Learning Support Practitioner
Foxes Academy
Somerset
- £11.72 - £12.78 per hour
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 October 2024
Job overview
Overview and Responsibilities
Location: Minehead, Somerset
Hourly Rate: £11.72 - £12.78
Annual Salary: £22,554.34 - £24,593.46 (FTE £24,378.00 - £26,582.00)
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Contract: Term time plus additional days and training (42 weeks per year)
Please note: there is a requirement for shift work including weekends and sleep-ins. The number of sleep-in shifts do vary and are paid at a flat rate of £63.75 (in addition to your annual salary)
Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.
We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.
The main purpose of the role:
As one of our Learning Support Practitioners your role will be to assist our students in our residential houses and at Foxes Hotel, to help achieve our mission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently
The role does require all successful candidates to be able to work a mixture of shifts, 7am-3pm, 2pm-10pm and 10am-6pm on a 3 week rota pattern.
Key Duties:
- As an LSP we expect you to have high expectations of all students, and to constantly challenge and stretch each student at every opportunity.
- As an LSP we expect you at all times, and under the guidance of the House Team Leaders/Tutors, to support the students in their learning, enabling them to reach their full potential.
- We expect all LSPs to professionally and effectively support with managing student behaviour, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate.
- Work professionally and collaboratively with the session tutor to develop a positive, constructive and proactive relationship that benefits the students and contributes significantly to their success within each session and over the duration of the course.
- Use strategies to promote students’ wider skills development, such as in communication, self-advocacy, presentation skills and team work.
- Work professionally 1:1 with students as directed by House Team Leaders and other LSP’s, monitoring their personal management and independent skills.
For the full job description, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
- Experience in a similar role desirable but training can be provided for the right candidate
- Experience in supporting in the care or education industry
- Desirable an understanding of working with people with a disability
- Level 2 in English and Maths
- Desirable Level 3 qualification in education or care
- Ability to work on a rota pattern - please note; that this will typically mean working every other weekend
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
- Full training and continued support
- Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
- 10% off accommodation, hot drinks and food at Foxes Hotel
- Life assurance and pension
- Health cash back plan
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme
- Perk box
- Free parking
Apply/Enquiries
If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact 07918 144908 / adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Attached documents
About Foxes Academy
- Foxes Academy
- The Esplanade, Selbourne Place, Minehead
- Somerset
- TA24 5TY
- United Kingdom
If we had to capture the essence of Aurora Foxes, it would be employability and independence for adulthood. We strive daily to be the very best and we will continue to do so, to ensure that graduates from Aurora Foxes are: work ready, life ready.
Mark Costello - Principal
Our College"I think people should come to Foxes to work on their independence skills. I have been learning about shopping and budgeting. I can now travel to Taunton on the bus, which is 24 miles away to get to my work experience. My work experience is amazing, I serve customers and do the drinks. I hope to live in a supported living flat when I graduate, because I have all the skills I learnt at Foxes." — George
"I love Foxes because it is an amazing place to be. I love all of the sessions. I like 'Moving On' because you learn to cook and to do your personal shopping. There are so many activities to choose from. The activity I like to do the most is Mindfulness, because I like to do the yoga. I really like Ballroom Dancing, my favourite is the Waltz. I like Minehead Eye because I love the singing. You should come to Foxes because you'll like all the sessions and activities that we do!" — Rebecca
"I like working on going out independently. I like to go shopping independently and I have been on the bus to Dunster to go to the cafe with my friends. I am now travel training to get to my work experience, which is really good. You will learn to do things independently that will help you in the future." — Zac
Accommodation
Aurora Foxes has residential accommodation throughout the safe community of Minehead. Each student has a fully furnished room, as part of a comfortable, caring and happy home.
Each house has a highly experienced Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader and Learner Support Practitioners. There is a wide range of accommodation to meet individual needs. The accommodation ranges from 5 - 16 bedrooms. The students are carefully placed in their accommodation following a robust risk assessment process.
By their final year, students can be living in a small group in one of our independent flats where they have to do as much as possible for themselves; getting themselves up, washing, dressing, travelling to work experience independently, shopping, cooking and cleaning. Just like any young person in further education!
Foxes Hotel
Foxes Hotel is a delightful Victorian seaside hotel in Minehead on the Exmoor coast and is the UK’s only fully operational training hotel for young people with learning disabilities. From day one, our students have the opportunity to gain valuable practical work experience, learning all the skills needed to have a successful working life in the hospitality sector.
To learn more about our hotel, please click here.
The Flying Fox
Aurora Foxes has been in a partnership with Hilton for 8 years. The Hilton Global Foundation donated a grant to Aurora Foxes, which facilitated the purchase of The Flying Fox catering truck.
This has expanded our vocational training space, and has provided our students with the opportunity to transfer their work skills within this unique environment.
Our Community
An important and unique quality of Foxes, which is often remarked upon by visiting parents, is our location. Foxes is located right in the heart of the community. Students are therefore prepared every day for engaging in town life. This valuable experience helps to shape our students and prepare them for life after Foxes, as well as helping to reinforce independent living skills. As the second-biggest employer in Minehead, Foxes forms a signification proportion of the population of the town and is held in high regard by the community for the valuable part we play in shaping the culture of our town and community. This is especially helpful for students who may initially struggle with being out in unfamiliar spaces, as students become more familiar with being able to seek out a safe and friendly face. Over the course of their time with us, students become more confident in accessing the many facilities and events that are on offer and these experiences will form a solid foundation for life beyond their time with us.
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