Pastoral Coach

Working as part of our Pastoral and Therapies team, you will provide a coherent and integrated pastoral support structure which meets the needs of individual learners and will provide support for all our learners to ensure they are making progress, despite their circumstances and additional needs. You will liaise with staff, parents/carers and external agencies linked to each young person to improve their progress/outcomes and act as an outstanding role model for all learners.

If you are a good communicator, who is able to build excellent working relationships with learners, parents/carers and external professionals, have a good sense of humour, and are able to draw upon your experience of working in an education setting delivering emotional and social support to learners then we would encourage you to consider applying for this role.

Thank you very much for your interest in our position of Pastoral Coach here at Heart of Birmingham Vocational College (we all like to call the college 'HBVC', it's so much easier to say!). This is a fantastic opportunity to join our successful Pastoral and Therapies team and contribute to our continued growth and success.

HBVC is an exciting and innovative college with a reputation for high-quality provision that is responsive to the needs of our learners. Based in Birmingham, Edgbaston and Redditch, we specialise in providing excellent education and support to learners with diverse and additional needs. We offer full-time Study Programmes that provide individualised learning experiences, whilst developing learner's key employability and supported living skills. Our entire staff team are very passionate about making HBVC a great place for everyone to be and are committed to enabling learners to fulfil their aspirations. We have a unique approach to ensuring everyone feels a part of our college which is reflected in our core values of Openness, Determination, Excellence, Progress, Respect and Empowerment.

We have made it our mission to provide an inspirational learning environment for person centred vocational education in a community-based setting, enabling learners to achieve exceptional outcomes. Our vision is to empower our learners to prepare themselves for the next stage of their adult lives by providing them with transferable skills that enable them to become purposeful independent individuals and to find their place in their community.

We first opened our doors in 2014 with 10 learners and 3 staff. Since then, we have successfully grown the college to what it is today, with 147 students and 86 staff. We are an Ofsted rated 'Good' college and we are now looking for a Pastoral Coach to join my team and contribute towards our aim of achieving 'Outstanding' status., HBVC is an exciting and innovative college with a reputation for high-quality provision that is responsive to the needs of our learners. Based in Birmingham, we specialise in providing excellent education and support to learners with diverse and additional needs. We offer full-time Study Programmes that provide individualised learning experiences, whilst developing learner's key employability and supported living skills. Our entire staff team are very passionate about making HBVC a great place for everyone to be and are committed to enabling learners to fulfil their aspirations. We have a unique approach to ensuring everyone feels a part of our college which is reflected in our core values of Openness, Challenge, Excellent, Development and Inclusion.

We have made it our mission to provide an inspirational learning environment for person centred vocational education in a community-based setting, enabling learners to achieve exceptional outcomes. Our vision is to empower our learners to prepare themselves for the next stage of their adult lives by providing them with transferable skills that enable them to become purposeful independent individuals and to find their place in their community.

We first opened our doors in 2014 with 10 learners and 3 staff. Since then, we have successfully grown the college to what it is today, with over 125 students and 82 staff.

Salary - £25,788 - £30,621 (Pay scale points 21 - 27) (actual gross p/a)

Reporting to - RSE & Wellbeing Manager

Contract - Full Time, Term Time, Permanent

Note: This is a term time only role, you will be required to work during term time only, taking all college holidays. The salary range stated above has already been pro-rata to take this into account, and the £ range stated is therefore the actual salary range for this position, with no further reductions to be applied for term time only working., As you read this and consider whether this is the job for you, we would like to tell you a little about what it is like to work for HBVC. Our vision, values and mission encompass the views of all staff working with us and are at the core of everything we all do. We have a strong culture of high performance, continuous improvement, teamwork, and open communication. In return for your hard work and dedication, we can promise an investment in you and your future, offering a competitive remuneration and benefits package and excellent professional development - take a look at our job pack for more on why you should come and join our team., Our vision, values and mission encompass the views of all staff working with us and are at the core of everything we all do. We have a strong culture of high performance, continuous improvement, teamwork, and open communication. In return for your hard work and dedication, we can promise an investment in you and your future, offering a competitive remuneration and benefits package and excellent professional development.