Work Placement Officer - Health and Care

Salary: 12093 - 13165 Per Annum

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:

To find and place students with suitable work placements for their courses, providing support throughout the process.

• Part time (22 hours per week)
• Term time (36 weeks per annum)
• Permanent
• £12,093 - £13,165 per annum
• Gorseinon Campus, Swansea

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide one to one student support and skills assessment at placements and settings through pre-arranged visits.
• To continually review and update procedure and systems for placement tracking and monitoring.
• To undertake monitoring, vetting and risk assessments as required.
• Keeping abreast of and contributing to curriculum development and innovations affecting work placement and skills development.

About you:

• Level 3 qualification in the area of Health and Social Care/Childcare
• 5 GCSE passes (grades A-C) including Maths and English or equivalent
• Knowledge of work placement monitoring and vetting or prepared to undertake training in this area
• Ability to work well under own initiative, working confidently with the team and independently

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)
• 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).

Full-Time Equivalent Salary: £25,458 - £27,713 per annum