Student Support Assistant and Young Adult Carer Support

Solihull Sixth Form College, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3WR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,759.00 - £25,558.00 Annually (FTE) £13,126 - £13,550pa (actual salary for part time and term time only working)

Student Support Assistant and Young Adult Carer Support job summary

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all of our leaners and to stretch their potential to the full.

Solihull Sixth Form College is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust.

We are seeking a dedicated individual with a passion for providing exceptional support and making a positive impact on a young person’s educational success.

You will join a supportive and nurturing Additional Learning Support Team, committed to meeting the ever-changing educational and disability needs of our learners. You will also contribute to delivering and developing support for Young Adult Carers within the College by providing tailored individual learner assistance and promoting awareness across all members of the college.

The ideal candidate will be ambitious for our learners and dedicated to helping learners with additional needs or young adult carers reach their full potential. This role involves working with learners both inside and outside the classroom, collaborating closely with teachers, parents, carers and external agencies and providing support for both academic and personal needs.

You will be educated to at least level 3 or above or equivalent and have experience and understanding of providing support to others, ideally to learners in a Level 3, post 16 learning environment.

The successful candidate must be available to work on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with flexibility to agree remaining hours on other days.

Why Join Summit Learning Trust?

• A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
• Commitment to your professional development with high quality CPD opportunities and career progression.
• Access to staff wellbeing initiatives and a wide range of employee benefits.
• The chance to make a meaning impact on the lives of young people.

We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and communities. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to thrive.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s Barred List check., and online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates. Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available to view here. If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.

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.

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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.

About Solihull Sixth Form College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 16 to 19
• Education phase: Sixth form or FE college
• Size: 0 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 16 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Solihull Sixth Form College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/solihull-sixth-form-college-solihull

Join our friendly, thriving and supportive staff here at Solihull Sixth Form college. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all of our students and to stretch their potential to the full.

Solihull Sixth Form College is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust

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