Casual / Bank Coach Guide

Newfriars College; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Newfriars College is seeking dedicated and responsible Coach Guides to support students requiring additional assistance on their journey to and from college and throughout the college day.

The role focuses on welfare and safety during transit, aiding students boarding and alighting, safeguarding medications, and responding to incidents with professional supervision. It also involves communicating updates with parents and carers.

Qualifications

• Caring, reliable and committed to student safety.

Responsibilities

• Welfare and safety of students during transit.
• Assist students on and off the bus, ensuring secure seating using appropriate restraints.
• Safeguard medications while traveling.
• Provide supervision and respond to incidents or behavioural challenges.
• Escort wheelchair-bound pupils if required.
• Communicate important updates between parents/carers and the college.
• Follow correct procedures in case of vehicle breakdown.

Job description

Newfriars College is a Specialist FE College with 200+ learners aged between 16 and 25 who have a range of Special Educational Needs. At Newfriars, we are creating a vision that places our learners and their families at the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking dedicated and responsible Coach Guides to support students requiring additional assistance on their journey to and from college and throughout the college day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the welfare and safety of students during transit.
• Assist students on and off the bus, ensuring secure seating using appropriate restraints.
• Safeguard medications while traveling.
• Provide supervision and respond to any incidents or behavioural challenges.
• Escort wheelchair-bound pupils if required.
• Communicate important updates between parents/carers and the college.
• Follow correct procedures in case of vehicle breakdown.

If you are caring, reliable, and committed to student safety, we’d love to hear from you!

Newfriars College aim is to transform the lives of young people through partnership, collaboration, enterprise and innovation.

We provide specialist resources and facilities for all our learners and have an excellent support network within the local area. This provides the college with many opportunities including transition routes into the wider community, employment and supported work experience, independent living and specialist support from highly skilled multi-agency professionals and therapists. Learning in the community and vocational education is extremely important and we are eager to successfully prepare our young peoples for adulthood.

What We Offer

• A rewarding role with real impact
• A supportive and forward-thinking team
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A college culture built on inclusion, care, and ambition
• Competitive salary and benefits