Description
The post holder will be required to work at any location of the College now or in the future in the evening and at weekends.
The post holder will be required to travel and work at employer locations
Own car essential for this role, including clean driving licence with business insurance.
Key Responsibilities
Purpose
* To develop a pathway for learners to move towards employment/apprenticeship through coaching and systematic instruction.
* To provide information, advice, guidance and support to young people who have barriers to entering training or employment.
* To set up work placements and monitor progress in accordance with the organizational policies.
* To support learners in the preparation for employment at the end of the course.
* To apply a nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management, in line with the trauma-informed approach values of the organisation.
* Establish respectful and trusting relationships within and outside the College, with learners and employers, acting as a role model and setting high standards.
* Work with employers/organisations to look at job opportunities and ways to support learners in the placement.
* Carry out initial health and safety checks prior to placing learners for work experience.
* Contribute to and maintain individual learning plans for learners, including transition goals.
* Maintain accurate records of the learners work experience/volunteering in line with regular review of progress.
* Support learners in applying for placements/volunteering opportunities.
* Through the use of Training in Systematic Instruction, support learners in their placements as required.
* Identify training needs for learners in relevant skill and knowledge areas that link to employability skills.
* Liaise with Pastoral Support Worker and Safeguarding team in the case of pastoral/safeguarding care.
* Work with employers to look at job carving to create appropriate work experience opportunities.
* Maintain accurate records as required for monitoring, quality and audit in accordance with Hopwood Hall policies. In particular, ensure records are contemporaneous in preparation for EHCP reviews.
* Ensure learner targets are set and embedded in ProMonitor.
* Manage own workload, prioritizing effectively to meet agreed objectives and deadlines.
* Identify and refer students for travel training where appropriate.
* Apply for Access to Work funding where appropriate.
* Commit to flexible working hours.
* Ensure compliance with processes and procedures.
* Provide support to other team members.
* Attend team meetings and training as required.
* Any other duties required by Programme Manager.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Qualifications
Essential Criteria:
* GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English grade C/4 or equivalent
* Autism qualification L2 (willing to achieve in first 12 months of employment).
How Identified: Application form
Desirable Criteria:
* Coaching level 3
* Training in Systematic Instruction (willing to achieve in first 12 months of employment).
* Health and Safety at Work L2 (willing to achieve in first 12 months of employment).
How Identified: Application form
Experience
Essential Criteria:
* Experience of working with young people with additional needs, SEND and autism.
* Experience of working with young people who present with challenging behaviours and complex needs.
* Proven track record of working with external parties including parents/carers to resolve issues
* Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
How Identified: Application and interview
Desirable Criteria:
* Experience of working as a job coach
* Experience of mentoring/coaching, particularly in relation to learners with additional needs, SEND, challenging and complex needs and autism.
* Travel training experience.
How Identified: Application form
Specialist Knowledge
Essential Criteria:
* Working in a SEND environment/with SEND individuals.
* Knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/ and awareness of relevant legislation regarding SEND and the responsibilities of the role within these for promoting students' welfare.
* Working with external partners
How Identified: Application form/interview
Desirable Criteria
* Evidence of recent CPD in relation to supported employment, assisted technology and alternative assessment techniques.
How Identified: Application form
IT Skills
Essential Criteria:
* Excellent IT skills and proficient in Microsoft software and other technologies to resolve straightforward problems.
How Identified: Application form
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of using assisted technologies to support young people in the workplace, who have complex needs.
How Identified:Interview and application form.
About Hopwood Hall
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester. Both campuses have ample free parking and subsidised restaurants.
We offer staff a range of benefits including free gym membership at our Middleton Sports Arena and generous holiday entitlement.
We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).
STAFF BENEFITS
Working at Hopwood Hall College comes with a wide range of benefits including generous holiday and sick pay entitlements.
Other benefits include:
* Career average pension scheme
* Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena
* Purchase loans for computers and bikes
* Staff discount at the College's Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs
* On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus)
* Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance
* Free on-site parking
* On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed)
* An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site)
* A cycle to work scheme
* Discounted public transport tickets
* Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 28 days plus bank holidays
* Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays)
* Subsidised bistro and refectory