At Babington, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve their full potential. For over 50 years, we've been helping individuals develop the skills, confidence and qualifications they need to succeed. Our inclusive, learner-centred approach puts people first, creating personalised learning experiences that remove barriers and enable every learner to thrive.
Position: Additional Learning Support Coach
Location: Remote
Salary: Up to £33,000
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:00 (37.5 per week)
We're looking for a passionate and experienced Additional Learning Support (ALS) Coach to join us. If you have experience supporting learners with additional learning needs or disabilities and are committed to delivering exceptional coaching and guidance, we'd love to hear from you.
As an Additional Learning Support Coach, you will manage a caseload of learners, delivering tailored academic and pastoral support through one-to-one coaching, virtual sessions and digital learning interventions. You'll create individual support plans, monitor progress and work collaboratively with learners, employers, mentors and colleagues to help every learner achieve their goals.
Key responsibilities
Deliver engaging one-to-one and virtual coaching sessions tailored to individual learner needs.
Create, implement and review personalised learning support plans based on assessments.
Provide ongoing Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG).
Support learners with a range of additional learning needs, including neurodiverse learners.
Work with employers, mentors and colleagues to promote learner progress.
Maintain accurate learner records on the LMS.
Complete Learning Support Funding documentation in line with DfE guidance.
Promote safeguarding, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion.
If you'd like to see the full job description please contact [email protected]
What we need from you.
Experience supporting adults with learning difficulties, disabilities or additional learning needs.
Experience delivering engaging teaching, coaching or training.
Ability to develop individual learning plans and SMART targets.
Experience using digital learning platforms and virtual delivery methods.
Strong understanding of safeguarding and learner welfare.
Excellent communication, coaching and organisational skills.
Desirable
Knowledge of SEND and the SEN Code of Practice.
Understanding of DfE Learning Support Funding.
Experience working with external agencies, parents or carers.
Experience supporting Ofsted inspections.
When you join Babington, you'll become part of a team committed to transforming lives through learning while enjoying the opportunity to shape the future of a growing and ambitious organisation. We're proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds, and have the below benefits on offer.
. Babington Engage
. Bupa Healthcare - Cash plan
. 25 Days annual leave plus Bank holidays
. Additional annual leave purchase scheme
. Employer Pension contribution
. Your birthday off
. 3 x Volunteer days
We'll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.
We're a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.
To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.
Babington is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependent on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.
