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Our students sometimes need extra help and support. If you’re looking for a rewarding career with plenty of room for progression then join us.
Find out what’s involved in supporting our students both in and out of the classroom at our stunning Merrist Wood Campus in Surrey.
Set in 400 acres of with woodlands, wetlands, livestock, gardens and grasslands. There are outstanding facilities for floristry, horticulture, landscaping and garden design. These include a campus nursery, workshops and design studios.
The Woodlands Centre at Merrist Wood College will provide a safe and secure learning environment for up to 64 students with severe and complex learning, social and communication difficulties and challenging behaviour that may also have a physical disability. The Centre will also cater for students who have epilepsy.
About the role
As a Learning Support Assistant at Activate Learning, you will have experience of working with young people or adults with a range of severe, complex, and moderate learning difficulties and/or disabilities and/or behavioural needs.
You will be an individual who has the resilience and patience to develop independence in learners and to encourage them to take more responsibility for their own learning.
Learning Support Assistants offer essential help to teachers within the classroom, and to offer support to staff and learners within our campuses.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who would like to develop their own skills as a Learning Support Assistant or to progress in the education sector as a teacher Activate offer clear pathways for career progression.
We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have a background in any of the following subject areas –
- Teaching Assistants
- Learning Support Assistants
- Care workers
- Nursery Assistants
- Support workers
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who would like to develop their own skills as a Learning Support Assistant or to progress in the education sector as a teacher Activate offer clear pathways for career progression.
Why work with the Activate Learning Group?
Here are some of our benefits:
- Enrolment into generous pensions schemes
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Excellent on-site facilities including free onsite parking, refectory facilities, Hair and Beauty salons
- An extensive Learning and Development programme with a range of CPD opportunities
- Specialised support and development for teaching staff
- Access to qualified coaches for all staff
- Leadership and Management development programmes
- Flexible working opportunities, where appropriate
- A comprehensive wellbeing programme including access to the Fika and Everymind app
- Mental Health support including access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee resource groups
- Cycle to work scheme
- Refer a friend vacancy incentive
- Access to student discount programmes
Who we are
Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning.
We see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.
When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.
Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.
