Additional Learning Support Assistant | Bolton

Position: Additional Learning Support Assistant

Job Type: Full Time

Salary: £13.34 per hour

Location: Bolton

Employer: Bolton College

Application Deadline: October 6^th, 2026

Full Job Description

Bolton College is looking to appoint experienced and dedicated Additional Learning Support Assistants to join our team.

Ideally, you will have:

• GCSE English and Maths qualifications or equivalent.
• Evidence of job-related training.
• Experience of supporting learners with disabilities, learning difficulties and social, emotional and mental well-being issues with their further education studies.
• Understanding of the needs of learners with disabilities, learning difficulties and social, emotional and mental well-being issues and strategies for differentiating support.
• Knowledge of IT and office suites e.g., Word.

Day-to-day you will be responsible for:

• To support students’ needs to ensure equitable access to all College programmes by all students, whilst maintaining high expectations.
• Support students’ organisational skills
• To focus the student on the instructions and meaning of the activity and to ensure the student understands the tasks in hand.
• To promote confidence, motivate and provide guidance and encouragement in whatever activities they are undertaking.
• To encourage the student to integrate into the learning group.
• To ensure students are up to date with their work and liaise with the tutors to identify gaps and assist in getting the student to meet targets
• To collaborate with internal professionals to contribute to smooth progressions and transitions.
• Promote preparation for life
• To collaborate with internal professionals to contribute to smooth progressions and transitions

As an individual you will be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and will therefore be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

We do not hold a UK sponsor licence and are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.  All applicants must already have the right to work in the UK to be considered.

An application pack can be downloaded from our website by accessing (www.boltoncollege.ac.uk) or by email request to: people@boltoncc.ac.uk.

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