About the role
Northamptonshire Adult Learning Service is recruiting for this newly formed position.
This role is currently aimed at working within our 16 - 19 provision in Kettering and Wellingborough, although there may be the need for supporting within our Adult Learning provision.
The person in this role will be working with teaching staff and other professionals to support learners with SEND to ensure everyone has equal access to education and opportunities to achieve.
What will you be doing?
Please see the job description for full list of responsibilities, which include:
Provide one-to-one and small group support to students with support requirements and SEND, both in the classroom and in other learning environments.
Assist students with completing tasks, understanding instructions, and accessing learning materials, adapting support strategies as necessary to meet individual needs.
Support students in managing their behaviour and developing social and emotional skills, promoting positive relationships and interactions.
Provide individualised support for students with specific support needs, ensuring dignity, respect, and confidentiality at all times.
About you
We are looking for someone with experience of working with young people or adults with special education needs or disabilities as well as a person centred attitude, who can develop positive relationships with both learners and teaching staff.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising that you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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