Student Coach

Kent Tech; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Tech seeks a dedicated Student Coach to join a unique special education school in Maidstone. The role involves working closely with students to foster resilience, self-belief, and personal growth within a supportive environment. You will play a crucial role in helping vulnerable students re-engage with their education and achieve their potential through personalized coaching and supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable populations is preferred.
• Ability to design personalized learning programs.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily 1:1 supervision and coaching.
• Design and implement personalized timetables.
• Monitor student progress through records and assessments.

Skills

Resilience

Coaching

Communication

Job description

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We are looking for strong, resilient people to work within our Independent special school who are committed to improving the lives of young people. This is a great opportunity for you to join our team of dedicated and friendly professionals.

Staff at King's Reach are expected to fully engage with students, drawing on their own life experiences and learning opportunities to support and encourage students. This position is demanding as well as rewarding and gives staff and students opportunities to grow.

We now have a fantastic opportunity for a Student Coach to join King’s Reach Education. If you are looking to join a highly dedicated team in a challenging and rewarding environment, we would love to hear from you!

We welcome applicants from an array of backgrounds.

Overview

King’s Reach is a unique Education provision where “Education without limits” is the driving force behind our work with our male students. We seek to understand every student’s story and unlock their unidentified aspirations, passions, and innate potential. We commit to being available, constant and accepting of each of them. We nurture aspiration, self-belief and resilience in our students through our Future Me programme, preparing them for the challenges of adult life in a changing world.

King’s Reach is a unique, one-of-a-kind school based in Maidstone in the heart of Kent providing individually personalised and bespoke learning programmes for boys and young men aged 11– 25 with special educational needs and disabilities. We define ourselves as a community; an authentic family where ‘education without limits’ is the driving force behind our work with children and young people.

Main Responsibilities

Support some of Kent’s most vulnerable students through one-to-one coaching, helping them re-engage with education and develop resilience, aspiration, and self-belief in line with the school’s “Future Me” model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide daily 1:1 supervision and coaching within a trauma-informed, boundaried approach
• Design and implement highly personalised timetables to support academic and emotional growth
• Serve as advocate, role model, and consistent adult presence
• Manage day-to-day logistics for your student (e.g., transport, food, activities)
• Monitor progress through records, risk assessments, and formal reports
• Collaborate with staff and external professionals
• Contribute to whole-school duties and ongoing training

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS