Learning Support Officer

Salary

£22,084 leading to £23,391 per annum

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Region

North

Package

Fixed term until July 2027. Term time on over 36 weeks

Job category

Non Teaching

Date posted

12/06/2026

Job reference

VV2086

Are you a brilliant communicator, someone who thrives from working as a team and gets a buzz out of supporting young people with special educational needs and autism achieve their very best?

Are you positive and solution focused? We are looking for a Learning Support Officer to work with students on a one to one and group basis, supporting them to access mainstream, supported curriculum areas and work experience and helping them to achieve and exceed their goals and ambitions at college.

You’ll be responsible for motivating, supporting and guiding your students through their learning journey; developing support plans and learning strategies alongside curriculum staff. Responsible for managing complex behaviours and ensuring learners are on track with their work and making progress against their Education Health Care Plan outcomes, you’ll play a key role in helping them get the most out of their experience at Gateshead College.

What we’re looking for

We’d like you to be as passionate as we are about delivering top quality support and helping student to build their confidence and skills.

Experience of working with young people with SEN is desirable, but not essential.

About Gateshead College

At Gateshead College we’re famous for education with Employment Edge, industry inspired education that combines high quality learning with real world skills. This means giving our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in work and life and supporting them to be the best they can be.

This means putting everything we’ve got into making sure our students are the most employable and this is what makes our college such an exciting place to work.

From bringing industry expertise into the classroom and working hand in hand with businesses, to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and supporting students to develop personally as well as professionally, we’re all about creating experiences that will set learners up for life

If you share our ambition, we’d love to hear from you.

In return we can offer a values-driven organisation and the chance to work with brilliant people who put students first. You’ll be listened to and will have opportunities to make an impact. We prioritise health and wellbeing and your work life balance will be respected.

Our inclusive culture means you’re valued for being yourself and diversity is celebrated, and our commitment to being a sustainable organisation means we always try to do business the right way to make our community better for everyone.

At Gateshead College we all have the opportunity to help our learners succeed and it’s this clear purpose and shared effort that makes us such a great place to work; we hope you think about joining.

Benefits

• Mental health and wellbeing support, with 24/7 access to an employee assistance programme and counselling services.

• Career average pension with the Local Goverment Pension Scheme(LGPS)

• Travel support including subsidised on site parking, discounted public transport scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Retail and travel discounts.

• Volunteering Days.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 14th July 2026