Travel Training Assistant

2 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom City of Bristol College Full time
Job description

Salary:
Grade 5 - £ £11.85


Contract:
Permanent 1 x Zero Hours Contract


Location:
To be based at Ashley Down Centre and to work across all centres and in the community throughout Bristol and surrounding area


There's never been a better time to join the fantastic team here at City of Bristol College, a rapidly improving college, judged "Good" by Ofsted in January 2023.

With recent investments in our already outstanding teaching facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for both staff and students.

We have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive Travel Training Assistant.

Our Benefits:

  • A generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days, plus bank holidays and 10 closure days which fall over Christmas to spend time with friends and families.
  • Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %
  • Great discounts on hair and beauty treatments offered on site
  • Familyfriendly policies including flexible and hybrid working working, compassionate leave, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, parental leave, job share and fostering friendly leave
  • Up to 3 days paid volunteer leave
  • Excellent facilities including study centres, City Salon, multifaith prayer rooms, bike storage, City Restaurant (situated at College Green and at SBSA), refectories
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • A variety of online shopping discounts and offers and cash health plan
  • Plus a supportive package to ensure continuous professional development.

About the role:

City of Bristol College is seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and proactive Travel Training Assistant. This is a permanent nil hour position with the potential of up to 18.5 hours per week (on average).


The role will be based at Ashley Down Centre/College Green Centre/Parkway/AEC/SBSA and in the community throughout Bristol and surrounding area.


About the Travel Training Service:
The College's Travel Training Service aims to meet the needs of young people with learning disabilities and autism. Travel Training is a crucial tool to enable Students' independence skills and facilitating their transition into adulthood and employment.


Travel training helps people with road safety and awareness skills, how to plan a route, look at ways to stay safe when out and about while helping people building up their confidence to travel safely and independently.


Travel training makes a real difference in young people's lives, empowering them with the skills and confidence to travel independently to access the community, to use public transport, public services and accessing opportunities such as education, employment, sport and leisure activities or visiting family and friends.

It promotes inclusion and participation, enabling people to connect with others without having to rely on a lift or a taxi service.


It develops people's skills and resources, improves their self-confidence and self-esteem, a sense of community belonging and social participation, promotes employability, and access to an income, enabling people to achieve their goals and to build their life project.


The training we provide covers topics such as how to keep safe when out and about, what to carry when out and about, how to cross the road safely, how to use the bus, what to do in scenarios of missing the bus, a bus broking down, having an accident, feeling unwell, being bullied or harassed.


The training sessions are structured and planned by the training coordinator and are delivered on a one-to-one basis by the training coordinator and the Travel Trainers, including training in road safety, road awareness, personal safety, route planning and communication.

What you'll be responsible for/what we are looking for:

The role will involve delivering travel training to young people with learning disabilities and autism, helping students to travel safely, confidently and independently.


Your role will be:

  • To assist students to use the bus safely which includes catching a bus and knowing how to identify their correct bus stop and exiting safely.
  • To assist students to use a bus pass and to purchase bus tickets where necessary.
  • To assist students in planning a safe route should they wish to walk.
  • To ensure students know how to cross the road safely and how to use different crossings.
  • To ensure students are aware how to keep themselves safe and to assist where necessary.
  • To provide guidance to students on keeping their belongings safe.
  • To be involved in the risk assessment and general administrative duties of the role. You will complete tasks such as continuous assessments of students' progress using provided competences matrix.
  • To work either on a onetoone or with a group of students.
  • To have a positive impact on students' lives, enabling them to develop the confidence and to learn the skills to become independent travellers.
  • To support students to develop th


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