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SalaryWestminster Kingsway College is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, learner-centred individual to lead the Learning Support provision to students with SEND. The successful candidate will coordinate and lead the Learning Support Team, ensuring a reliable and effective support service for students with SEND across the college.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support Coordination: Line manage a team of Learning Support Staff, including carrying out their PDRs, and manage their daily timetables.
- Student Assistance: Provide on-course assistance to students with learning difficulties or disabilities, enabling them to access the full range of college facilities.
- Curriculum Support: Assist lecturers in preparation and delivery of the curriculum, cover classes if required, and contribute to course design, review, and evaluation.
- Resource Management: Help identify appropriate resources for student learning and contribute to the development of learning resources.
- Student Monitoring: Monitor student attendance, support student retention, attainment, and progression, and assist with enrolment processes.
- Transport and Integration: Supervise transport arrangements for students who cannot travel independently and support LDD students during non-teaching times to aid their integration into college life.
About You:
You will be a committed and resourceful individual with a sound knowledge of the learning disabilities sector and the barriers faced by students. Your key skills will include:
- Allocating support work by matching skills of LSAs to learners' needs.
- Arranging effective cover for staff absences.
- Liaising with managers and teaching staff to ensure support is adequate and appropriate.
- Ensuring LSAs contribute to reviews and records of achievement.
- Developing strong links with managers of other schools within the college.
About Us:
We are the largest college group in London, encompassing City and Islington College, Westminster Kingsway College, and The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London.
Westminster Kingsway College is a further education college in central London with centres in Camden and Westminster. It offers a huge array of academic and vocational courses for 16-18-year-olds and adult learners, such as A-Levels, BTECs, Apprenticeships, Foundation Degrees, Access to Higher Education, employability training and short courses.
If you are excited about the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of students and contribute to a vibrant educational community, we would love to hear from you so apply now!
Closing Date: 23rd June 2024
Interview Date: TBC
We are committed to fostering success through equality and diversity.
