Job Type:	permanent	Duration:
Category:	Education / Training / Instruction	Recruiter Reference:	928676
URL for Applications:	Apply Here	Salary:	37 hours, 1.0 FTE, Full Time, Permanent,£26,130 - £26,838, NCL928676

The Vacancy

Central Support Service at Newcastle College is looking to recruit a SEND Advisor to be part of the SEND Support Team. The role will involve supporting learners who have Mental Health and Wellbeing support needs.

The role will involve managing a caseload of allocated learners to ensure their learning needs are met through carrying out an assessment of learning support needs, developing support plans and working with curriculum and support colleagues to implement support strategies and reasonable adjustments.

The ideal candidate must have Level 2 English and Maths and have experience of supporting and assessing a wide range of SEND learners (including those who have mental health and wellbeing difficulties) in an educational setting or similar. It is essential that you have knowledge of the SEND code of practice including the EHCP process and the Preparing for Adulthood Agenda. An understanding of FE funding, inspection and quality frameworks is desirable but not essential.

About Newcastle College

Newcastle College is a further and higher education college offering hundreds of vocational courses, apprenticeships and professional qualifications, alongside more than 70 degrees and higher technical qualifications, delivered through Newcastle College University Centre.

We consider Newcastle College to be at the heart of the North East; a welcoming, supportive, inclusive and safe place, where everybody can be themselves as part of our vibrant and diverse community.

We’re proud to be one of seven colleges that make up NCG, one of the country’s leading college groups and we’re a key part of providing education and training to learners, apprentices and employers across the UK. Newcastle College’s vision is to develop the skills and talents of our students to succeed in modern enterprise and make a positive contribution to the prosperity of our region.

Newcastle College benefits from passionate and talented colleagues, who form a community committed to supporting our students to develop their skills and talents and achieve their aspirations. By joining our team you’ll be part of an organisation that works in close partnership with employers and local industry to offer education and skills training that leads to real employment opportunities for our learners and makes strong local economic impact here in the North East. Whatever your role, you’ll have the chance to work collaboratively with colleagues across all seven NCG colleges and share expertise, innovate and accomplish real change for our learners.

Newcastle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Newcastle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Newcastle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.