Work Placement Co-ordinator (ILS)

Salary: 17369 - 18650

About us:

Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.

At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.

The role:

You will need to source placements for students with additional learning needs and support their development in the work place. It is paramount that we create meaningful and challenging placements for our students with the ultimate goal being employment or supported employment.

• 30 hours per week
• Term time (40 weeks per year)
• Permanent
• £17,369 - £18,907 per annum
• Tycoch Campus, Swansea

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaise with a range of work placement providers to ensure good quality placement experience that meets the needs of students with learning difficulties and disabilities
• Establish new work placements and nurture existing to ensure continued success.
• Undertake monitoring and vetting checks on work placements ensuring all necessary records for tracking and action planning are complete.

About you:

• 5 GCSE passes (grades A-C) including Maths and English or equivalent
• Knowledge of Health and Safety principles
• Knowledge of work placement monitoring and vetting or prepared to undertake training in this area
• Knowledge of Additional Learning Needs

Benefits for you:

• 28 days pro rata annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
• A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
• A Teacher's Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 23.68% (2023)
• 2 staff well-being days
• Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
• View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/staff-benefits-wellbeing

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We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.

If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.

Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.

Please note that we are expecting a high volume of applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.

Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).