Learning Support Assistant (Register)

Belfast Met is the largest and longest established further and higher education college in Northern Ireland. We offer a broad range of innovative, high quality, economically relevant provision.

Our modern, award-winning estate spans the length and breadth of the city of Belfast and comprises four main campuses – Titanic Quarter, Millfield, Springvale and Castlereagh – as well as a range of smaller outreach centres, including the new community hub at Girdwood.

We attract over 37,000 enrolments per year and continually adapt and develop our curriculum to keep pace with shifting economic and skills demands. In addition to equipping the city of Belfast and beyond with the skills for work, we are also a £60 million business in our own right. We provide employment to over 1,000 people and procure around £7 million of goods and services per year.

We are currently seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals for:

Learning Support Assistant (Register) Ref: 2018/156A

Rate of pay: £8.94 per hour

What you need:

Qualifications / Experience        

• English GCSE at Grade C or above, OR Essential Skills level 2 (or higher) in Communication, or equivalent
• Maths GCSE at Grade C or above, OR Essential Skills level 2 (or higher) in Numeracy, or equivalent
• Have experience of working with young people or adults with mild, moderate or severe learning difficulties, physical disabilities and/or long term medical conditions in an educational, care or training setting
• Be competent in the use of a computer to produce worksheets, photographs etc.

Knowledge / Skills

• Knowledge of the following areas:
• A broad knowledge and understanding of adult status and inclusion
• Demonstrate sensitivity towards feelings of others especially in personal care situations

Competencies

The competencies required for effective performance in the role are:

• Adaptability and flexibility
• Team Working and Collaboration
• Trust
• Tenacity and Resilience
• Communication and Personal Impact.

Other

The role may be based at any of the Colleges locations, and there may a requirement to travel between sites.

This position will be engaged on a temporary ad-hoc basis, under Agreement for Services provision.

If you were previously appointed to the 2017/18 CILD Register and were not offered work in that academic year, then you will not be required to re-apply to the register for the current academic year 2018/19 but will be eligible to work.

Come to our Open Day on Friday, 14 September 2018 between 2pm-5pm, at our Live & Learn Hub located on our Millfield Campus, to learn more about this opportunity.

Closing date is 12:00 noon on Wednesday 19 September 2018.