Overview
Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is currently seeking a compassionate and proactive Engagement Mentor - Engineering & Motor Vehicle (Maternity Cover) to join our dedicated team. This is an excellent opportunity to support learners in overcoming barriers to their education, ensuring their wellbeing, safety, and positive engagement in college life.
Responsibilities
* Building positive and supportive relationships with learners, prioritising safeguarding and wellbeing.
* Promoting the 4As model: Attendance, Attitude, Aspirations, and Achievement.
* Supporting behaviour management and de-escalating challenges in a nurturing and constructive way.
* Working collaboratively with the Gateway, Safeguarding, and Pastoral teams to ensure consistency and positive outcomes.
* Designing and delivering 1:1 and group interventions, workshops, and activities to promote resilience, wellbeing, and positive behaviour.
* Enhancing student experience by supporting extracurricular opportunities and monitoring impact on behaviour and attendance.
Why Join Us?
At B&FC, you\'ll be part of a supportive, student-focused team committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and aspirational environment. This role gives you the opportunity to make a real difference to learners\' lives by helping them overcome challenges and thrive both academically and personally.
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
Benefits
* Enhanced leave allowance of 38 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
* Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
* Competitive pension scheme:
o Teachers\' Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
o Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 15.4% employer contribution
* Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
* Agile working opportunities
* Enhanced Family friendly policies
* Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
o Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
o Occupational Health
o FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
o FREE eye tests
o Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
o FREE healthy breakfast
* Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
* Health and beauty salon
* Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
* Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
* FREE car parking
* Car lease scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Onsite kids \'Sports Camp\' 8am - 5pm during selected half-term breaks
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