Safeguarding & Wellbeing Assistant (0.8fte)

Are you committed to supporting the welfare of students and young people? Are you keen to support colleagues to provide a first line response to students requiring advice and support. If so, this could be the role for you!

We are looking for someone to provide administrative support and contribute to a customer led service as part of a growing student welfare and wellbeing team.

Key elements of this role include;

• To provide a professional and efficient administration service for Student support team.
• To provide initial support to students with signposting to appropriate support across college and externally.
• To assist with administration for the Student Support team, including maintaining and tracking documentation and preparing relevant forms.
• To liaise with feeder schools to obtain safeguarding files at the start of academic year. Transfer relevant information to college safeguarding system My Concern with guidance from safeguarding coordinators.
• To maintain Student Support Moodle page and digital screens.
• To monitor KCSIE compliance and enrolment to the college safeguarding system for all new starters.
• To complete administrative tasks related to My Concern safeguarding system to include the collation and preparation of data.
• To offer support to students with low level wellbeing concerns in the first instance before referring to other appropriate internal and external support.
• To attend any appropriate wellbeing meetings for students.

The successful candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualities will include:

• Minimum of grade C in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent)
• Experience of working as a member of a team
• Experience of collating data and presenting this in a user friendly format
• Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
• Commitment to enhancing the experience through service excellence
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), works effectively within a team
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Excellent IT skills with the ability to use the range of Microsoft packages
• Ability to provide courteous and high standards of customer service
• Ability to work flexibly to meet changing needs

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 13 April 2023 at 5:30pm.

For further information about the role including job description and application form please visit the vacancies section of our website via the apply link.