Support Students, Unlock Potential, Shape Futures - Join us as Complex Care Learning Support Practitioner
EKC Group are seeking a Complex Care Learning Support Practitioner to join our team at EKC Folkestone College
In this rewarding role, you will make a real difference by supporting students with complex health care needs, enabling them to achieve their goals and thrive both in and outside the classroom.
What you’ll do:
Provide specialist support for students with complex medical needs, including personal care, invasive feeding and medication
Assist students with daily routines, ensuring dignity and independence wherever possible
Deliver tailored programmes including physiotherapy, SALT and social communication activities
Keep accurate records to ensure the highest standards of care and safeguarding
Work closely with the Class Tutor and wider staff team, supporting students in small groups or on a 1:1 basis
Support learning in both the classroom and community settings, promoting engagement and inclusion
Why join us?
Be part of a supportive and professional team committed to student success
Gain valuable experience in education and complex care support
Make a lasting impact on the lives of young people every day
You will be an integral member of College staff, creating close bonds with students and being a key part in their daily social and educational journey.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Complex Care Learning Support Practitioner to support our students with Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD).
A passion for supporting students with complex and high-level needs.
Experience working with individuals with PMLD, including:
Global Development Delay
Epilepsy
Cerebral Palsy
Rare Diseases
Sensory Impairments
Strong communication skills to effectively engage with students and staff.
An understanding of behaviour management strategies.
A passion for inspiring students to be active in their learning.
The ability to work well under pressure in a dynamic environment.
A background in special education needs (SEN) is desirable but not essential.
Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.
As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.
It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.
If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.
Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.
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