Access Arrangement Assessor and Additional Support Worker

At Blackpool Sixth, we want to make sure that our students with special educational needs, disabilities, medical needs or mental health conditions enjoy full support to help them succeed in their studies. This fixed-term position is well suited to you if you can provide that support, we can offer you a hugely rewarding role as part of our friendly and dedicated team.

We are looking to appoint a specialist Access Arrangement Assessor and Additional Support Worker. Ideally, the successful candidate will undertake both roles on a full-time basis but we would consider solely appointing a suitably qualified access arrangement assessor to a 0.5fte part-time role. A salary breakdown is available on the job description. This role is fixed term for the academic year 2019/20.

In this role, you will be expected to carry out assessments for exam access arrangements and complete applications in line with JCQ regulations. You will also deliver one-to-one or small group interventions to identified cohorts of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and work to develop students’ independence in preparation for adulthood and their next steps after college. The successful candidate will also work with relevant staff to share expertise on effective teaching and learning strategies for students with SEND.

We are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to help our vulnerable students to overcome barriers and achieve their full potential. We proudly hold the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark, awarded in June 2018 and have expertise in mental health, autism and other special educational needs and disabilities. 

We’re genuinely committed to helping our staff build their skills through a range of training and development opportunities. You can also look forward to being part of a progressive and forward-thinking college with a brand new £29 million development, exceptional facilities and an outstanding rating from Ofsted.

Closing date: 9 am on 5th June 2019

Interviews: 13th June 2019   

The health and wellbeing of our staff is important to us, we have recently launched a health and wellbeing group whose mission is to help create a healthy working environment for staff and students through the promotion of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of a protected characteristic, or is disadvantaged by any conditions or any related individual requirements. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and all diverse groups. The college provides equality of access, services and care to everyone, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression or trans status, race, religion or belief or sexual orientation. 

All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. Due to the number of applications we get for each post, we will only be able to contact you should you be shortlisted for interview.