SEND Support Worker (Reduced Year)

Luminate Education Group, Leeds City College, Printworks Campus, Hunslet Road, Leeds, LS10 1JY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Reduced Year (37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year).
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Commencing at £26,195 with progression to £26,855 per annum pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the Role

Leeds City College is seeking a SEND Support Worker to join our dynamic team working at the Printworks Campus, which also includes Somerville House and Temple Newsam Home Farm.

The post holder will work closely with all staff in a wide-ranging role designed to help our learners’ progress during practical, theory and pastoral lessons across a wide range of subjects, details of which can be found on our website.

This role will predominantly be based at Printworks but on occasion there might be the requirement to work flexibly across campuses. .

This is a reduced-year role (39 weeks). The pro rata salary is £23,902 with progression to £24,505 per annum.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with our staff to support individual students or groups of students who hold EHCPs or have recognised High Needs.

• Support individual students or groups of students with targeted support and interventions where required.

• Collaborate with members of the team to develop learning strategies for students.

• Work with other members of the team to ensure successful outcomes for High Needs and SEND students.

About You

• Flexible, adaptable and responsive to the needs of a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

• Experience of working with learners with an EHCP or recognised High Needs in an educational setting .

• Experience of working within a team who support students with an EHCP or High Needs.

• Experience of dealing with a range of SEND needs, and understanding of support strategies.

• Experience of working with schools, parents and external support agencies.

What the college offers its staff

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:

• Curriculum and Management:44 days plus bank holidays
• Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• People’s Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:

• Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
• Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives:

• Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting:

• Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for a job with us if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Luminate Education Group

• Organisation type: FE College, ages 14 to 99
• Education phase: Sixth form or FE college
• Size: No information available
• Age range: 14 to 99
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Luminate Education Group website
• Email address: careers@luminate.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leeds-city-college

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people's lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We are a group of seven organisations, based in the Leeds City Region: Harrogate College, Keighley College, Leeds City College, Leeds Conservatoire, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey Sixth Form College and University Centre Leeds. 

Together, we are inspiring a whole generation of people and new leaders who will go on to make their own impact on the region and beyond.

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