Learning Support Assistants

Salary: £23,492 per annum pro rata

Contract Type: Permanent/Casual

Hours: Part time hours, part year working (36 weeks per year)

Location: All campus sites: Chester, Crewe, Ellesmere Port

Do you have great communication skills, enjoy helping people and supporting your community?

We have various hours available as Learning Support Assistants (LSA) at our College, across all campus sites.

We provide support to learners across a variety of interesting subjects we offer at College such as Art, Construction, Business, Protective Services, Sport, Catering, Hair & Beauty, Science, Healthcare, Travel & Tourism to name a few. We support learners either on a 1:1 basis or a small group of learners.

Have you helped / coached / supported a person or people with special educational needs (SEN) and know ways to support them? Autism ADHD Dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs Mobility difficulties/medical conditions Hearing Impairment/Visual Impairment Speech, Language or Communication needs etc Moderate Learning Difficulties

This could be through; Friends / family members Care roles Working in education, childcare or residential settings Youth / community groups Teacher training practice

Key Responsibilities: Support can include:

• Note-taking, demonstrating
• Explaining in steps how to do a task set by the teacher
• Joining college trips to support learners
• Meeting and greeting a learner to help them into College and to their lessons
• Using support strategies to keep a learner / learners focused on their learning
• Creating or making adaptions to materials to help the learner access their learning / environment

Key Person Specification Requirements:

• Level 2 qualification (or equivalent)
• GCSE Grade C (4/5) in Maths and English (or equivalent)
• Good working knowledge and understanding of a wide range of additional needs and strategies to support them
• Excellent organisational and digital literacy skills
• Enhanced DBS check

Benefits:

• Access to world-class facilities
• Access to new qualifications to support your career in education
• Financial support offered to obtain your teacher qualification
• Extensive upskilling and professional development opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme with generous employer contributions (28.68% for TPS and 21% for LGPS)
• 35 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Onsite fitness and childcare facilities
• Employee benefit platform
• Onsite Costa, café, shop, restaurants and hair and beauty salon
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Referral Scheme Staff Awards

How to apply:

Please complete our application form and return it to [email protected] by 9am, 26 August 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a selection process on 12 September 2025. CVs alone cannot be considered, please complete the application form in full.

We are unable to consider applications submitted through recruitment agencies.

About Us

Cheshire College – South & West is the largest provider of post-16 education in the region, offering exciting opportunities to over 11,000 learners and 1,000 Apprentices, who all have access to world-class facilities as a result of a £160m investment in the latest technology and real working environments, at modern Campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port and Chester.

The College is in the process of implementing a £30m capital investment programme to ensure learners continue to have access to the best possible resources and environment. Cheshire College is a dynamic, high quality and financially robust College, which provides learners with the skills, experience and qualifications that will prepare them for their future career or higher-level study, encouraging them to become confident individuals who will make valuable contributions to businesses and the local economy.

There is a fantastic atmosphere at our three Campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port and Chester, providing an environment to get involved in exciting activities and an opportunity for learners to make new friends. The College is proud of its strong links with local Employers such as Bentley Motors, Vauxhall Motors, SP Energy Networks, Ecolab and Unilever to ensure learners have access to work placements and industry professionals as well as ensuring the curriculum offer remains current and relevant to local, regional and national needs.

Crewe Campus Our impressive facilities are the perfect place for learners to meet new friends and be immersed in an environment that is ideal for learning. As well as our modern classrooms, the Crewe Campus boasts: A multi-purpose sports hall; Climbing wall; Fitness gym; TV and radio studios with specialist equipment; Mock aircraft cabin; Award-winning restaurant, The Academy; Hair, beauty and barbering salons; Professional Centre Stage theatre and engineering and construction workshops; and New Institute of Technology (Construction beginning 2024).

Ellesmere Port Campus Our impressive facilities are the perfect place for learners to meet new friends and be immersed in an environment that is ideal for learning.

As well as our modern classrooms, the Ellesmere Port Campus boasts: Construction & Engineering Centre (Refurbished Summer 2022); Award-winning restaurant, Academy West (Refurbished Summer 2023); Mock aircraft cabin; Fitness gym; Hair, beauty and barbering salons (Refurbished Summer 2023); and Professional theatre. Chester Campus Our impressive facilities are the perfect place for learners to meet new friends and be immersed in an environment that is ideal for learning. As well as our modern classrooms, the Chester Campus boasts: Impressive Art and Design Workshops; Science Laboratories; Strong links with local Employers such as Ecolab and Unilever to ensure learners have access to work placements and industry professionals; and Access to 4K video recording equipment and specialist software applications.