Welfare Support Coaches

West Nottinghamshire College Group; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

West Nottinghamshire College Group seeks Welfare Support Coaches to develop and deliver high quality support to students through an agreed programme, helping them participate in current issues and decisions while developing their personal, social and educational potential.

The role focuses on managing a caseload of referrals, removing barriers to success, and applying an assertive mentoring model to raise retention, achievement and success.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people/adults in a support role.
• Experience using databases, processing information and creating regular reports.
• IT qualification is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of students referred to the team.
• Deliver mentoring to raise retention, achievement and success.
• Embed the college values: Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Compassion and Ambition.

Skills

Motivational skills

Assertiveness

Communication skills

Administrative skills

Youth support

Job description

The Welfare Support Coaches will develop and deliver high quality work with students through an agreed programme of support that facilitates their participation in current issues and decision making by creating opportunities for their personal, social and educational development whilst enabling them to reach their full potential.

Welfare Support Coaches are primarily responsible for managing a caseload of students referred through to the team. The focus of this support will be to enable the student to overcome the barriers that may prevent them achieving success whilst at college.

The Welfare Support Coaches will follow the principles of youth work to enable them to deliver an assertiveness mentoring model to raise Retention, Achievement and Success.

It is essential for this role to have excellent motivational, assertiveness skills and communication skills at all levels in order to ensure supported students make positive progress in a timely fashion.

It is also essential you have sound administrative, organisational skills and a flexible, adaptable and positive attitude; with a good general education, experience of using databases, processing information and creating regular reports. An IT qualification is also preferable.

Experience of working with young people/adults in a support situation is essential.

The role will require you to embed the college's values, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Compassion and Ambition.