This post sits in the Welfare and Safeguarding Team at Colchester Institute, a part-time, term-time role of 37 hours a week over 38 weeks. The post-holder gives first-response welfare and safeguarding support to enrolled students, takes referrals on issues such as homelessness and bullying, and chairs support and multi-agency meetings. It is a frontline role with vulnerable learners aged 16 to 19, working alongside curriculum teams, social workers and other agencies. Candidates need recent experience supporting young people in a similar role and case management of safeguarding cases.
What the job involves
- Give first-response welfare and safeguarding support to enrolled students, including emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Help students transition to college and remove barriers to learning and participation
- Work with curriculum teams, the virtual school, social workers, parents and carers, and other agencies
- Promote and advise on safeguarding and child protection
- Act as first response to welfare referrals, including homelessness, bullying, harassment and anxiety, signposting and liaising with course areas
- Arrange, co-ordinate and chair support meetings, safety meetings and Team Around the Family meetings, including hosting parents and next of kin
- Contribute to and attend professional meetings such as Child in Need meetings, Child Protection Conferences and strategy meetings
- Respond to requests for information on attendance and progression, and complete Section 17 and Section 47 requests on time
- Keep accurate, timely records of learner interventions on college systems, including Intuition
- Respond to safeguarding and welfare concerns through a frontline support service
What’s required
Qualifications
- Level 2 English and maths, such as GCSE grade 4 or C, or an equivalent qualification
- Education to level 3 or above, and/or a professional qualification in a relevant subject area, or equivalent
Experience
- Experience of welfare issues such as homelessness, emotional and behavioural issues and mental health concerns
- Experience of case management of safeguarding cases, following policies and procedures
- Recent experience of supporting vulnerable young people aged 16 to 19 in a similar role
What’s offered
- Investment in staff growth and development
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
