparsholt

The Sparsholt College Group is dedicated to supporting students with SEN and ensuring that students reach their full potential.

Over the past few years, we have had an increase in young people with both Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and Special Educational Needs (SEN) and have developed our curriculum and grown our staff team in order to offer an outstanding experience for our students

We are looking for people to join our Team supporting students to be successful within our Further Education offering. We have vacancies at both our Sparsholt and Andover campuses supporting either Mainstream or Foundation students. All roles involve supporting students, either in a group setting or on a 1-1 basis, both in class and throughout the college day. Students will be accessing the college campus as well as the wider community. You will be assisting students with a wide variety of learning needs to realise their goals and full potential.

For all the roles, you will need to have a good standard of education including English and Maths at grade C/4 or above or equivalent and willingness to undertake further training is essential. As well as experience of working with young people, ideally in an educational setting.

You may be asked to work in one of two areas; either our Mainstream or Foundation Learning provision. Further details of the two provisions are set out in the attached role brief.

When applying please indicate your preferred provision (Mainstream or Foundation), campus (Sparsholt or Andover) and working pattern/availability within your covering letter.

Previous candidates need not apply.

Closing Date: 07 February 2022

College Benefits:

• Eligibility to join a defined contribution pension scheme

• Free on-site parking

• Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

• Occupational Maternity Pay Scheme

• Access to an employee assistance scheme

• On-site gym at the Sparsholt campus (membership £100 per annum)

• Facility to purchase Sparsholt produce including: plants, fruit & vegetables, fish and game

• Access to discounted hair treatments at the Andover campus

• Ability to access a range of CPD events and support with undertaking professional qualifications

• Various food outlets and eateries offering good value food and drink at competitive prices

There is a nursery on the Sparsholt campus operated by a commercial provider