SEND Learning Support Assistant
Job Reference: SENDLSA/ 07.2026
Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £3,760.83 per annum, and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £23,098 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
Working Hours: Various hours to suit the successful candidates up to a maximum of 26 hours per week worked over 36 weeks per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a SEND LSA to join our Learning Development department.
The purpose of the role is to provide a high level of classroom support to enable Lecturers in the SEND department to focus on their teaching role.
The successful applicant must have:
- An awareness of disabilities
- An awareness of SEND reforms
- An understanding of behaviour management strategies
- A minimum of two years experience of working with young people in educational, Youth work or similar OR Supporting young people in secondary schools or Further Education
- Evidence of specialism within LLDD area
- Excellent interpersonal/ communication/ written skills
- Level 2 Literacy/ Numeracy
- Learning Support Qualification
- The ability to supervise students effectively both in college and out of college in line with the behaviour policy
- The ability to work in partnership with parents/carers and teachers
- The ability to use own initiative and work flexibly
The roles main duties include:
- To compliment the professional work of the teaching staff by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under direction of the teacher, including assisting students with additional needs to have full access to the LLDD facilities such as sensory room, adapted kitchen, sports hall, refectory etc.
- To assist with preparation of learning support documentation and resources in accordance with lesson plans and in response to learner need and support with routine administrative tasks.
- To provide verbal and written feedback on lesson content (under direction of the teacher), learning activities and students behaviour.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure all students with additional needs have equal and full access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- Support the role of parents/carers in students learning and contribute informally to meetings with parents to provide constructive feedback on student’s progress, maintaining sensitivity and confidentiality at all times.
- With the teacher, evaluate students’ progress through a range of assessment activities.
- Support the teaching staff by contributing to SEND paperwork e.g. completing LSA support plans, contributing to Transition Plans and ILPs where applicable.
- To follow up student absences under direction of teaching staff e.g. phoning home etc.
- To carry out the duties of a LSA, supporting learners on individual/small group programmes agreed with the Curriculum Manager.
- To support learners with physical/learning difficulties.
- To attend curriculum/LSA meetings.
- To operate flexibly recognising the requirements of the learner and the requirements of classes/timetables.
This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.
Fancy a 4-day working week*?
Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month.
Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.
What we offer you in return:
- An excellent pension scheme :
- Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5%
- A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
- In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
- 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
- Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
- Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
- Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave
The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 23 August 2026.
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Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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