Job Description

Closing Date: 12th June 2025

Interview date: TBC

We have an incredible new opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant (maternity cover) to join Landau. This role offers more than a wage - it's about the deep reward of guiding young people who've faced challenging starts in life toward brighter futures.

At Landau, we're passionate about changing lives and creating futures. As a leading supported employment and training charity, we're changing over 800 lives each year across the West Midlands, including Telford and Wrekin, by providing pathways to employment, access to education, and support for personal growth and independence. Joining our team means joining a community that values making a real difference--empowering individuals to overcome challenges and realise their potential. We are a diverse, forward-thinking organisation, dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives and open doors to new beginnings

We are committed to supporting our workforce as much as our mission. At Landau, you'll receive the Real Living Wage, access to a private healthcare scheme, roadside assistance, and support through our Disability Confident Employer status. We're proud to be a Gold Award holder for our support of veterans, creating an inclusive environment where all backgrounds and abilities are valued. If you're driven to be part of a diverse, forward-thinking organisation that's dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives, we'd love to have you join us.

The successful candidate will work with tutors to support teaching and learning by working with individuals or small groups of learners under the direction of teaching staff and may be responsible for some learning activities within the specific programme. You will also provide high quality learning support, mentoring and intervention for individuals and/or small groups of learners, including those with disabilities, disadvantaged and or who are disengaged, so that every learner participates, achieves and progresses in their programme of study.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please apply with your CV. If you are shortlisted, we will send you an application form to complete

Key responsibilities will include:

MAIN DUTIES

Support and mentor learners in the training environment (on or off-site) to meet the requirements of the Education Programme and as directed by the tutor and programme coordinator

Collaborate with the tutor to identify the additional support and intervention activities required, tailoring activities and materials, to enable learners to succeed and achieve

Work with individuals who require targeted support to complete all tasks and activities, supporting learners to develop their knowledge, skills and experience and grow in confidence and independence

Identifying barriers to learning and devise and develop a range of appropriate strategies to assist learners in resolving issues or tackling concerns

Support tutor with learner portfolios, leading where reasonably required on conducting assessments, providing feedback to learners, conducting progress reviews, record-keeping and the provision of programme administration and study support

Promote good behaviour management, applying policies and procedures in a fair and consistent manner, and take appropriate action in a timely and sensitive manner, completing records or reports accurately where required

Work as part of the team to devise creative approaches to overcoming barriers, engaging learners, developing the content and delivery of sessions, and assisting with the promotion and success of the education programme

Supporting learners in developing their self-esteem and confidence- providing pastoral support and effective impartial information, advice and guidance toward achievement and progression

Support learners to achieve to their potential, including support to achieve learning objectives, completing portfolios, and readiness for assessments and personal development goals

Assist with preparation for exams and to take part in invigilation, supervision and support during exams

Ensure that team leader and tutor are kept fully informed of learner progress, and support liaison with learners, parents and relevant stakeholders, agencies etc as appropriate, reporting where required

Assist in the arrangement of and supervision of work experience placements, support for positive progression and the planning and delivery of enrichment activities so that all aspects of the course requirements are fulfilled

Provide specific support to individual learners with special needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan requirement, as agreed with you, supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of learners in line with company policy and person-centred plans

To encourage the individual to be actively involved with their learning, positive progression and to reflect their performance on reviews as directed by tutor

Act as the key worker for identified learners, championing their engagement, attendance, progress and achievement

Monitor and support the health, wellbeing and welfare of learners under your supervision, including in respect of safeguarding and any adherence to specified routines or requirement, such as meeting the requirements within an EHCP

Provide flexible support to the wider business as reasonably required, fulfilling occasional alternative duties as requested, so that expertise is deployed to meet business priorities at a level consistent with those outlined in this job description

Other

To contribute actively to team and departmental meetings as required

To promote the charity in a positive and professional manner, acting as an ambassador for the charity

To provide management information, professional intelligence and other support to organisational staff and the Charity CEO as required

Person specification

Job title: Learning Support Assistant (E = Essential D = Desirable)

SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES

Technical competency (qualifications and training)

Relevant qualification e.g teaching assistant - E Maths and English at level 2 minimum - E
Experience

Experience in a similar role - E Experience of supporting learners with SEND - E Experience working with learners who have issues with anxiety, confidence or who are overcoming disadvantages - D Experiencing of meeting the requirements of learners with Education, Health and Care Plans - D Experience of planning, preparing or adapting resources to meet learner need - D
Skills and Attributes

Creative and innovative, able to devise practical approaches that will interest and motivate learners - E Good IT skills and ability to undertake essential administrative or reporting tasks - E
Personal qualities, communicating and relating to others

Strong commitment to supporting all learners - E Excellent organisational skills, time-keeping and reliability - E Able to build trust and rapport with learners post 16 - E Resilience, positivity and team working - E Ability to plan, risk assess and supervise off-site activity, such as work experience placements - E
Safeguarding

Be able to display an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults. (E) This post requires a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) disclosure at an Enhanced level (E)
Other

Have an understanding of and be able to demonstrate a commitment to Equal Opportunities and Diversity. (E) Ability to travel between Landau sites or on Landau business (E)
Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: 19.381.95 (23,914.80 FTE) per annum

This is a fixed term maternity cover positon for 12 months

Location: Telford

Landau is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment.

As this role involves regular work with children and young people, and meets the definition of regulated activity, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 you must disclose all unprotected unspent and spent cautions and convictions. Further details on what convictions must be declared can be found in the Governments Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975.

If you are offered this position, Landau will ask you to complete an enhanced DBS check with a children's barred list check and provide at least 2 references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been barred from working with children to apply for regulated activity. Providing false information is also an offence and could result in the rejection of the applicant, summarily dismissal if selected, and possible referral to the police.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: From 19,381.95 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme Private medical insurance
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 12/06/2025