THE DETAILS:
- Location: SWANSEA, Swansea, SA2 9EB
- Subject: Additional Learning Needs Officer
- Hours: Full Time
- Contract: Fixed Term
- End Date: 31 August, 2025
- Salary Type: Annually
- Salary Range: £22,658 - £24,665
- Language: English
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Individual Development Plan (IDP) Support Officer
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 coordinate the management of Person-Centred Reviews in the Independent Living Skills (ILS) and mainstream settings. To inform, create and maintain learners Individual Development Plans in line with the Additional Learning Needs Educational Tribunal (ALNET) Act. To work with key external stakeholders, learners and staff within the college to ensure that all IDP’s are completed within the timescales set and ensuring that relevant parties are kept up to date with developments. To ensure that the college vision and commitment to learner experience is delivered effectively through meeting targets in order to maximise benefits to learners and help them to achieve their full potential.
Full Time (37 Hours)
Fixed Term Until 31st August 2025
£22,658 - £24,665 Per Annum
Across College Campuses, Swansea
Interview Date 14th July 2023
Key Responsibilities:
Monitor, maintain and manage records on all learners with an IDP and ensure targets for review dates are met.
Be responsible for organising and/or coordinating attendance to Person Centred Review meetings to inform the creation, maintenance, or ceasing of a young person’s Individual Development Plans (IDP) in line with the ALN Code 2021.
Recording of minutes at PCR meetings and update IDPs on an annual basis.
To create and/or maintain IDPs ensuring that the learner voice is at the centre of all decision-making processes.
About you:
Four GCSEs, including Maths and English at Grade C or above or equivalent
Extensive training in the area of Additional Learning Needs and/or inclusive practice in education
Detailed knowledge of ALNET and the Equality Act and the implications to providing support to young people in college
Good understanding of the complex needs and barriers to learning faced by learners with ALN
Benefits for you:
28 days 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)
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
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.
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).
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 coordinate the management of Person-Centred Reviews in the Independent Living Skills (ILS) and mainstream settings. To inform, create and maintain learners Individual Development Plans in line with the Additional Learning Needs Educational Tribunal (ALNET) Act. To work with key external stakeholders, learners and staff within the college to ensure that all IDP’s are completed within the timescales set and ensuring that relevant parties are kept up to date with developments. To ensure that the college vision and commitment to learner experience is delivered effectively through meeting targets in order to maximise benefits to learners and help them to achieve their full potential.
Full Time (37 Hours)
Fixed Term Until 31st August 2025
£22,658 - £24,665 Per Annum
Across College Campuses, Swansea
Interview Date 14th July 2023
Key Responsibilities:
Monitor, maintain and manage records on all learners with an IDP and ensure targets for review dates are met.
Be responsible for organising and/or coordinating attendance to Person Centred Review meetings to inform the creation, maintenance, or ceasing of a young person’s Individual Development Plans (IDP) in line with the ALN Code 2021.
Recording of minutes at PCR meetings and update IDPs on an annual basis.
To create and/or maintain IDPs ensuring that the learner voice is at the centre of all decision-making processes.
About you:
Four GCSEs, including Maths and English at Grade C or above or equivalent
Extensive training in the area of Additional Learning Needs and/or inclusive practice in education
Detailed knowledge of ALNET and the Equality Act and the implications to providing support to young people in college
Good understanding of the complex needs and barriers to learning faced by learners with ALN
Benefits for you:
28 days 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)
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
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.
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).