Work Experience - Wigan, United Kingdom - Fir Tree Fishery CIC

Fir Tree Fishery CIC

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Wigan, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Work Experience Coach

Contract type:12 month, full-time contract with view to extend.

Post Purpose

Fir Tree CIC is an alternative education provider offering multiple educational programmes to meet the needs of learners with additional or special educational needs.

Fir Tree CIC is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic work experience coach who has a passion to enable young people to achieve their best whilst maintaining high quality learning and assessment within work experience.

The work experience coach is responsible for the support and mentoring of young adults with learning, EBH, SEMH, ADHD or ASC needs between the ages of 14-25 within workplace environments and projects.

The work experience coach is responsible for the support and training of up to 6 students per group in a range of outdoor settings and workplaces.

The learners at Fir Tree CIC need consistency, stability and support in an educational environment that offers practical and vocational learning as well as centre based activities.

Responsible To:

The Centre Manager and Work Experience Lead

Responsibilities and Duties

Operational;

To lead a work experience group of up to 6 students, liaising with additional staff as required, and to ensure that they develop practical skills and transferrable skills for employment through engaging tasks.
To monitor and actively promote student progress.
To implement centre policies and procedures.
To work with colleagues to formulate individual learning plans and progress reports.
To engage with centre open evenings, induction days, to support the ongoing growth and development of the business.
To support the Centre Manager in developing reports for learner progression, funding and additional support requests as required.

Pastoral;

To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students' personalised learning.
To record student attendance and contribute to students' progress and performance monitoring through their personal tutor.
To act as a work experience coach in embedding and reinforcing learners' spiritual, moral and social development.
To implement the behaviour management policy throughout the centre so that effective learning can take place.

Equal Opportunities;

Fir Tree CIC is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and operates an Equal Opportunities Policy.

Safeguarding;

Fir Tree CIC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and an enhanced DBS will be required.

Note:
This is a description of the job as it is constituted at the date shown above.

It is Fir Tree CIC practice to review, from time to time, employee's job descriptions and to review them to ensure that they relate to the job as it is being performed or to incorporate any changes being proposed.

This process is conducted by each line manager in consultation with the employees reporting directly to him/her. You will have the opportunity and indeed, are expected to participate fully in such discussions.

It is Fir Tree CIC aim that managers and employees will agree proposed changes, however after consultation if agreement is not possible, Fir Tree CIC reserves the right to insist in changes to the job description as deemed necessary.

Desirable Experience;

Minimum of three years' experience within the delivery of learning, one year of which must be through working with young adults with SEND.
Experience of managing assessment within the learning environment.
Experience of working within Awarding Organisations procedures and processes.
Experience of Ofsted/Estyn requirements.
Experience of dealing with challenging behaviours in young people

Skills, Attributes and Behaviours;