Curriculum Support Coordinator - Maternity cover

Craven College; Skipton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Craven College in Skipton, North Yorkshire, is seeking a committed Curriculum Support Coordinator for maternity cover. You will be the key contact for a caseload of high needs students, liaising with Curriculum Heads and Learner Support Assistants to ensure appropriate support and inclusive teaching.

The role involves line management, scheduling, performance reviews, and training, with a focus on delivering Individual Learning Plans and maintaining student records.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of management of staff or willingness to undertake required training.
• Computer literate.
• Qualified to Level 2 (GCSE Grade A-C or equivalent) in English and maths (or willing to work towards completion within a specified time frame).
• Experience of supporting people who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively and develop rapport with vulnerable adults and young people with special needs or learning difficulties.
• Able to assist teaching staff in the delivery of Individual Learning Plans and students' core or essential goals.
• Ability to assist in the maintenance of student records and provide reports as required.
• Possess an approved Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure certificate or happy to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective line management, supervision, and direction for Learner Support Assistants including sickness, timetabling, performance management and training.
• Coordinate support for high-needs students in partnership with Curriculum Heads of Department.
• Liaise with teaching staff to implement reasonable adjustments and inclusive teaching and learning.

Skills

Staff management

Computer literacy

Communication skills

Learner support

Inclusion awareness

Education

GCSE English & Maths (A-C)

Job description

Curriculum Support Coordinator - Maternity cover

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Craven College Harmonised Scale point 6 £26,671 pe

Permanent

Craven College

Craven College is an aspirational College set in friendly and inclusive rural campuses in Skipton within the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, at The Aviation Academy based airside at Leeds Bradford Airport and at Evolve in the heart of Ripon. Craven College offers full-time courses for 16-18-year-olds, apprenticeships, courses for young people with special educational needs, part-time courses and degree level courses with a mission statement of 'enriching lives through learning'. Tyro Training is our commercial training division which offers a wide range of training courses for both individuals and businesses in Skipton.

We continuously invest in our excellent, industry standard facilities with a new £1.6m purpose-built Animal Management Centre on our Aireville Campus followed in 2022 by the construction of new equestrian facilities including an international sized arena and outdoor warm up area.

We are currently seeking to employ a committed and motivated Curriculum Support Coordinator, you will be a passionate and empathic individual with excellent interpersonal skills as you will be the key contact for a caseload of high needs students. You will have experience of working closely with students with specific learning difficulties and disabilities who face barriers to learning. You will liaise closely with Curriculum Heads of Department, linking in the Learner Support Assistants, to ensure the support needs of the students is shared and understood by all staff. You will advise teaching staff of any reasonable required adjustments to support inclusive teaching and learning. The ideal candidate will provide effective line management, supervision, and direction for a team of Learner Support Assistants this will include managing sickness, timetabling managing performance and training and conducting Personal Development Reviews (PDR's).

Essential requirements:

• Experience and knowledge of management of staff or willingness to undertake required training.
• Computer literate.
• Qualified to Level 2 (GCSE Grade A
  • -C or equivalent
  in English and maths (or willing to work towards completion within a specified time frame);
• Experience of supporting people who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively and develop rapport with vulnerable adults and young people with special needs or learning difficulties.
• Able to assist teaching staff in the delivery of Individual Learning Plans and students' core or essential goals.
• Ability to assist in the maintenance of student records and provide reports as required.
• Possess an approved Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure certificate or happy to apply.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly college in North Yorkshire with fantastic facilities, excellent CPD opportunities and a great working and learning environment.

Craven College is committed to equal opportunity in the provision of services, employment, and educational opportunities. Applications are considered on merit and are welcomed from all suitably qualified applicants.

Where specific qualifications are required for the position for which you have applied, it will be necessary for you to produce certificates for verification. You should give full details of all examination results and grades. If you are unsure about your results or grades you should indicate this. You should also include any qualifications which you are currently working towards and any non-examined, but relevant, training and development. Teachers are required to complete details of teaching qualifications.

A disclosure check with the Disclosure & Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment.