Specialist Learning Support Assistant (Communication Support Worker)
Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education, Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2LJ20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Student support, learning and progress
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, term time, part time: 35 hours per week, 5 days per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £27,994 - £29,856
Actual salary
- £22,193 - £23,669
What skills and experience we're looking for
Specialist Learning Support Assistant (Communication Support Worker)
Hours: 35 per week, term time (38 weeks)
Salary: £27,994 - £29,856 (FTE) | Actual: £22,193 - £23,669
About the Role
We are looking for a passionate Specialist Learning Support Assistant (Communication Support Worker) to join our Inclusion Services Team. You will provide essential support to students with learning disabilities and/or difficulties across City College Norwich, Easton College, and Paston College.
This role involves supporting students who require British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation, Additional Support (AS), and/or those with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). It’s a highly rewarding opportunity to make a real difference.
About Us
City College Norwich is one of the largest colleges in East Anglia, with a diverse team of over 1000 staff. We offer excellent opportunities for career progression and a supportive working environment.
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
Up to level 6 qualification in British Sign Language (BSL) (Level 3 or below will not be considered)
Willingness to work towards Level 3 Certificate in Learning Support (or equivalent)
Closing Date: Wednesday 25th November 2026 (Midnight)
What the college offers its staff
Pension Schemes
Support Staff - Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 19.8% Employer Contribution
College Rewards - A reward scheme providing discounts and/or cashback for purchases from a wide selection of retailers (in store and online)
Company Paid Health Plan - Reimbursement of healthcare costs (up to limits depending on membership level), access to counselling services and 24 hour a day advice
Eye Care Vouchers for VDU eye tests
Specsavers vouchers provided in advance of the appointment covering the eye test cost and discounts on a selected range of glasses
Cycle Solutions Cycle-to-Work Scheme
In association with Cycle Solutions, this scheme allows you to hire a bike via salary sacrifice. The full cost of the bike will be split across 18 months and deducted from your gross salary.
Discounts and promotions for: Solutions Gym, Solutions Spa, Solutions Hair Salon and Debut Restaurant at City College Norwich
Travel - Discounted, bus, rail and park and ride tickets
On site nursery at City College Norwich
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on college website (opens in new tab)About Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education
- Organisation type
- FE College, ages 16 to 99
- Education phase
- Sixth form or FE college
- Size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 99
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- heidi.ray@ccn.ac.uk
If you are looking for a career where you will change lives, build stronger communities and contribute to the prosperity of our region, then a job at City College Norwich is for you.
Our college is one of the largest in East Anglia and we have a diverse team of over one thousand full and part-time staff in a range of teaching and student support roles and business support services. Whatever your skills and experience, we are likely to have roles that will suit you.
The way we work together and with our students is really important to us. Our Ways of Working help us to work and learn together with respect, where an inclusive approach means that everyone is valued for their contribution to our community.
City College Norwich has an outstanding campus with industry-standard facilities. Although our college has been established for over 135 years, a lot of the buildings on our campus have been built or newly refurbished in the past few years.
This includes our award-winning Creative Arts Building, and £9m Digi-Tech Factory which is proving to be a real asset for a wide range of students. This inspirational building is a centre for digital skills, including our digital technology, engineering and design courses. Our latest investments have been in our Advanced Construction and Engineering Centre which is home to a range of cutting-edge workshop equipment and the latest electric vehicle maintenance equipment and our Construction Skills Hub supporting plumbers and electricians of the future!
In addition to our campus facilities, students have access to some of the best specialist facilities in Norfolk. This includes our Aviation Engineering students who study at the world class International Aviation Academy Norwich and our Sport and Outdoor Leadership students who developed their skills at the Easton Centre of Excellence for Sport.
Superb facilities would be nothing without superb staff, and we have those too! Professional, friendly and expert teachers deliver high quality teaching and training in a supportive and challenging environment that is designed to meet your individual needs.
Rated 'Good' by Ofsted, the quality of our teaching is recognised in our latest inspection report and noted as helping students ‘make good progress, achieve their qualifications and realise their ambitions’.
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