The College is currently seeking to recruit permanent Learning Assistants to join our Learner Support team at St. Helens College and Knowsley Community College.

The role requires the ability to support a range of educational needs both in and out of the classroom. Applications from enthusiastic, conscientious, and personable individuals, who are learner focused, and have experience of supporting learners within the classroom are welcome.

Successful candidates must have a minimum Math and English GCSE grade 5 or equivalent, and hold at least a Level 2 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning (Learning Assistant)

As well as working in a thriving environment, the College will provide Continuous Professional Development in a variety of learning difficulties and disabilities awareness courses.

Main responsibilities include:

To implement specialist support for individuals as per their Support Plan.
To enable students to overcome barriers to learning by employing appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
To monitor the effectiveness of specialist support and feedback to the Learner Support Manager.
To assist with the physical and emotional needs of students and to manage changing behaviours of students, with vocational tutors.
To encourage independence whenever possible, e.g., giving choices and prompting.
To monitor and record support logs for individual students on ProMonitor.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave, membership of final salary or career average pension scheme, professional development and training, free on-site car parking, and other voluntary benefit schemes.

St Helens College is committed to Equality and Diversity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, students and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas & Immigration to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Please note we do not accept CV’s from recruitment agencies. Any speculative CVs sent to the College will NOT be considered.