Learner Safeguarding & Wellbeing Manager

Cyflog: 50320 - 50320 Per Annum

About us:

Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.

At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work.

The role:

You will provide effective leadership of wellbeing and safeguarding for learners across all campuses. You will engage the full range of statutory, professional and voluntary services external to the College, to support the ongoing needs of individual learners, liaising with both Curriculum and Learning Support Teams to ensure that a joined-up approach is adopted.

• 37 Hours Per Week
• Permanent
• £50,320 Per Annum
• Swansea

Key Responsibilities:

• To be the deputy designated person responsible for safe-guarding and to lead and develop a team for safe-guarding. Act as a Designated Safeguarding and Prevent Officer across college, making appropriate referrals to outside agencies
• To lead and manage the online reporting system for safeguarding, regularly reviewing its impact, suggesting changes, and implementing future.
• To provide reports for the Senior Leadership Team, Executive Team and Learner Experience Committee

About you:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline
• L3 Safeguarding qualification or willingness to achieve within 3 months
• Excellent understanding of Safeguarding and Prevent in a Post 16 setting
• Knowledge of current ALN legislation and guidance in a Post-16 context Experience of partnership working, including liaising with parents/carers and multi-agencies to meet the needs of individuals

Benefits for you:

• 37 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
• A Local Government Pension Scheme or Teachers Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
• 2 staff well-being days
• Access to staff fitness trainer/nutritionist/exercise classes
• View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/staff-benefits-wellbeing

Christmas Closure Notice
Gower College Swansea will be closed over the Christmas period. We will not be able to respond to queries regarding job posts or recruitment until Monday, 6th January 2025. We appreciate your understanding and wish you a happy holiday season!

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We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.

If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.

Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.