Adult Support

For more information about Further Education financial support available to you, such as travel support, childcare costs, and other costs, such as uniform, equipment, UCAS fees and travel to HE interviews, please visit our Financial Support webpage.

We also have a team of Mental Health first aiders to support students in crisis. Their training will help identify people who are struggling and signpost to professional help.

We're also a Recovery College

Lincoln College are working in partnership with NHS Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust to provide a Recovery College which promotes wellbeing to people either recovering from poor mental health, supporting people with mental illness or have an interest in their own wellbeing.

All courses are FREE of charge and easy to register for with no final exams. 

To contact a safeguarding staff member during the daytime call: 01522 876000 ext: 6219 or 6668.

You can e-mail the safeguarding team at anytime.

More information on Safeguarding for current students can be found in our Safeguarding Handbook.

Find out what to do in a weapons or firearms situation while on campus according to the Counter Terrorism Policing team. 

For parents that have concerns about Snapchat we have some advice for parents. 

Below is the official Counter Terrorism Policing Teams advice as to what to do in the unlikely event of being caught up in a situation where you are fearful for your safety. It only takes 5 minutes to watch but may just save your life. We encourage all of our staff and students to watch.

Click here to view it.

This is called Additional Learning Support (ALS).  In some cases a learner requiring ALS will have had a Statement of Educational Needs when they were at school and a Section 139a or an Education Health and Care Plan.

Learners should declare this on their application form; this will trigger an assessment of their support needs with an Assessment Officer. 

If support needs are agreed, learners may receive some or all of the following types of support depending upon what is identified at assessment:

• In class support
• 1:1 support out of class
• Dyslexia support
• Mobility assistance
• Personal care assistance
• Communication support and use of access technology
• Adaptation of materials
• Loan of specialist equipment

The College has a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO). if you have any further questions about support for your child, please contact Charlotte McHugh on: 01522 876225 or send her an email.

We offer support if you have a learning difficulty, disability, medical condition or a mental health difficulty including; Hearing and Visual Impairments, Mental Health problems, Specific Learning Difficulties related to Dyslexia, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Physical Disability, Aspergers Syndrome and Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD).

I had special arrangements for exams I took at school; will they still be available to me at college?

If you have had special exam arrangements in the past, or think you may need them for exams you are taking as part of your course at college, it is your responsibility to let us know the date of your exams and provide suitable evidence.

Special exam arrangements might be:

• Extra time
• A reader
• A scribe
• Separate or individual invigilation
• Rest breaks
• Use of a bilingual dictionary

Applications for special arrangements must be on a Special Exam Arrangements Form (available from Student Services) and accompanied by appropriate evidence that is less than two years old.

College will pass applications to the examination board, but the decision on whether or not the applicant will be allowed the concession rests solely with the individual exam boards.

Local Offer

If your child has a SEN you may wish to find out more about the services and support that you might benefit from, not just what the College provides, but also what the local authority is doing to ensure that schools and colleges are compliant with the SEND reforms.Visit the Lincolnshire County Council Website.

What is the ‘Local Offer’?

The SEN and Disability Local Offer describes what help, support and services are available for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families in Lincolnshire.

It will:

• Include information about education, social care and health services, as well as services provided by voluntary and community groups
• Provide information about services for children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans, as well as those without
• Set out clearly the criteria for getting support
• Be published on the internet, as well as be available in other formats

Our qualified Careers Guidance Advisers support learners in their career planning and help them make well informed decisions about their progression and future plans.

They can help with:

• Career planning and career decisions
• Researching career opportunities
• UCAS applications and personal statements
• Job search and application skills, including CV advice

We will help you to draw up an action plan of the steps you need to take to achieve your career and education goals.

Our service has achieved the nationally recognised Matrix standard for excellence in the delivery of information, advice and guidance.

To make an appointment with a Careers Guidance Adviser call our Careers and Course Information Office on 030 030 32435 or email careers@lincolncollege.ac.uk

Take a look at our Careers Service leaflet  to find out what to expect at a guidance appointment.

Find out more about the Careers Guidance Team on our Careers website.