Designated Teachers

onlyFE; Southampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Regular training and development

Job summary

The South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) is seeking two right‑minded Designated Teachers to support Looked After Children, PLAC and other vulnerable learners at Southampton. These are two full‑time roles: one 52‑week contract and one 40‑week term‑time contract, each 37 hours per week.

Responsibilities include leading strategic support, coordinating care plans, liaising with Local Authorities and safeguarding colleagues, and maintaining accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Lead the college’s strategic approach to supporting Looked After Children (LAC), Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) and other vulnerable learners, promoting personalised learning, wellbeing and positive progression.
• Advise and support curriculum and support staff using trauma-informed and attachment-aware approaches.
• Oversee the completion, quality assurance and statutory review of PEPs, ensuring learner voice, ambitious targets and timely actions; coordinate IPRs where PEPs/POPs are not in place.
• Work directly with learners to ensure their views, strengths, goals and concerns are central to planning and support.
• Serve as the main point of contact for Local Authorities, Virtual Schools, Social Workers, carers and external agencies, attending statutory meetings and contributing to care planning.
• Identify and respond to emerging needs through transition, referrals and coordinated support with internal teams and external services, including refugees and unaccompanied asylum seekers.
• Maintain accurate, secure records and reporting relating to care status, attendance, progress, behaviour and related statutory requirements, including weekly LA attendance reports where required.
• Promote high expectations for attendance, behaviour, engagement and progression, supporting learners to overcome barriers and fully participate in college life.

Job description

Care to Join Us?

We currently have an exciting opportunity for two passionate and dedicated Designated Teachers to join Southampton.

These are both full-time positions (37 hours per week), with one role offered on a 52-week contract and the other on a 40-week term-time contract. The information below provides more detail about the roles and the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of our learners.

We offer great benefits including;

• Generous annual leave
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Regular training and development

Duties:

• Lead the college’s strategic approach to supporting Looked After Children (LAC), Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) and other vulnerable learners, promoting personalised learning, wellbeing and positive progression.
• Act as the college’s subject expert on LAC/PLAC needs, advising and supporting curriculum and support staff using trauma-informed and attachment-aware approaches.
• Oversee the completion, quality assurance and statutory review of PEPs, ensuring learner voice, ambitious targets and timely actions; coordinate IPRs where PEPs/POPs are not in place.
• Work directly with learners to ensure their views, strengths, goals and concerns are central to planning and support.
• Serve as the main point of contact for Local Authorities, Virtual Schools, Social Workers, carers and external agencies, attending statutory meetings and contributing to care planning.
• Identify and respond to emerging needs through transition, referrals and coordinated support with internal teams and external services, including refugees and unaccompanied asylum seekers.
• Maintain accurate, secure records and reporting relating to care status, attendance, progress, behaviour and related statutory requirements, including weekly LA attendance reports where required.
• Promote high expectations for attendance, behaviour, engagement and progression, supporting learners to overcome barriers and fully participate in college life.

Partnerships and Reputation

• Ensure that the college develops and maintains a constructive relationship with appropriate external stakeholders relevant to the postholder’s areas of responsibility.

Health and Safety

• Ensure that the Health and Safety policy and procedures operated by the college are adhered to and that all statutory requirements are met by all staff with postholder’s areas of responsibility.

Equal Opportunity

• Adopt and promote a positive attitude toward equality of opportunity for all withinthe college and ensure that the related policies and procedures are adhered to and that all statutory requirements are met by all staff with postholder’s areas of responsibility.

Professional Standards

• Develop, maintain and exhibit the quality standards appropriate to the post and promote a culture of integrity and transparency throughout all college activities
• Undertake appropriate staff development activities that support personal development and the changing needs of the college and its environment.
• Be aware of, and responsive to, the changing nature of the college and adopt a flexible and proactive approach to work.

About Us

The South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) is a dynamic, purpose driven Further Education organisation with a commitment to Creating Better Futures for learners, employers and communities within South Hampshire and beyond.

We pride ourselves on living our values - Collaborative, Inclusive and Aspirational. We also understand the difference exceptional employees can make to us delivering outstanding results and we are always seeking to attract talent who can add value and who will be proud to be part of our growing organisation.

South Hampshire College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment practices follow safer recruitment guidance, including enhanced DBS checks, online checks, and thorough pre‑employment vetting. We value equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.