Learning Support Care Assistant

The Orpheus Centre is an independent specialist College in Godstone, Surrey. We focus on developing independence skills through performing and visual arts and make dramatic improvements to young disabled adults’ lives.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Learning Support Care Assistant (LSCA) at our SEN College located in rural Godstone, Surrey (car driver preferable due to location).

LSCAs will be uniquely positioned to consistently support students to achieve their personal developmental goals in all settings and throughout the full week. Following a two week rota of early and late shifts, the LSCA role will be worked over 44 weeks of the year, with holidays taken outside of term times. Flexibility may be needed to cover night shifts.

Do you have minimum or two years’ experience of working with young people or adults with a range of severe, complex and moderate learning difficulties and/or disabilities or behavioural needs? Have experience of supporting learners with their personal hygiene and intimate care needs in a respectful and dignified manner and able support them to complete out of session work and provide evidence for their education programme?

35 hours per week / 44 weeks per year – permanent, part-time and bank roles considered. Please indicate preference at time of application.

Salary: £23,735.06 per annum pro rata

Following a two-week rota system incorporating a mixture of early (07:00 – 15:00), day (09:00 – 17:00) and late (14:30 – 22:30) shift patterns including some weekend working. Must be flexible to cover nights.

Please note that this is a term time only contract for 44 weeks a year, 38 of which are term weeks, plus 6 weeks of admin, rehearsals, training – to be worked as required by the organisation

We can offer:

• Competitive pay
• A consistent rolling shift pattern so you can plan your life
• Term-time only work across 44 weeks of the year
• Training & development opportunities
• Supervision and support
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• 3 days paid time off for dependants
• Bereavement leave
• Death in service benefit
• Free staff lunches
• Family friendly policy
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Experience working in further education with young adults with learning and/or physical disabilities is desirable.

Please note that all of our staff need to be physically fit and robust enough to support our wide range of learners with complex needs, including those learners who require personal care and manual handling.

Essentials Experience & Qualifications:

• Good level of Maths, English & ICT skills
• A minimum or two years’ 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
• Have an understanding of the range of different types of learning difficulties and disabilities
• Willingness to maintain and update personal specialist skills and knowledge through engaging with appropriate professional development activities and training
• Be physically fit and robust enough to support our wide range of learners with complex needs, including those learners who require personal care and manual handling
• Good computer literacy and administrative skills
• Innovative and creative
• Sense of humour
• Caring and patient attitude
• Excellent people skills
• Ability to work well in a team and foster good relationships within a multi-disciplinary work force
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively with other professionals, colleagues, learners and families/carers.

Orpheus is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all service users. As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, online searches will form part of this process. We are committed to the promotion of equal opportunities.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is therefore subject to an Enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure Barring Service.

In order to be considered you must be eligible to work in the UK.

We’d love to hear from you.

Please click below for full job description.

LSCA JD – September 2025.pdf

The Orpheus Centre is proud to be a disability confident employer.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure as required in consultation with the applicant to ensure no-one is disadvantaged because of their disability. If a disabled person is selected for a position, reasonable adjustments will be made to the workplace, including premises and equipment, work duties and practices or policies, as appropriate. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role as set out in the role profile and person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are:

• Challenging attitudes towards disability
• Increasing understanding of disability
• Removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions
• Ensuring that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspiration