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Are you inspirational? Do you want to make a difference and contribute to transforming the lives of young people within your community?

Do you want to join a forward–thinking Further Education College on its mission to take learners ‘beyond ambition’?

A great opportunity has become available for a Head of Learning Support.

The key requirements of the role are:

• To ensure the college meets its statutory responsibilities with regards to the 2014 SEND Code of Practice and the 2010 Equality Act.
• To act as the college lead for all Education, Health and Care Plan consultations, including identifying whether the college can meet individual needs, liaising with county councils to agree placements and providing estimates of delivery costs
• To lead an inspirational and high performing Learning support team
• To manage the initial assessment screening, exam access, interview and review process for all students who disclose a learning support need.
• To have the ability to work well as part of a team and collaborate with others.
• To be a good listener, facilitator of learning, motivator, advocate and role model

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, show empathy, be an active listener, value diversity, be a motivator of others and be able to role model professionalism. A good level of digital literacy is essential to be able to drive forward assistive technology

You will work collaboratively with students, parents/carers, curriculum and business support teams and external partners

As a learning organisation we are great at supporting and training our staff to achieve their full potential.

While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

• Company Pension scheme
• 30 holiday entitlement & additional annual leave purchase scheme
• Free onsite parking
• A wide range of learning - access to free training & continuous professional development including leadership development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Salon Intuition
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Here at Buckinghamshire College Group, we are passionate about helping people of all ages and abilities to achieve their learning goals and life aspirations.

You will find a warm welcome at all of our campuses in; Aylesbury, Amersham and High Wycombe, where we are a thriving community of over 500 Staff and 7,000 students and we are sure that whatever your aspirations and career goals, we can help you to achieve them.

We will support you to develop new skills and help expand your career opportunities within the college. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

This is an exciting time to join the College as we are about to launch our new 5-year Vision and Strategy which includes a vibrant new-build in the heart of High Wycombe which will consolidate the current Wycombe and Amersham campuses.

We value our staff highly and offer a competitive reward and benefits package.

We hope you will want to be part of Buckinghamshire College Group and we very much look forward to welcoming you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. All applicants will need to complete an application form via our College Website

For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

Closing date for applications is the 5th July 2023

Interview dates will be held at the Aylesbury campus on Friday 14th July 2023.

If successfully shortlisted your interview with be either morning or afternoon of that day.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.