Assistant Education Health and Care Manager
40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
FTE Salary range: £28,350.05 - £30,810.03
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Education, Health and Care Manager to join us at
Coleg Plas Dwbl in Pembrokeshire. The purpose of the role is to assist Education Health and Care Managers (EHCMs) to ensure that students benefit from Ruskin Mill Trust’s (RMT) full Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) offer and receives the training and support they need fulfil the outcomes identified in their Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
In order to be successful in this role you will:
• Have some understanding of all legal and regulatory requirements and frameworks, e.g. the
SEN Code of Practice, and be aware of ongoing developments and research in the fields of
Education, Health and Care.
• Have a good understanding of a wide range of possible diagnoses challenges of students
such as autism, attachment difficulties, ADHD, epilepsy and learning difficulties.
• Have some experience of managing the education and support of a young people with
Special Educational Needs and to have significant experience in SEN provision and education
frameworks.
• Be able to demonstrate a high degree of personal and emotional resilience.
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have excellent organisational skills.
Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday
allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash. In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.
Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers
Coleg Plas Dwbl sits on biodynamic farmland at the foot of the Preseli Mountains in the Welsh
countryside. The 100-acre location offers a wealth of natural materials that are used in our
curriculum crafts. These include clay for pottery, slate and stone, and wool from the sheep. Coleg
Plas Dwbl’s signature craft is textiles. Coleg Plas Dwbl is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.
Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales. We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence