Job Description

Pre-Degree Specialist Student Support Worker

Band 3 - starting salary 12,618 with annual, incremental progression up to 13,601 (24,533 - 26,444 FTE)

24 hours per week, 36 weeks per year (Term-time only) - Permanent

Working Location - Palace Court

Arts University Plymouth is seeking to appoint a Specialist Student Support worker in our Pre-Degree campus, where they will be required to provide assistance to students with disabilities and/or special educational needs. Our Pre-Degree campus is a fast paced environment where we deliver Arts courses across a variety of disciplines.

The successful candidate will have an in-depth understanding of the needs of students with a variety of disabilities, including Autism, ADHD and Social, Emotional and Mental Health. We will also require you to build strong, trusting relationships with our students, to encourage their success and achievement.

You will have a flexible, positive and can do approach, along with effective communication and organisation skills - an ability to be emotionally resilient is a major part of this role. It is expected that this role will work 4 days per week, starting at 9am and finishing at 4pm.

Furthermore, it is anticipated that the role will start from the 1st of September 2025.

About You:

You will have previous experience of supporting students with SEN needs. You will be able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills. You will be able to be flexible, working across all the Pre Degree courses supporting students with SEN needs. You will be able to demonstrate good IT and administration skills.

About The Role:

Provide support across the Pre-Degree courses for students with SEN needs, including one to one/small group support in accordance with individual student needs and course criteria. Supporting students to develop strategies & coping mechanisms to manage their difficulties and overcome their barriers to learning. To work with academic teams to ensure that support provided is appropriate & in line with curriculum requirements. More information on the courses that we offer at our Pre-Degree Campus can be found here.

In return youll receive:

Access to a supportive Employee Assistance Programme Enrolment onto a generous Local Government scheme Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and discounted bus tickets

Please refer to the role profile for more information - Pre Degree Specialist Student Support Worker

Closing date: Monday the 16th of June, 2025 at 9:00am -

however AUP reserves the right to end the advertisement window early in the event of high levels of interest. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

This is a term time role working 36 weeks per year aligned to the Universitys pre-degree calendar which can be provided on request.

The successful candidate will be willing to contribute to our ambitions and international profile as an innovative, sustainable and broadly inclusive arts university.

For more details, please view the Role Profile attached:

If you are interested in the role and would like to find out more, please feel free to contact-

Vicki Prout, Pre Degree Learning Support Coordinator on

vprout@aup.ac.uk

.

Arts University Plymouth has a strong commitment to the safeguarding & welfare of young people & vulnerable adults. A satisfactory DBS disclosure at Enhanced Level will be required from successful candidates as a condition of appointment. We celebrate equality, diversity and difference, and welcome candidates from all communities. In the event that the University has employees eligible for redeployment at the time of shortlisting, for example due to the end of a fixed term contract, these candidates may be entitled to a priority interview.

Creative Education for a Changing World

Arts University Plymouth will set a vision towards 2030 based upon sustainable growth, solution focused teaching and research, and a commitment to impactful social justice and ecological change through its people, culture and place. Our strategy Creative Education for a Changing World will ensure that our work is energised and designed to meet the ambitions of its students and staff while acknowledging the shifting realm of creativity through new technologies and the workplaces of tomorrow.

Our strategy is built upon three pillars, Creative Endeavour, Sustainable Futures, and People & Place. Through this, we have set a critical path towards a holistic and embedded pedagogical approach under the title Teaching for our Time, that will guide all of our creative endeavours. We believe that authenticity, fulfilment and kindness are indexical qualities in the process of thinking, making and living.

Strategic Vision

Our vision for Arts University Plymouth is a new kind of arts university for the 21st century, preparing graduates who are uniquely placed to provide creative solutions to the complex global challenges of our times.

We will champion our people, place and pedagogy at the heart of our mission, delivering sustainable growth and impactful change in terms of creative economies, civic engagement and cultural ambition in Plymouth and the wider region.

We will enhance our reputation as a catalyst for individual, societal and ecological transformation, delivering innovative and distinctive learning, teaching and research through its interdisciplinary ecosystem of materials, processes, technologies and knowledge exchange.

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Plymouth is Britains Ocean City, a confident and growing city that is undergoing a cultural revolution. With world-class connectivity, one of the highest rates of superfast broadband availability in the UK, excellent transport links, an international airport under an hour away, and stunning outside spaces on the doorstep such as Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, Dartmoor National Park it offers a great lifestyle. Find out more here:

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