Salary: FTE £21,424 Pro rata is £17,136.97
Location: Cross campus
Interviews (Week commencing): Immediately following successful shortlisting
Hours: 33.75 hours per week, 39 weeks of the year
Contract: Permanent
REF: SR1270
Job Overview:
To foster and promote independence, resilience, and skills development in students with additional support needs so that they can reach their potential.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Develop an effective relationship with parents in order to share information, alleviate anxiety and develop positive solutions to ensure young people’s needs are met.
To deliver Education, Health and Care Plan annual reviews for a cohort of learners and ensure paperwork is returned in a timely manner To take the lead for both pre-course interviews and enrolment for students with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
To monitor the provision of support and guidance for your students experiencing learning difficulties and disabilities
Produce and maintain appropriate individual learning plans for students To liaise actively with teachers to promote to identify and meet the learning needs of students To support the Additional Learning Support Manager (ALS), with strategic activities striving for Outstanding.
To support the ALS management function in the absence of the ALS manager on campus. LSA duties To provide individualised learning support in the classroom and support centre for students with additional support needs.
To work closely with the teacher and ALS Manager to ensure that the support provided is appropriate and effective.
To assist in the implementation of a range of systems, processes and procedures relating to learning support.
Job Requirements:
- Qualified to GCSE level 4 or equivalent in Maths and English.
- Good standard of general education.
The right candidate will have:
- Experience working with SEND students from different curriculum areas
Why Choose us?
USP College is a multi-campus college, our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher education or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and public transport.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- A college environment fully dedicated to developing every student to reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability.
- A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn.
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop through formal and informal training development opportunities.
- Well-being days & activities
- A successful NQT support program.
- Free onsite parking at all campuses.
- Onsite canteen & coffee shop.
- A cycle scheme and discounted gym membership (at Palmer's Campus)
- Hybrid Working available.
This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means 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. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV UK
USP College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any other checks that the role requires to ascertain suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults, which may include online searches.
We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College’s website, found here. You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.
To apply and be considered for this position, please click the link below.
Apply Online
Additionally, you will need to send a copy of your current CV and a covering letter to: recruitment@uspcollege.ac.uk.
For internal Applicants, please contact the address above.