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Senior Youth Worker

Senior Youth Worker

Kingston College

Kingston upon Thames

  • Expired
Salary:
£29,023 to £33,330 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
28 September 2019

Job overview

The Student Services Division supports learners at each stage of their journey from pre-entry to post exit. The Division has a client orientated culture and puts learners’ needs at the heart of everything it does. The Division is structured into sections that work together to ensure student success and satisfaction.


Your primary role will be to coordinate and provide activities, workshops and events in line with Support Service delivery plans to enrich the student experience.  Activities will promote positive student behaviour, respect, wellbeing, safety and learner voice.  You will work closely with the wider team to effectively promote all Support Services and to ensure students are provided with holistic information and advice from our Student Support centre and associated satellite services across all college sites.  Events and activities will range from: the Freshers’ Fair, to learner voice training, elections and respect/relationships workshops. 


You will demonstrate a high level of organisational skills and the ability to lead, coordinate and deliver multiple objectives.  Candidates for this role must hold a Youth Work qualification or an equivalent (as a minimum) and have extensive practitioner experience of working with those ‘at risk’/vulnerable.  You will have demonstrable skills in the context of planning/delivering activities and staff management and have evidence of working effectively with multiple external agencies and staff across an organisation to achieve Service objectives.  Able to work effectively as part of a team in the Service and autonomously with a strong use of initiative to lead others.  


You will have a strong track record of engaging young people and adults from diverse backgrounds, ideally in an informal education or community based setting.  The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a positive, calm and ‘can do’ pro-active approach.  You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport with a wide range of individuals.  Student Services is committed to equality of opportunity and the delivery of a high quality inclusive service.


This post will be based at Kingston College.


This position is a contract until. It is a full time position, working 36 hours per week.


Closing date for the return of an online application form is: Sunday 29th September 2019


South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. 


The benefits package includes generous annual leave, pension scheme, subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice childcare vouchers scheme and cycle to work scheme. 


The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do. 


We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve. 


This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.


About Kingston College

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  • Kingston College
  • Kingston Hall Road, Kingston upon Thames
  • Surrey
  • KT1 2AQ
  • United Kingdom
+44 20 8546 2151

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Kingston College is a major provider of further and higher education in Kingston upon Thames. Situated in a thriving riverside town centre, Kingston College provides students with a friendly and stimulating environment for study.

Kingston is both a vibrant Surrey market town and one of the liveliest royal London boroughs, situated on the banks of the River Thames, 12 miles to the south west of London. Boasting great shopping, a colourful café culture, riverside walkways, a thriving arts scene and great nightlife, Kingston provides something for everyone. There are convenient and reliable bus and train services to all parts of the borough and London Waterloo can be reached in around 25 minutes.

Our extensive range of courses offers academic and vocational training from levels one to six. Every year over 600 students take up places at top UK universities and thousands more gain professional qualifications and training.  The College is very proud of its position as one of the top ten university feeders in London and the South East.

Kingston College has recently been awarded the matrix Standard and matrix Excellence Awards for organisations that have made exceptional progress against the standard. Matrix is a national quality standard which assesses an institution’s information, advice and guidance services and their level of customer service. Kingston College achieved whole college matrix accreditation in July 2008 in recognition of its excellence and impartiality with regard to its student support services. Matrix ensures that the right student enrols on the right course and, most importantly, enjoys the right support.

Our courses cover a spectrum of levels with content aimed at 16 to 19 and 16 to 24 year olds, adult education, higher education, short courses and courses for international students.
 

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