Learning Support Assistant (hospitality and catering)
Full-time, temporary until 31st July 2025

South Yorkshire based college.
£14 per hour
 
To provide learning support, as directed by the Learning Support Lead, to students with declared learning difficulties, disabilities and / or health conditions, contributing towards them achieving their learning goal. To support the college’s exam invigilation processes across the college.
 
Main Duties

• Provide learning support to named students using a range of learning support strategies.
• Adapt tasks, resources and learning activities ensuring named students are able to engage, access learning and remain on-task.
• Promote and enable use of assistive software and equipment to facilitate learning.
• Actively seek opportunities to promote the student’s self-esteem, confidence and independence.
• Work collaboratively with curriculum tutors to plan support for named students that meets the learning outcomes.
• Provide assistance to students who need support with accessing and navigating the college environment.
• Complete accurate daily support records, to include support profiles, targets and reviews as part of additional learning support audit requirements and quality assurance activities.
• Use the college’s Management Information System to retrieve and input relevant student information.

Must have

• Relevant qualification within hospitality/catering such as a level 2 or 3 Diploma in professional cookery or food service. 
• Experience working in a hospitality or catering environment. 
• Teaching Assistant qualification or Level 2/3 certificate in learning support (desirable but not essential if you have experience)
• DBS on the update service (or be willing to apply for a new one). 

Protocol is proud to be Disability Confident Committed. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

About Protocol

Protocol are the specialist full-service recruiter dedicated to education, training and skills. People are at the heart of everything we do. We place people first. We’re more than a recruitment agency – we pride ourselves on our ongoing support and aftercare delivered by our expert team. Whatever your career goals, we’ve got the right role for you. With a wide range of temporary and permanent positions available, from lecturing and training jobs.

The legal bit…

Protocol National Ltd trading as Protocol, is acting as an employment business for this position. If you are successful, Protocol is required to see evidence of your Right to Work in the UK; in addition to you applying for an enhanced DBS Certificate should you not already hold a suitable certificate registered on the DBS Update Service. The position is subject to agreement to Terms and Conditions and suitable application and reference process. As a result of the volume of applications we are currently receiving we regret that we may be unable to respond with individual feedback. If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.