RESET Programme Team Leader

Transform Lives Through Education

Are you passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to learning? Join our dedicated RESET team as a Team Leader and become the key driver of our innovative Transition Strategy.

What You’ll Do:

• Build meaningful relationships with Post-16 students at risk of disengagement, fostering a supportive environment where they can thrive
• Lead personalised mentoring through 1:1 and group support, helping students overcome attendance, engagement, and confidence challenges
• Design social action projects and employer engagement opportunities that motivate students and develop their character
• Implement trauma-informed approaches to support positive behaviour, self-regulation, and resilience
• Collaborate with pastoral, SEND, and safeguarding teams to ensure comprehensive student support
• Track student progress and celebrate successes, setting high expectations while providing encouragement

What We’re Looking For:

• Essential: Youthwork or teaching qualification (Level 3+), Maths and English GCSE (A-C), experience in teaching/instructing roles
• Experience providing careers guidance to young people and working with vulnerable students
• Strong knowledge of equality, diversity, safeguarding, and confidentiality in education
• Excellent communication, organisational, and project management skills
• Commitment to trauma-informed practice and continuous professional development

Ready to Make a Difference? This role offers the opportunity to directly impact young people’s futures, helping them transition successfully into further education and employment. You’ll work across our Bedford, Kettering, and Central Bedfordshire campuses as part of a supportive, values-driven team.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Our VISION Values

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.

Documents

TBCG Ex-Offenders Policy.pdf

RESET Team Leader.docx