Success Coach – Springboard

SALARY: £25,235.00 – £33,529.60 FTE, per annum plus Pension

JOB TYPE: Permanent

HOURS: This post is a part time position, 22.2 hours per week

LOCATION: Letchworth, Watford and any other site

WHO ARE WE

North Hertfordshire College (NHC) is a further education college with over 2,000 full time students in the full range of sector areas.
Everything we do at NHC is about helping students get where they want to be in life. That means helping them to develop both the knowledge and skills they need to progress in their chosen occupational area, and the employability skills that we know employers expect of young people when they enter the world of work.
NHC is part of the Hart Learning Group which also includes Hart L&D, a progressive learning and development business that helps business clients of all sizes to engage with emerging talent, and the Hart Schools Trust – a burgeoning multi-academy trust which sponsors a small number of schools in our local community.
We are currently working towards an ambitious five-year strategy. We want NHC to be Outstanding by 2023. To realise our strategy, we need the best people around. We’re building an amazing team, all of whom share our passion, pace and commitment to helping our students get where they want to be in life.

SPRINGBOARD (S.E.N.D.)
◼ We are looking for an outstanding Success Coach who is motivated and committed to the success of their students. If you can bring teaching to life in a way that engages, inspires and leads to high achievement, then you will be successful here at NHC.

◼You’ll be based at the college’s specialist Springboard provision (SEND) in Letchworth, which was graded outstanding by Ofsted in November 2017. The Springboard programme is delivered at two self-contained centres, with one team in Letchworth and another at Watford.

◼Springboard is a full-time personalised therapeutic learning programme for young people, aged 16-24, who require additional support before progressing to a mainstream course or employment. Many of our students have a diagnosis or traits of high functioning Autistic Spectrum Condition and the associated emotional, behavioural and mental health needs.

◼ Our aim is to prepare our students for adulthood by equipping them with a range of, independent living and employability skills, in order to access higher level programmes or employment. For further information, please refer to the Springboard page on the NHC website.

Main Duties

•Deliver and support consistently good or better workshop and coaching sessions, incorporating an effective range of learning methods that enable outstanding learning outcomes for students.

•Deliver one-to-one mentoring sessions to support students with emotional and behavioural needs to reduce the impact on attendance, achievement and retention of students.

•Ensure all areas of student welfare, both educational and personal are exceptional;

•Assist students with the transition into College, including the application, admissions, enrolment and entry guidance processes and then with their chosen progression route, including the preparation of references.

•Support students to develop longer term goals that promote appropriate destination outcomes linked to either employment or future study.

•Support students to reflect on and evaluate their progress, negotiating personalised short term targets and tracking and reviewing progress against these.

•Develop a positive working relationship with students, particularly in respect of their conduct and behaviour.

•Take the lead on work experience, coordinating placements, preparing students for the workplace and supporting independence access to employer engagement activities.

•Provide Information, Advice and Guidance support to students on all aspects of student life, progression and employment outcomes.

•To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably requested by the line manager, or any more senior manager.

•Comply with all aspects of the SEND Reforms including the monitoring of Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) targets and contribute to the EHCP annual review process.

Please complete your application below, and we will promptly begin the recruitment process.

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About the Role:

About the Organisation:

The College operates across three main campuses in Stevenage and Hitchin, employing over 650 staff. With a turnover of £30m, the college provides learning opportunities to over 10,000 students each year from study programmes for 16-18 year olds and apprenticeships through to adult provision locally, regionally and nationally. We were judged Good by Ofsted at our last inspection in December 2023, with outstanding features.

TO APPLY

SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT

The Hart Learning Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, as our posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also an offence to apply for a role if you have been barred from working with children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you have been shortlisted for a role and are within the guidelines of KCSIE, an online search will be carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online. If any incidents or issues are identified, the Group might want to explore these with you at the interview. As part of the recruitment process, you will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.

Details of our Safeguarding policy can be found on the Hart Learning Group’s Policy page.

To view our fair recruitment forms, please click here for equality and diversity declaration.

Please note these vacancies may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.