Closing Date: Friday 04 July 2025 09:00
Salary: Support Staff Grade 4 - £22,011.18 - £27,368.29 per annum (£25,647.00 - £31,889.00 FTE)
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 37 hours per week, term time only
Start date: 26 August 2025
End date: 25 August 2026
The Prospect Trust is a leading Multi-Academy Trust in the South of England, with an aim of providing outstanding education for all learners within a family of local academies. There are currently three academies within the Trust: The Sixth Form College Farnborough, Tomlinscote School and Frimley Church of England Junior School.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Study Support Team within an outstanding Sixth Form College. We are seeking a proactive individual to provide an excellent level of support to both staff and students in the College.
Key strengths of The Sixth Form College are:
The Role
The primary function of this role, as part of the Study Support and Wellbeing team, is to provide high-quality individualised care and medical support to students to enable them to gain equal access to their course and to promote independence and achieve their academic potential and educational aspirations.
Many students on the SEND register struggle to overcome severe physical disabilities and mobility impairments. The Learning Care Assistant will deliver individualised personal care and support to students on the SEND register, either in class or outside of lessons. Personal care, management of eating and support with fine motor activities is the focus for this role.
Some administrative duties will also be required, e.g. with the JCQ exam access arrangement process, EHCP admin and other relevant duties such as communicating with relevant stakeholders. Various in-house training opportunities relevant to the role will be provided.
The Learning Care Assistant will contribute to the achievement of the College’s single corporate objective – improving students’ achievements – by undertaking specific responsibilities as outlined in the job description.
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If you would like to have a further discussion before applying for this role please contact the HR team on team_HR@prospecttrust.org.uk.
Please complete the attached application form and equality monitoring form and email all completed applications to recruitment@prospecttrust.org.uk by Friday 3rd July 2025, 9am.
Early applications are encouraged, as the Trust may at its discretion elect to both interview and select candidates before the advertised closing date.
The Prospect Trust takes the control and processing of employee data very seriously and is committed to acting in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation; please read the attached applicant privacy notice which explains how your data is processed.
Prior to the interview, an online search will be conducted by HR, to identify any past or current incidents or issues that might affect your suitability to work with children and undertake this role. Please note this online search will be carried out only on publicly available information and be limited to issues relating to your suitability to work with children and/or in an educational environment. Issues that arise will not automatically be a bar to your employment at the Trust but may be discussed with you at interview. This is in line with statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, however all disabled applicants who meet our minimum criteria will be invited for an interview.
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The Prospect Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people within our care and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The job description fully sets out the safeguarding responsibilities of the post. Any future offer of employment remains subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance, a health check and references.
