Progress Coach
  • England,South West,Wiltshire,Swindon
  • Part-time, full-time
  • £21,529 - £23,621 per annum
Job Description:
Are you searching for your next career move working with students New College Swindon

have an exciting opportunity for a Progress Coach
to join the team.

Location:
North Star & Queens Drive Campuses, Swindon
Job Type:
Permanent, Full time or half full time available
Salary:
Full Time: £21,529-£23,621 per annum / Part Time: £10,764-£11,810 per annum
Start Date:
September 2024
About Us:

New College Swindon is a vibrant and dynamic institution, resulting from the merger of New College and Swindon College. Our mission is to provide exceptional teaching, facilities, and guidance support to our students, placing them at the heart of everything we do. We prioritise their interests and create a supportive environment.
Additionally, we value the well-being of our dedicated staff, offering outstanding employment conditions, including competitive salaries, generous holidays, and comprehensive pension schemes.
Progress Coach – The Role:

Our Progress Coaches work directly with our students, providing pastoral support and mentoring to caseloads of students in 1-2-1 and group review sessions to identify and overcome barriers to achievement.
Progress Coaching is vital, aiding our students to build develop social and employability skills supporting them to progress with their studies and to move into employment.
Key Responsibilities:

- Act as a Progress Coach to a designated number of learners, working closely with Curriculum Managers and teaching staff as learners’ advocates to support the successful completion of their journey through monitoring progress and performance
- Support learners’ induction, performance, progress and progression
- Be responsible for a caseload of learners, and to work with them in tutorial groups, smaller
focused sessions and 121
- Deliver the mandatory tutorial plan for the caseload of learners allocated
- Check and monitor student attendance within their caseload, working closely with curriculum teams, CMs and intervention coaches to improve attendance, in line with college policy
- Respond promptly where barriers to learning are identified by carrying out proactive intervention strategies, referring learners to relevant support where required and monitoring their progress and altering actions to ensure success
Progress Coach – You:

You need to have a Level 3 qualification in Youth Work, Training (or related discipline) or be willing to work towards this, along with knowledge of Safeguarding procedures and previous experience of working with young people.
Benefits:

- 39 Working weeks per year, 44.5 weeks paid
- 15.9% College pension contribution to LGPS
- Health care cash plan
- Free car parking
- Discounted Hair & Beauty
- On-site gym
- Staff development & training, Sodexo Retail Discount Scheme, and more!
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Safeguarding Statement

New College Swindon is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Application Process

Please note that this vacancy may close before the published closing date if sufficient applications are received so if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible. To apply, you MUST have right to work in the UK.
To submit your application for this exciting Progress Coach opportunity, please click ’Apply’ now
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