Job Description

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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Hinckley Library LE10 0AT, Symington Building Market Harborough LE16 7LT, Melton Library LE13 0UJ

Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker

Salary: Starting at \xc2\xa323,118 and increasing to \xc2\xa323,505 pro rata for part-time

Working Hours: Part-time - 75 hours per annum at each location, fixed schedule, during 30 weeks of term time (a contract combining hours at one or more locations may be considered subject to service requirements)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 12th January 2024

Interview Date(s): TBC

This vacancy is an opportunity to work for the Leicestershire Adult Learning Service as a Learning Support Assistant specifically within the Mental Health curriculum which aims to support people to improve their mental health and wellbeing through learning. Courses cover a wide range of topics such as mindfulness, resilience, motivation and confidence building.

As a Learning Support Assistant you will be working under the guidance of the course Tutor to support learners to achieve their personal learning outcomes as identified in their individual learning plans. The successful candidate(s) will be working with diverse groups of learners in a vibrant and engaging learning environment.

An enhanced DBS check will be required as part of the pre-employment checks.

About you - please ensure that you include in your application for this role details of:

• Level 2 or above qualification in both English and maths
• Basic digital skills including use of emails and web pages
• Experience of voluntary or paid work with adults experiencing mental ill health
• Experience of voluntary or paid work in a learning environment
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under direction and on own initiative
• Understanding of the principles of safeguarding

We also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual\'s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Mary Baker - Learning Delivery and Development Coordinator

Telephone: 0116 3055455 / 07535 690017

Email:

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the \'About You\' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on \'Apply Now\'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the \'About You\' section above. For more information, see the section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: .

By applying for this post, you agree to our .

About Us:

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a and organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the . We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it\'s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Nottingham City Council