Overview
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Weeks per Annum: 52
Working pattern: Monday - Thursday 7.5 hours, Friday 7 hours
Location: Witney Campus
Contract type: Fixed Term until June 2027
We are looking for a Lead FEAST Advisor to join our team on a maternity cover contract. This role is essential in ensuring young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and ADHD are fully supported to access learning, develop independence, and participate in all aspects of college life.
As the Lead FEAST Advisor, you will work collaboratively across curriculum areas and with external professionals to ensure students receive the appropriate support, guidance, and inclusive learning experiences they need to succeed.
Key Responsibilities
* Advise and support college staff on strategies for communication, learning, behaviour, and autism‑inclusive teaching approaches.
* Plan programmes of support alongside your line manager to ensure students with Autism / ADHD can fully access teaching and learning.
* Provide training, resources, and guidance to staff to promote best practice in supporting students with Autism / ADHD.
* Support monitoring and quality assurance processes, contributing to evaluating support and outcomes across the FEAST provision.
* Undertake performance management, supervision, and day‑to‑day coordination of your team.
* Maintain effective communication with staff, students, families, and wider professional networks.
* Provide one‑to‑one specialist support to students with Autism/ ADHD, including mentoring, organisation support, workload management, and helping them navigate college life.
* Support students during unstructured times and help them develop self‑regulation and independence strategies.
* Attend meetings relating to safeguarding, wellbeing, and student progression.
* Support transitions, including visits to schools and coordination with external professionals.
* Sound knowledge of autism spectrum conditions and their impact of ASC/ADHD on thinking and learning
* A Level 4 or higher Autism‑related qualification, or willingness to work toward one.
* Recent experience supporting young people with ASC / ADHD at Key Stage 3 or above.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, delegate, and manage competing demands.
* Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to record information clearly and support staff and students effectively.
* Familiarity with post‑16 curriculum and/or experience supporting students with ASC / ADHD in an FE setting.
* Recent specialist training in Autism or communication and interaction.
Qualifications
* Autism‑related qualification at Level 4 or higher, or willingness to work toward one.
* Recent experience supporting young people with ASC / ADHD at Key Stage 3 or above.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, delegate, and manage competing demands.
* Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to record information clearly and support staff and students effectively.
* Familiarity with post‑16 curriculum and/or experience supporting students with ASC / ADHD in an FE setting.
* Recent specialist training in Autism or communication and interaction.
Why Work with us
Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
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