Education and Care Assistant - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom - SOUTHEND ADULT COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Description

Education and Care Assistants (ECA's)

Southend Adult Community College

Salary:
level 5 £24,702 per annum pro rata

Hours: 30 hours per week x 38 weeks (term time)

We are looking for Education and Care Assistants at our Westcliff Centre for Students with Severe Learning Disabilities and Difficulties.

Main purpose of the job:

To help provide care for learners with particular special needs and to support learners learning by working with tutors and other staff in classroom activities to support the delivery of the curriculum and enable learners to gain full access to their education.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• To provide personal care for individual learners
• To support learners in accessing their physiotherapy and hydrotherapy programmes
• To support learners to access a variety of educational activities in either onetoone or in small groups e.g. cooking, work experience, in class activities etc
• To accompany learners to access their local and wider communities
• To assist in the implementation of learner management programmes
• To assist with cover supervision as required e.g. over lunch times/in outside area etc
• To be aware of all policies and procedures and support their implementation

Southend Adult Community College aims to achieve curriculum excellence by promoting consistently high standards of teaching, learning and assessment across all provision.

We expect all academic staff to take responsibility for ensuring that we are successful in creating a high performing and caring culture where learners are at the heart of all we do.

Southend Adult Community College is committed to ensuring that all learners, apprentices and staff understand how to keep themselves and others safe in college, in the community and in the workplace.

We ensure our College community promotes a safe place to work and learn and we will put appropriate measures in place to safeguard learners and apprentices in the context of our geographical areas.

This includes our duty under PREVENT to protect learners from radicalisation.

This role is involved in regulated activity with Children and/or vulnerable adults. This role will require an enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Pre-employment checks and training will include safeguarding training and a sound understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education.


Closing Date: 25th March 2024

Interview Date: 11th April 2024

Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent


Salary:
£17,131.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Onsite parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

- working in a care setting: 1 year (required)


Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 25/03/2024

Expected start date: 15/04/2024