Job Description – Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Reports to: Hours: Type: Salary: Site Lead Part time positions available 4 days (28 hours) per week 9am – 4pm (38 weeks per year) Permanent £12.74 per hour The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Landmarks is an independent specialist day college for young people with learning disabilities and difficulties. The college offers a wide range of programmes that are tailored to each individual’s needs. Landmarks operates from several sites across; Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, with our main site located in Eckington, S21 4EF. Landmarks has several satellite provisions in Rotherham, Nottingham city Centre and a “real-life” hospitality and catering facility in Rainworth, Mansfield. These environments enable us to provide a range of personal and vocational training opportunities including: ▪ Music ▪ Animal Care ▪ Work Experience ▪ Art ▪ Employability ▪ Performing Arts ▪ Conservation ▪ Duke of Edinburgh ▪ Creative Media ▪ Horticulture ▪ Hospitality & Catering ▪ Travel Training ▪ Personal and Social Development ▪ Functional Skills ▪ Enterprise ▪ Supported Internships ▪ Community Access Our staff are required to work on a range of different sites, including; college campuses, employer’s premises or communities local to your learners home - therefore willingness to travel is essential. There may be a requirement to transport learners in your own car, insurance implications are reimbursed. Mileage and expenses are provided for travel during the working day. Job Purpose: Our Learning Support Assistants are employed to support learners in group sessions or on an individual basis, to ensure outstanding progress is made, relevant to individual support plans, individual learner targets and planned outcomes. Motivating and engaging learners in sessions both on Educational and Lifelong Learning pathways. Main Responsibilities: Page 1 of 4 Job Description – Learning Support Assistant (LSA) • Work collaboratively with Tutors, to provide a quality and beneficial experience for the learners linked to their goals and aspirations. • Record and evaluate progress and achievement. • To work at all of our sites, as requested with limited notice. • Support learners at external work environments, enabling them to progress to work independently. • Support Tutors to resolve learner issues and concerns. • Supporting learners with challenging behaviour and help to develop strategies enable learners to overcome behavioural issues. • Supporting Tutors in preparing resources for sessions. • Assisting learners at breaktimes and encouraging them to engage in enrichment activities. • Assist learners to ensure safe and efficient arrival and departure to/from college. Ensure learners are safe at all times with considerations for their health and well-being. • Deliver personal care which meet or exceed learners’ requirement, promoting independence throughout, for example helping the learner with care needs to have a shower, to go to the toilet or to care for their skin or hair. • To be an effective role model demonstrating best practice and have the ability to demonstrate professionalism at all times. • To be aware of Landmarks policies and procedures, and to support and promote Landmarks’ vision and mission. • Participate in the observation process for the Education provision that is linked to quality improvement. • Undertake training as and when necessary, including Team Teach. • Attend internal meetings, briefings and other forums as required. • Carry out the duties and requirements of the post in compliance with Landmarks Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection and other policies and procedures. This list of duties should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities. Person Specification The selection process will involve assessments being made on the extent to which applicants meet the criteria listed in the table below: Essential Desirable Qualifications Full UK driving license, with willingness to travel and use own vehicle. Relevant, recent training and development. Basic computer skills. Learning Support Qualification (willingness to work towards). Level 2 Maths and English (willingness to work towards). Page 2 of 4 Job Description – Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Team Teach training (willingness to work towards). IAG Level 2 (willingness to work towards). Experience Experience of working with adults and children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. Working within an Education environment. Knowledge Personal Attributes Able to work as part of a team and communicate clearly. Able to understand and carry out instructions. Commitment to safeguarding, equality and diversity and health and safety at the college. Understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality. Flexibility is essential to enable Landmarks to meet the needs of our learners. Resilient to daily changes at short notice. Willingness to deliver personal care. Working with people with behavioural needs. Behaviour management strategies. Understanding of own abilities, limitations and when to seek support. In return we will offer: • Westfield Health Scheme following a successful probation. • Life cover following a successful probation. • Standard life pension. • 30 days holiday – plus bank holidays (pro rata – 52-week employees) - addition of 1 extra day’s holiday after your third anniversary, up to a maximum of 5 additional days. Landmarks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners and to ensure our learners are protected from abuse. Landmarks is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All offers of employment will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, which it deems satisfactory (you will be viable for the cost of a DBS if you leave within your probationary period). Where a post is eligible, a check against the barred lists will be undertaken. There are different types of regulated activities that employees will need to undertake as part of their role to qualify to be checked on the adult and child barred list. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves regulated activity to children, if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Page 3 of 4 Job Description – Learning Support Assistant (LSA) find out what makes Landmarks a remarkable place to work, visit our website To www.landmarks.ac.uk, and follow Landmarks Specialist College on Facebook for more information. If you have any further queries or would like to arrange a discussion regarding the terms and conditions of employment at Landmarks please contact a member of HR – 01246 433788 or HR@landmarks.ac.uk. Page 4 of 4