Cared for Learners Co-ordinator (EL578)

Salary: £28,282 – £30,881 (per annum)

Contract Type: Permanent                        

Hours: 37 per week

Location: Crewe Campus

Do you have great communication skills, enjoy helping people and supporting your community?

We are seeking a supportive individual to join our Safeguarding and Welfare Team at our Crewe Campus as a Cared for Learners Coordinator. This role involves improving, monitoring and recording the educational attainment of learners who are cared for. Initiating and chairing Personal education Plans (PEPS) reviews, Care Planning meetings (for Cared for Learners), Early Help meetings and Team Around the Family meetings, liaising with carers, curriculum staff and external agencies as required.

Do you have experience of working with vulnerable young people?

This could be through;

• Care roles
• Working in education, councils, childcare or residential settings
• Youth / community groups
• Voluntary work

And have the following skills or experience?

• Organising meetings
• Chairing meetings
• Collating / reviewing information from various sources
• Working with data
• Working accurately at pace
• Working to deadlines
• Forming working relationships which result in positive outcomes
• Managing difficult situations such as safeguarding concerns, with a calm approach

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide local authorities and the Virtual School with accurate and timely information on cared for learners (including unaccompanied asylum seekers);
• Initiate the review process for learners with electronic Personal Education Plans (ePEPs), ensuring compliance with statutory timelines, linking in with curriculum staff across the College and external agencies as required;
• Be an active member of the College’s Be Safe Team and support other members of the Be Safe Team to respond to disclosures/concerns;
• Make timely referrals to a range of agencies, including Cheshire East Consultation Service (ChECS), Early Help and Safeguarding Hub, in order to appropriately safeguard and support learners; and
• Produce reports for Personal Education Plan, Early Help, Child in Need and Child Protection meetings.

Key Person Specification Requirements:

• Level 3 Safeguarding qualification (or be willing to work towards);
• GCSE Grade C (4/5) in Maths and English (or equivalent);
• Experience of working in a supportive environment;
• Experience of working with young people / vulnerable adults with safeguarding or welfare concerns;
• Ability to work with empathy and sensitivity whilst maintaining own emotional resilience;
• Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with external agencies;
• Excellent and recent working knowledge of Safeguarding procedures, policy and practice; and
• Enhanced DBS check.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Benefits:

• Access to world-class facilities;
• Access to new qualifications to support your career in education such as short online courses in the areas below. If you’re interested in learning more about this, please email recruitment@ccsw.ac.uk.
• Equality and Diversity
• Information, Advice and Guidance
• Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent
• Principles of Customer Service
• Extensive upskilling and professional development opportunities;
• Competitive salary;
• Pension scheme;
• 35 days holiday (plus bank holidays);
• College ‘Count Me In’ social platform;
• Online benefits platform;
• Onsite fitness and childcare facilities;
• Onsite Costa, café, shop, restaurants, hair and beauty salon; and
• Free onsite parking

How to apply:

If you’re interested in this excellent opportunity, you can apply by sending a fully completed application form to recruitment@ccsw.ac.uk by 9am, 2 April 2025.

We are unable to accept CVs.

The selection process will take place on 28 April 2025 at our Crewe campus.

Please note that applications submitted via recruitment agencies cannot be considered.

Cheshire College South and West is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to provide a DBS Disclosure, Right to Work evidence and original qualification certificates. References will also be sought.