Welfare Support Worker

Blackpool Sixth is an outstanding college specialising in 16-19 education. We have an exciting opportunity for a Welfare Support Worker to join our Additional Learning Support team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the college-wide support team. You will play a key role in transforming lives and contributing to a culture of care and success by providing proactive welfare, emotional, and learning support to ensure that our students have high aspirations, are confident, and able to succeed

In this exciting role, you will provide support to a cohort of vulnerable students, ensuring successful transitions, sustained engagement in learning and positive outcomes. The role also includes the delivery of additional learning support to students with a range of needs, both in and out of the classroom. This is a permanent role and is full time, working 36.25 hours per week Monday-Friday. This role is a staff term time only post, so no working during the college holidays. 

This is an ideal post for a person who is passionate about supporting vulnerable young people and helping them achieve their full potential. We are also looking for someone who is committed to promoting student wellbeing and safety, with an understanding of safeguarding practices and the importance of equality and diversity.

In this role, no two days will be the same, but you can expect to:

• Support vulnerable students during their college day, providing emotional or practical assistance to help them stay engaged in learning.
• Collaborate with teachers, wellbeing mentors, and external agencies to address barriers to learning and put support plans in place.
• Attend and contribute to key meetings, such as Personal Education Plan (PEP) reviews, case conferences, and transition meetings.
• Provide in-class support to students with additional learning needs, helping them build skills, confidence and independence.

Closing date: 9am on 27th February 2025

Interviews: 5th March 2025

The benefits

Our people are extremely important to us and we are therefore delighted to provide the following benefits:-

• Cycle to work scheme for contracts over 12 months 
• Free use of the college gym
• Generous pension contributions
• Education specific learning and development 
• Free car parking
• Subsidised Costa Coffee on site and a wide range of catering outlets 
• An in house People & Wellbeing site with loads of self-help guidance
• Access to wellbeing and counselling services for you and your family
• Long service awards recognising loyalty and dedication
• 15 hours of gifted TOIL (pro-rata) to use for flexibility throughout the year 
• Family friendly policies to support our staff with parenting and caring responsibilities
• Be yourself; enjoy being part of a culture and community with different backgrounds, interests, faiths and lifestyles

Equal Opportunities and Safer Recruitment Practices

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. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with keeping children safe in education guidance.