Support Worker - Birmingham, United Kingdom - TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council

TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Learner Support Worker

£20,812 - £22,777 pro rata (Grade 2)

Part-time, various hours / casual

Fixed Term Contract until 31 July 2023

This is an exciting time for the service and its journey towards becoming an outstanding provider of adult and community education.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Learning Support Assistant to join their very successful Learning Support team as soon as possible.

Learning Support Assistants support learners who require additional learning support, mostly in class.

The LSAs role will predominately focus on fulfilling individual learning support for our most vulnerable learners. Through this support the learner's retention, progression, achievement and pass outcomes are increased.
Will support learners who are not attending for various personal reasons, may not be contacted nor supported to continue with their learning and thus not aspire to achieve their goals.

- will support and deliver workshops to support independent learning and confidence building

Support the identified 'atrisk' BAES learners will be at the highest risk of withdrawals and low achievements and several learners that not progress on to the next level or other courses
To support the Birmingham Adult Education Service (BAES) tutor in the delivery of learning to specific individuals.
Be flexible with timing to support learners am, pm, twilight, evening or weekend
To support the achievement of learners with learning and/or physical disabilities, literacy, numeracy or other learning needs in Adult Education classes
Be prepared to support on site or virtual learning
Must complete all required mandatory training as required by BAES

Duties and Responsibilities

To attend sessions as agreed with the tutor and/or Learner Support Coordinator (LSC) to provide support and encouragement for one or more learners in a group
To liaise with the teacher, LSC and centre staff to understand and plan for specialist support
To use specialist skills and knowledge to assist learners in each session this may include one to one help with literacy, numeracy and language needs as appropriate
To assist the tutor in the follow up of learner's nonattendance especially where the learner's additional needs might be responsible for their absence
To scribe/read/translate or interpret learning and assessment materials where permitted and appropriate.
To be aware of, and work within, BAES policy guidelines with particular regard to Health & Safety, Equality & Diversity, Data Protection, Safeguarding and Local and National Government guidelines
To support tutors with initial and ongoing assessments including progression reviews and evaluations.
To be flexible in delivery of support as you may be required to support online, onsite or both.
To attend or complete all mandatory training, meetings and any servicerelated requirements

See Job description for further information.

For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact:

Ref:
BCC719

Closing: 8th January at 23:59
When applying, you are strongly advised to pay particular attention to the person specification and job description.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence using the English Language as required by
Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016
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