Are you a Learning Support Assistant or SEND Advocate looking for your next step?
Responsibilities
Buckinghamshire College Group are looking for a SEND Campus Co-ordinator, based across our Wycombe and Amersham campuses in Buckinghamshire.
Are you passionate about making a difference in students’ lives? Then this may be the role for you. We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our outstanding SEND team.
As a SEND Campus Co-ordinator, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that all our students with special educational needs thrive and meet their full potential by providing them with skills and support in their learning journey.
As SEND Campus Co-ordinator, you will:
1. Manage day-to-day operations of the SEND Support provision on campus.
2. Manage and support a team of dedicated SEND advocates, Inclusion Mentors, and coaches.
3. Work with the SENCO and the team to ensure that students’ needs are regularly reviewed and that students are supported to have greater independence.
4. Collaborate with the SENCO, local authorities, parents, and feeder schools, to ensure a proactive approach to the special educational needs assessment process and smooth transition into College for students.
5. Work with curriculum areas on delivering high-quality individualised programmes to learners within the College environment that empower them to develop strategies to overcome their difficulties and promote independence.
We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.
Employee Benefits
While working at Buckinghamshire College Group, you can take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:
1. 30 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme.
2. A wide range of learning - access to free training & continuous professional development.
3. A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support.
4. Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing.
5. Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon.
6. 24hrs/7days a week access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
7. Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes.
Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham, and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals.
You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – we call this the Bucks College Factor!
If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.
Commitment to Safeguarding
BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Only completed applications will be considered for this role. All applicants will need to complete an application form via our College Website, here.
For more information on the role please contact HR directly.
Closing date for applications is the 7th October 2024. Interviews will be scheduled for 17th October 2024.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) in Maths and English.
2. Level 5 qualification in Autism or willingness to complete in the first year of employment.
3. Level 3 Award in Teacher training.
4. Level 5 Teacher Training or willingness to work towards.
Knowledge
1. Working knowledge of strategies and resources used in SEND.
2. Working knowledge of Post 16 education.
3. An understanding of, and demonstrable commitment to, Safeguarding Children and Young People and Vulnerable Adults.
4. A good practical knowledge of EHCP and the consultation process.
5. A good knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice.
Experience
1. Sound experience of working in SEND.
2. Work experience in an educational setting.
Skills
1. Good organisational and time management skills.
2. Competency in ICT.
3. Ability to promote and deliver outstanding customer service.
Other Specific Qualities
1. Ability to work well as part of a team.
2. Ability to demonstrate values and behaviours suitable to work with children and young people.
3. Demonstrable commitment to Equality and Diversity, Child Protection, Safeguarding and Prevent showing a desire to challenge inequality and promote diversity and adhere to College Policies and Procedures.
Wycombe Campus, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP10 9HE
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