Lead FEAST Adviser
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Common Leys (Witney)
09/02/2025
Lead FEAST Adviser
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The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary
£32,526 - £35,436 per annum, pro rata
Contractual hours
14.5
Basis
Part time
Package
The College offers excellent benefits as well as generous pension schemes and holiday.
Date posted
20/01/2025
Job reference
AWC0001277
Job description
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!
If this role is of interest to you, please apply below or you can send your cv to helpmehr@abingdon-witney.ac.uk as an expression of interest and apply on our website otherwise we won’t be able to accept your application. (external candidates only)
The working pattern is Wednesday 7.5 hours & Friday 7 hours
36 weeks per annum, paid for 43.13 weeks per annum
This is a maternity cover and is fixed term until approximately 23rd of May 2025
Common Leys Campus has seen an increase in the number of students joining our study programmes requiring support with Autism this academic year.
The role demands a good knowledge of neurodiversity and Autism spectrum conditions, it will involve managing the Green Room, 1:1 mentoring of students, study support, contributing to meetings and developing communication and interaction programmes using a range of creative strategies. The role may also include leading and mentoring Autism advisors where appropriate.
The role extends outside of the Green Room into the classroom therefore, experience of supporting and/or teaching students with Autism, ADHD, ASD is essential and will involve leading training sessions on neurodiversity for teaching and support staff.
The Lead FEAST Advisor will be an excellent communicator, have the ability to develop relationships with external professionals, parents/carers and internal stakeholders to ensure that individual student needs are planned for and met thereby ensuring every learner achieves their full potential. Applicants will hold a qualification in neurodiversity and/or Autism or would be willing to work towards gaining accreditation whilst in the role.
In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benefits to 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.
Closing date: 9th February 2025 (Midnight)
* 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.
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