The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Salary: £33,827 - £36,853 per annum
Hours per week: 37
Weeks per Annum: 52
Working pattern: Monday - Thursday 7.5 hours, Friday 7 hours.
Location: Abingdon Campus
Contract type: Permanent, July start
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the college’s SEND Support team. You will line manage a team of Learning Support Assistants and provide in class support to our students with SEND to enable them to achieve their full potential.
Essential Experience:
Must have experience of line management, be an experienced Learning Support Assistant or Teaching Assistant, with a broad range of experience supporting young people within an educational environment. The ability to communicate professionally with staff, students and other stakeholders are integral to this role.
Your knowledge and understanding of the SEND Code of Practice and the Preparation for Adulthood framework will be important to your success in this role. You will be highly self-motivated, an excellent team player and be solution focussed.
Why work with us:
Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
