Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Multiple positions available:

2x 35 hours per week; 1x 28 hours per week; 1x 21 hours per week. Term Time only.

Contract: Fixed term until July 2025.

Salary: Actual Salary £20,711 – £21,584 p.a. based on 35 hours. This will be pro-rated for the 28 / 21 hour vacancies for those applying (£25,300– £26,367 FTE) dependent on skills and experience

Location: Orpington

Amazing LSA opportunity available in Orpington for an immediate start – please state which hours you will be applying for

‘It’s not what you imagine it will be like. It’s much more. If you love people, you’ll love working with our students.’

Hayley, Dorton College LSA

“All our students receive 1-1 support, a package of care and a holistic approach/support from our therapists, which enables them to learn, grow and achieve to become independent young people. With RSBC’s ethos of life without limits and just enough support, this sums up our role.”

Zena, Learning Support Lead

As part of our dedicated and friendly team, you will support and promote independence for students with a vision impairment, to effectively access their courses within one of our mainstream partnership colleges in Bromley and to develop their life skills in the Dorton College hub in Orpington on study days.

We are looking for candidates with a minimum of Level 2 in Numeracy and Literacy and a Level 2 or 3 qualification in a related subject such as Supporting Teaching and Learning, plus proven IT skills. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and knowledge of how the support role promotes independent learning and personal development in the classroom.

You do not need prior experience of working with vision impaired young people as training will be provided.

We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also hold the Investors in People Silver Award. We offer a competitive range of benefits including 3% contribution towards your pension, and season ticket loan. Rated “Good” by Ofsted (2024) across all areas.

Deadline: Please apply as soon as possible for an immediate start

Interview: Mid November

The Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, all posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and 2 satisfactory professional references. Registered Charity No.307892

The Royal Society for Blind Children’s Dorton College is the only specialist VI further education provision in London and the South-East. We specialise in providing a wrap-around curriculum with a “just-enough support” ethos to the mainstream college courses which students attend.

We believe that every blind young person should have the chance to live life without limits. Our values of Trust, Energy, Ambition, and Motivation underpin everything we do, and by giving young people the essential skills to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential.