Vacancy Reference Number:
SSSM2025
Salary:
£29,000 – £32,000
Hours:
35
Contract Type:
Permanent
Responsible to:
Head of College
Job Location:
Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG
Note: employees are required to be flexible in their approach to working location and may need to work from other sites
Closing date:
30th June 2025
Interview Date:
TBA
Manages:
Pastoral Support Workers
College Receptionist(s)
Job Purpose:
Responsible for ensuring that the additional support needs of College students are met successfully. Responsible for ensuring that the college meets its statutory duties under the SEND Code of Practice and Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as the Greenbank Project’s designated safeguarding lead – this includes:
- managing the Prevent duty function through the Health & Safety Officer
- managing on-line safety through the Network Manager
- coordination of the safeguarding team, including assigning rotas and duties
- liaising with external agencies involved with safeguarding
- leading on 175 safeguarding audits
- implementing safeguarding standards and quality marks including appropriate management information tools
- managing the single central register
- ensuring Greenbank complies with safer recruitment legislation
2. Line manage a team of learning support staff
3. Co-ordinate rotas and cover for classroom support, lunch and break cover and meeting the personal care needs of learners
4. Secure agency cover staff as appropriate
5. Co-ordinate appointments from external agencies and commissioned services such as ToD, Speech and Language Therapies, Occupational Therapy and PT
6. participation in safeguarding and cover duties
7. Plan and deliver a programme of SEND, safeguarding and Prevent duty professional development (CPD)
8. Support the Education Health and Care (EHC) plans processes
9. Support the timely and effective handover of EHC plans to the curriculum teams
10. Support annual local authority learner reviews
11. Ensure that the organisations professional development plan (CDP) includes relevant elements covering SEND, safeguarding and the Prevent duty
12. Develop and lead the College’s safeguarding, Prevent and SEND policies and procedures
13. Ensure active and effective collaboration with management team members
14. Regularly use data (including finance) to understand College performance and support planned changes
15. Pro-actively use all College management information systems
16. This post will actively contribute to the following College wide documents:
- self-assessment report
- quality improvement plan
This job description is an outline of the current main duties of the post and may be reviewed when relevant in line with the development of the organisation.
Additional vacancy details
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
