Learning Support Practitioner
Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8PX13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
27 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £26,343.00 - £28,634.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £22,999
Learning Support Practitioner job summary
Learning Support Practitioner (SEMH Focus)
Full-time Term Time Only Fixed Term Contract £26,343 -28,634 Full time equivalent £22,999.47 (Actual starting salary) Immediate start
We are looking for an experienced higher-level Learning Support Practitioner to work in our thriving and Ofsted outstanding Academic Support Department.
The ideal candidate will have a level 3 learning support qualification or experience leading intervention groups, general education to A level standard, and level 4 in Maths and English or equivalent. In addition to the above you will need to be a strong communicator with a flexible approach and have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively with staff, students, and professionals at all levels.
As a Learning Support Practitioner working in partnership with our Specialist Teachers. You will plan and deliver social and emotional interventions and motivational support for students who have Educational Health and Care Plans and/or disabilities studying qualifications from Level 2 up to Level 4
In this role you will provide social and emotional education and interventions for students with a wide range of needs, particularly for students with Autism, and ADHD through individual and small group sessions. You will also be required to support students during unstructured time and run clubs to facilitate social interaction. You might be required to support students with their welfare and personal care needs.
The successful candidate will be passionate about supporting students with additional needs to become well-rounded, socially confident, independent young adults and ideally have experience working alongside individuals with learning differences including autism, language and communication difficulties and social, emotional, and mental health needs.
This role is a fixed-term contract until the end of the academic year, 31st August 2027
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Long Road Sixth Form College
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth form or FE college
- Size
- Up to 2600 pupils
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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