Welfare & Safeguarding Officer - Inclusion Support

Colchester Institute Enterprises Limited; Colchester; Vor Ort; GBP 18.000 - 23.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Colchester Institute Enterprises Limited is seeking a part-time Welfare and Safeguarding Officer - Inclusion Support to provide first-response welfare and safeguarding support to enrolled students. You will work with curriculum teams, social workers, and external agencies to promote wellbeing, safety and inclusion, and to remove barriers to learning.

Role requires delivery of safeguarding guidance, response to referrals, and attendance at professional meetings.

Qualifikationen

• Experience of welfare issues including homelessness, emotional/behavioural issues and mental health concerns
• Experience in safeguarding case management following policies and procedures
• Recent experience supporting vulnerable 16–19 year olds in a similar role

Aufgaben

• Deliver a first response welfare and safeguarding support to enrolled students, coordinating with internal teams, the social care services and external agencies
• Promote and advise on safeguarding and child protection best practices
• Act as first responder to referrals regarding learner welfare issues including homelessness, bullying and anxiety
• Arrange, co-ordinate and chair welfare/safeguarding meetings and Team Around the Family meetings
• Contribute to professional meetings and reviews concerning enrolled students and safeguarding planning
• Maintain accurate records of learner interventions on college systems including Intuition

Ausbildung

Level 2 English and Maths GCSEs or equivalent

Education to Level 3 or above or professional qualification

Jobbeschreibung

Join Colchester Institute - Where Your Career Makes a Difference

At Colchester Institute, we believe in the power of education to transform lives and communities. As one of the leading providers of education and training in the region, we are proud to offer a dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking working environment.

We are seeking a Welfare and Safeguarding Officerto join our team. In this role you will be the first point of contact for students with recognised barriers to learning, providing advice, guidance and practical support to help them thrive throughout their time at College. Working closely with curriculum teams and internal and external partners, you will help remove barriers to learning and participation, ensuring students have access to the support they need to achieve their full potential.

As part of the Welfare and Safeguarding Team, you will also play a key role in responding to safeguarding and welfare concerns, delivering a frontline support service that promotes student wellbeing, safety and inclusion. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of vulnerable learners by helping them overcome challenges and succeed both personally and academically.

Job title: Welfare and Safeguarding Officer - Inclusion Support

Part Time, 37 hours per week, 38 Weeks per year (Term time only)

About the role:

• To deliver a first response welfare and safeguarding support to enrolled students. . Working collaboratively with internal curriculum and support teams, the virtual school, social workers, support workers, parents/carers, and any other support agencies working with the student to support emotional wellbeing and mental health, ensure a smooth transition to College and removing barriers to learning and participation.
• To promote and advise on all aspects of Safeguarding and Child Protection.
• To act as a first response to referrals regarding learner welfare issues including homelessness, bullying and harassment, anxiety, signposting to other teams, liaising with the course area and external agencies as appropriate.
• To arrange, co-ordinate and chair support meetings, safety meetings and TAF (Team around the Family meetings) for students with welfare and safeguarding concerns including parental/NOK contact, hosting the meeting with parents/NOK, external agencies and course areas.
• Contribute to and attend Professional Meetings and reviews concerning enrolled students including Team Around the Family, Child in Need meetings, Child Protection Conference, Strategy meetings.
• Comply with requests for information regarding students including the attendance and progression of learners and timely completion of Section 17 and Section 47 requests.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of all learner interventions, and record on college systems including Intuition

Essential Experience:

• Experience of working with welfare issues, such as homelessness, emotional and behavioural issues and mental health concerns
• Experience of dealing with and case management of safeguarding cases, following policies and procedures.
• Recent experience of working with, and supporting vulnerable young people aged between 16-19 years old in a similar role

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum of Level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics GCSE 4+ or C and above / CSE Level 1 / O-Level C or above / Level 2 Adult Numeracy or Literacy or equivalent
• Education to level 3 or above and/or a professional qualification in relevant subject area or equivalent

Why join us?

At Colchester Institute, we value our staff and invest in their growth. Joining us means becoming part of a vibrant community dedicated to excellence in education and training. If you are passionate about making a difference and inspiring the next generation, we would love to hear from you.

We do not engage with recruitment or search agencies unless they have been officially contracted in line with our PSL.