Trainer - PMLD/SEND (Reduced Year)
Luminate Education Group, Leeds City College, The Vine, Torre Drive, Burmantofts,, Leeds, LS9 7DH13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Student support, learning and progress
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Reduced year 39 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Commencing at £27,632 with progression to £29,255 per annum pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Leeds City College are recruiting for a Trainer to work with students with SEND and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities to join us at The Vine.
This role is reduced year, 39 weeks and 37 hours per week. The pro rata salary for this role is £25,214 with progression to £26,694 per annum.
As a Trainer, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality education and support that enables learners to develop the skills they need for adulthood. You will plan and deliver engaging, person-centred learning experiences that promote independence, communication, health and wellbeing, community inclusion and employability, while recognising and celebrating every learner's individual achievements.
Working collaboratively with Learning Support Assistants, therapists, families and other professionals, you will create an inclusive environment where every learner can thrive.
The Vine is a specialist provision within Leeds City College, supporting young people aged 16–25 with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), autism and a wide range of complex learning, physical, sensory and medical needs. We are looking for a passionate, motivated and creative Trainer to join our dedicated team.
What You Will Do
- Plan, deliver and evaluate engaging lessons that meet the individual needs of learners with complex SEND.
- Develop personalised learning programmes linked to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and Preparation for Adulthood outcomes and assess, monitor and record learner progress using college systems, ensuring evidence is accurate and meaningful.
- Work closely with Learning Support Assistants to ensure high-quality support is consistently provided and create a positive, safe and inclusive learning environment that promotes learner wellbeing and independence.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary professionals including Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and nursing teams.
- Support learners to develop communication, functional English and maths, independent living skills and employability skills through meaningful real-life experiences.
- Maintain high standards of safeguarding, health and safety, equality, diversity and inclusion.
About You
- Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy qualification or equivalent.
- Appropriate level 3 teaching qualification e.g. Level 3 Award in Education and Training, PTTLS (or willingness to work towards).
- Experience of delivery of training/instructing groups and assessing learning.
- Experience of working with young people.
- Ability to create suitable targets for individual learners to support progression.
- Ability to keep accurate and timely records.
- Excellent organisational skills, ensuring deadlines are met.
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
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.
View advert on college website (opens in new tab)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
- Email address
- careers@luminate.ac.uk
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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