Work Experience Placement and Supported Internship Coordinator - CS

Warwickshire College Group, Warwick New Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5JE

Full time, term time: 37 hours / week
38 weeks / year

Please note this role involves travel to other sites so you would need to have your own vehicle.

Permanent

• IT Skills
• Admin Skills
• Knowledge of the commercial sector.
• Experience of working in a customer focused role.
• Experience of working effectively with processes and systems.

When you join WCG we offer you a whole host of employee benefits, including:

• Generous leave entitlement plus up to four free College Closure days a year
• WCG offers all employees who are carers the option to request a period of Carer's Leave that is equal to their usual working week, paid at their normal pay.
• Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers.
• Superb health and wellbeing support with Wellbeing@WCG.
• The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield.
• Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free on-site gym
• Discounted hair and beauty treatments in our College salons.
• Free will writing service.
• Free car parking on-site.

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

• To develop and maintain a broad base of employers with whom the department canwork with to secure suitable work placements and Supported Internships for SEND students.
• To work closely with the students,parents/carers/agency workers, tutors to identify the work aspirations of the students and place students in their chosen area ofwork.
• To arrange and deliver travel training to the students as required for their work experience placement and Supported Internships.
• To comply with the College's policies for work experience placements and Supported Internships and Health & Safety and ensureall necessary paperwork is completed prior tothe placement.
• To provide support to the work placement and supported Internship providers and facilitate the opportunity for placements.
• To set targets for the work placement andwork with the Job Coach for the Supported Internships to support the students to attain their outcomes and record this on their ILPand regularly review progress with the students.
• To provide students with guidance interview sand support.
• To develop and sustain good working relations with existing employers and new employers.
• To maintain and develop a database of suitable work experience providers and input provider names onto the College's CRMsystem.
• To be innovative and enterprising in arranging work placements to benefit the students.
• To support employer events and conferences staged by the college and department to the benefit of students.
• To promote and market work experience in apositive and dynamic way.
• To attend team meetings and work as part of a team and attend external meetings as required.
• To work on one's own initiative and support the team's objectives including to facilitate and enable positive destinations for all the students.
• To be flexible particularly in dealing with busy employers.
• To record contact hours with students to claimthe appropriate funding.
• To assist with any other support duties acrossthe Academy as may be required from time totime including preparation of opendays/career events.
• To undertake CPD as required by the Academy and College
• To attend college delivered 'Teaching Essentials' training

Criteria:

• GCSE Grade C or above in English and Mathematics, or Level 2equivalent qualification.
• A good general education at Level 2 or above.
• Working knowledge of information technology such as…