Safeguarding and Welfare Advisor

Role: Safeguarding and Welfare Advisor

Location: Shuttleworth College

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £24,000 (pro rata) DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Peoples pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37hrs (1.0 FTE)

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

About the role:

• Responsible for providing impartial, pastoral advice to students and prospective students, in relation to student safeguarding and welfare.
• To identify and alleviate safeguarding and welfare barriers to enable students to commence, continue and complete their education.
• To provide staff and students with advice and support on issues relating to child protection and vulnerable adults.
• To ensure that all learners and internal and external customers receive excellent customer care.
• To ensure the College child protection policies are known, understood and used appropriately
• To maintain accurate safeguarding records
• To work closely with all internal and external support agencies.
• To carry out all aspects of the role in line with TBCG culture and values
• To ensure the student experience is kept at the heart of everything your Directorate does

About you:

• Have the ability to talk to Students and Staff at all levels
• Have the ability to work effectively as part of the whole College team
• Have experience of working in a busy Student Welfare environment
• Have experience of working with external Welfare agencies
• Have experience of providing Information, Advice and Guidance
• Hold Level 2 qualifications English and Maths
• Hold a Level 3 Qualification in relevant subject
• Be flexible in your approach to working
• Be friendly and outgoing

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisationalVISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork – We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously – We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred – At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive – We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring – We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence – We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group’s policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

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