King’s Trust Development Worker – Northampton South

Role: King’s Trust Development Worker – Northampton South

Location: The Abbey Centre, 10 Overslade Close, Northampton, NN4 0RZ

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £23,557 and £25,849 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, People’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a King’s Trust Development Worker to join our Community Learning department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Development Worker, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Programme Support & Recruitment – Assists the Prince’s Trust Team Leader with recruiting team members, setting up individual learning plans, and supporting academic delivery throughout the programme.
• Learner Development & Placement – Provides basic skills tuition, conducts reviews and assessments, and helps source and risk-assess work placements for learners post-programme.
• Administration & Promotion – Supports record keeping, attends meetings and training, and promotes the programme to employers and community organisations.
• Compliance & Continuous Improvement – Ensures health and safety compliance, participates in appraisal and development schemes, and undertakes duties aligned with strategic goals.
• Safeguarding & Professional Standards – Upholds safeguarding, equality, and health and safety policies, and engages in ongoing training and development to support learners effectively.

About you:

• Qualifications & Commitment – Holds GCSE English (A–C or equivalent) and is willing to achieve GCSE Maths if not already attained, with a strong understanding of equality, diversity, and health and safety.
• Experience & Behavioural Insight – Experienced in supporting work placements, managing challenging behaviour, and delivering basic skills to a diverse range of learners.
• Skills & Team Contribution – Excellent organisational and time management skills, strong communicator, and a collaborative team player who motivates others and builds positive relationships.
• Values & Professional Conduct – Works in line with core values (Student Focus, High Performance, Respect, Openness, Honesty), maintaining professionalism and promoting the organisation’s reputation.
• Safeguarding & Flexibility – Committed to safeguarding, continuous learning, and flexible working across service locations, with awareness of health and safety and appropriate boundaries with vulnerable groups.

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

Interviews to be held: 27 August 2025

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

JDPS Development Worker updated BS 301120 (2).docx