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Do you have experience working with individuals with visual impairment?
Are you passionate about supporting young people, removing barriers to learning and promoting independence? If so, read on to find out how to join the UK’s leading FE recruiter with additional benefits, offers and referral schemes.
Reed FE are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring learning support assistants to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.
Learning Support Assistant (Visual Impairment)
Tameside
Full Time, Maternity Cover
£12.60 per hour, plus holiday pay
Reed Further Education are recruiting LSAs in Tameside, to support young people with visual impairment across several sites.
Day to Day of the role;
To work under the guidance of the Teacher in Charge and Qualified Teachers for Vision Impairment (QTVI’s) an agreed system of supervision, to implement agreed work programmes with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom.
- Work with the teacher in planning, evaluating and adjusting work plans as appropriate
- Monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and recording of achievement against predetermined learning objectives
- Use specialist skills/training/experience to support pupils
- Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses/needs.
Requirements;
- Level 3 Learning Support/Teaching Assistant qualification
- Experience supporting young people with visual impairment
- Commitment to undertake further specialist training as appropriate eg. Braille and ICT
- DBS on the update service or the willingness to apply for one
- Immediate, full time availability
"All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.
Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter."
Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:
- Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges and training providers in the area
- 1-2-1 Specialist SEN Consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf. CV writing and job interview tips!
- The ability to sign up to a Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club.
- Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment
- Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.
- Eye Test and Spectacle Vouchers
To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'. Your application should demonstrate your passion for educational support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Not looking for support roles? We are also registering lecturers, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.
