Learning Support Partner

We are seeking a compassionate and committed Learning Support Partner to join our SEND team at Bridge Training. This role provides direct, hands-on support to pupils with EHCPs and additional needs, helping them access learning, regulate emotions, and thrive within our trauma-informed alternative provision.

Bridge Training is not your typical education provider. Since 1989, we’ve created alternative educational pathways for young people across Gloucestershire who may not thrive in mainstream settings. Our focus is on rebuilding confidence, re-engaging learners, and delivering real, impactful change through:
• Vocational training
• Functional Maths and English
• Small class sizes and tailored learning
• Supportive, flexible teaching environments

As a Learning Support Partner, you will:
• Provide individualised support for pupils with EHCPs, helping them meet their outcomes and access tailored learning.
• Use trauma-informed, relational, and de-escalation strategies to support behaviour, emotional regulation, and engagement.
• Adapt tasks, resources, and approaches to meet diverse learning, communication, and SEMH needs.
• Support curriculum delivery, vocational activities, off-site learning, and therapeutic strategies set by specialists.
• Record progress, concerns, and behaviour observations clearly and contribute to reviews, meetings, and multi-agency work.

You will also champion Bridge’s ethos of holistic, person-centred learning, and work with learners who may have complex personal barriers, including social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs.

We’re looking for someone who:
• Has experience or strong aptitude for supporting pupils with SEMH needs, challenging behaviour, or SEND.
• Understands EHCPs and can deliver structured provision with consistency and care.
• Demonstrates patience, resilience, emotional intelligence, and strong relationship-building skills.
• Remains calm under pressure and uses trauma-informed and de-escalation approaches effectively.
• Works flexibly within a hands-on AP environment and is committed to safeguarding, professional boundaries, and ongoing development.

At Bridge Training, you won’t just be taking on a job—you’ll be becoming part of a team. You’ll have the opportunity to:
• Make a genuine difference in the lives of young people
• Work within a values-led organisation where students come first
• Shape inclusive practices and help others grow
• Join a collaborative and supportive team that believes in change

Please note:
This post is considered as Regulated Work with vulnerable children and/or protected adults; therefore, Bridge Training follow a Safer Recruitment Policy and process, this appointment will be conditional on successful pre-employment and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to sign up to the DBS update service (fee reimbursed).

If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outside the UK in the last 5 years, then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. 

Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on our website. We do not accept CVs, and we do not accept CVs by post or email. All our vacancies must be applied by completing an application form via the email address in the contact details.

Bridge Training Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Responsibilities: Support for EHCP Pupils
• Deliver individualised support for pupils with EHCPs, ensuring all work aligns with the specified outcomes, provision, and recommendations in their plans.
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of personalised learning programmes suited to a trauma-informed, alternative provision environment.
• Support pupils with SEMH needs, communication difficulties, learning delays, or behavioural challenges using appropriate strategies.
• Assist pupils in regulating emotions, managing behaviour, and remaining engaged in learning activities.
• Implement therapeutic or specialist strategies outlined by external professionals (e.g., Educational Psychologists, SALT, OT).
• Support pupils with medical needs and follow health care plans, including monitoring, prompting, or assisting with safe interventions where trained.

Support for Learning and Curriculum Access
• Adapt tasks, resources, and teaching approaches to meet the diverse and complex needs.
• Support pupils during practical, vocational, and hands-on learning sessions.
• Encourage participation in off-site learning, enrichment, or community-based programmes, ensuring safeguarding and EHCP requirements are met.
• Promote independence, resilience, and positive engagement in a non-traditional learning environment.
• Supporting, as required, on Bridge Training’s tailored pathways, such as our EHCP specific courses and NEET programmes.
• Work collaboratively with teachers, SEND, pastoral mentors, therapists, and external agencies to ensure consistent support for EHCP pupils.
• Contribute to multi-agency meetings, reviews, and EHCP annual reviews with clear observations and evidence.
• Assist with supervision during transitions, break times, vocational sessions, or off-site activities.
• Uphold safeguarding policies and always act in the best interest of pupils.

Behaviour and Pastoral Support
• Use de-escalation, relational practice, and trauma-informed approaches to support behaviour.
• Build trusting, positive relationships with pupils who may have experienced previous educational disruption or exclusion.
• Help pupils develop social skills, emotional resilience, and problem-solving strategies.
• Record and report behaviour incidents, progress, and concerns clearly and promptly.
General
• Promote a safe, respectful, and inclusive working environment for students and staff, in line with Health & Safety regulations, the Code of Conduct, Safe-guarding protocols, Data Protection (GDPR), and the Equality Policy. Ensure high standards of housekeeping are maintained throughout the provision.
• Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety procedures, including weekly fire alarm tests, biannual fire evacuation drills, and the proactive identification and mitigation of hazards (e.g. slips, trips, and falls), in accordance with Bridge Training’s risk assessments.
• Actively participate in Bridge Training events, including parents’ evenings, open days and careers events, to support learner engagement and progres-sion.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous professional development by active-ly engaging in lifelong learning and seeking opportunities to enhance personal effectiveness and subject knowledge.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required, both at the primary place of work and across other Bridge Training locations. Over time, the responsibili-ties of this role may evolve; any changes will be made in consultation with the post holder and reflected in a revised job description. The company’s appraisal process will serve as the formal mechanism for reviewing and updating this document.

The post holder will also undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required at the initial agreed place of work and other locations. In time the job may change and in consultation with the post holder, the job description will be revised and issued, as necessary. The appraisal process in place in the company will be the mechanism for instigating discussions and subsequent amendments to this document.

Benefits and Rewards

• Staff laptop
• Training and professional qualifications opportunities
• Small classes with specialist support
• Matched contribution pension scheme (Peoples Pension)
• Free on-site parking is available where space permits; however, the car park is primarily accessible at weekends
• 35 days holiday (+ bank holidays) per annum, with extra days given at Christmas.
• Free monthly car washing service
• Christmas and Easter closure period
• Team building events & paid Christmas Lunch
• Free and confidential advice, information, and counselling service
• Family friendly policies including compassionate leave, doctors and dental appointments.