Independent Living Support Lead

City of Bristol College; West of England; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Christmas close-down

Pension scheme

Volunteering leave

Family policies

Menopause policy

Annual appraisal

Benefits portal

Right to Disconnect

Hybrid working policy

Aspiring Leaders programme

Management Academy

Welfare rooms

Recognition programme

Job summary

City of Bristol College seeks an enthusiastic Independent Living Support Lead for Ashley Down Residential Centre in Bristol. You will oversee the independence training facilities, lead a team, and plan daytime activities to support students living on-site.

Sleep-ins are part of the role and paid at the Real Living Wage; you will work with the college's teaching and Additional Learning Support teams to help students progress toward independent living and future employment opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Support the managers in the successful running of the Independence Training Facility.
• Plan and run a daytime activities program for residents.
• Lead a team of staff to ensure students engage with independence living skills.
• Be the most senior person on duty in the absence of management.
• Carry out sleep-ins (22:00–06:30) and be paid at the Real Living Wage.
• Oversee development of the centre to help students progress to independent living.

Job description

location_on Ashley Down Residential Centre, Ashley Down Road, Bristol, BS7 9BU

The job requirements are detailed below.Where applicable, the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Additional 8.5 hours (paid sleep ins) every 2 weeks at the real living wage £13.45 per hour

At City of Bristol College, we deliver transformative education in inclusive and dynamic learning environments and for our employees, this is no different so why not come and join us? With recent investments in our already outstanding facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for you.

One of our key strategic aims is our unrelenting focus on our people-first culture, ensuring you feel valued, empowered, and recognised for your individual contributions and expertise whether that be in a teaching capacity or a professional services team. All colleagues within the College contribute to the success of our students and we actively work to eliminate any barriers at work, ensuring you have the opportunity to thrive.

We have exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive Independent Living Support Lead to join our college community.

What we offer:

Our people-first ethos provides a highly supportive, flexible approach to enable you to excel within your role and to reach your full potential. In return, you can expect the following:

• Two-week paid Christmas close down and additional paid time off over Easter plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles).
• Membershipto the LocalGovernment Pension Scheme/ Teachers Pension Scheme, one of the UK’s leading public sector pension schemes, providing a secure income in retirement .
• Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year)
• Family friendly policies including paid fertility and foster friendly policy
• A menopause policy outlining support available
• A person-centred annual appraisal focusing on your wellbeing and CPD
• Access to a benefits portal including shopping discounts and cycle to work scheme plus lots more!
• The 'Right to Disconnect' from work outside of your normal working hours
• A supportive, highly utilised hybrid and flexible working policy
• An Aspiring Leaders programme open to all plus our Management Academy for all management roles covering management skill and internal processes
• Welfare Rooms at all our sites for professional breakout and relaxation spaces
• A bespoke programme of recognition, reward and celebration for colleagues throughout the year to recognise your hard work.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join us. As a disability confident employer, we take a trauma informed approach to our work, support the Care Leavers covenant, and have been awarded accreditation as a College of Sanctuary for refugees.

Our Independence Training Facilities train students with learning difficulties and disabilities who are attending College study programmes to live independent lives. You will be bringing your residential experience to this role, working closely with the Colleges teaching and Additional Learning Support teams.

You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain excelling working relationships with colleagues, students and stakeholders both internally and externally.

As an Independent Living Support Lead, you will lead support for both students who live at our independence training facilities, and students who are accessing them via their college study programme

As Independent Living Support Lead, you will be supporting the management team to oversee and develop the centre, ensuring the primary focus is on our students becoming as independent as possible in order to progress into supported/semi-independent living, secure employment opportunities, and/or move into HE.

As Independent Living Support Lead, you will ensure a consistent outstanding service is delivered across the training facilities by working collaboratively with all aspects of the independence training team.

• To support the managers in the successful running of the Independence Training Facility
• To plan and run a daytime activities program
• To lead a team of staff, to ensure students are actively engaging with their independence living skills
• To be the most senior person on duty in the absence of the management team

Carry out sleep-ins (22:00 – 06:30) which are paid in addition to your salary at the Real Living Wage. You will be enrolled into the centres sleep-in rota. You can choose to opt out at any time by speaking to the Independence Training Facility Manager.

Contact us:

If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact Patrycja Wojtowicz on 0117 312 5880 or [e-mail] who will be happy to discuss the role in more detail.

Aboutus:

We have four main sites across the city with state-of-the-art facilities. Further future investment in our estates is now allowing us to provide the best possible outcomes for our students and local communities, delivered by our fantastic community of colleagues.

At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed.We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level and we provide education and training to approximately 10,000 students each year.

City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The search of the online presence will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure.A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found onthe College website .

Please see our Job Description, Person Specification, Conditions of Service and Applicant Information for more information about the role and what it’s like to be part of our team.