Residential Support & Experience Officer (RSEO) 26 hours - Based at Preston

Confidence, with a good understanding how to work professionally with young people and adults. You'll be supporting students who choose to reside in Halls during their time at the College and University Students.
You'll be guided by your Residential Support Manager as part of a team of Residential Support Officers, working closely with other teams across the College, liaising with parents/ carers and external agencies.
Safeguarding is a big part of the job, and we take it very seriously: you will be a key member of our safeguarding and support team.
Great organisation and administration. You'll be competent in managing your time, using a range of systems to accurately maintain student records. You will also complete admin duties, such as compliance and other Health & Safety records.
Being Supportive. You'll cover the duties of care for our students on a rota basis. providing pastoral and safeguarding support to ensure their holistic well-being and welfare.
Be a great Communicator with a good level of spoken and written English.
Energetic. Working 26 hours per week over a-day week over a duty rota and be visible in the Residential Village.
Responsibility. You'll take part in pastoral care duties, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rotating basis. You will take responsibility for your own professional approach and commitment to the role, supporting and safeguarding students to achieve their potential and gain valuable life, independence and personal development skills

Why join us?

At Myerscough College and University Centre we have a nationally and internationally recognised Further Education, Higher Education, Adult Education and Apprenticeship provision. The Further Education provision is well established, the Higher Education provision has a well-recognised partnership with UCLan and the apprenticeship provision is operational nationally. We offer a rewarding and enjoyable working environment, where colleagues are inspired to make a positive difference to the educational experience and employability of our students. We are one of the top five largest land-based and sports colleges in the UK., Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.

The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.

As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.

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