Residential Support

My career at Myerscough College – Empowering Futures

About the role

Would you like to be part of a team that helps shape a safe and supportive learning experience for students where no 2 days are the same?

Are you kind, caring and compassionate with the drive to make a difference to the lives and achievements of our students?

Do you have a natural ability to care for the needs of others?

Do you have a positive attitude and ability to promote independence and personal development. Can you shape and enhance the positive behaviours and attitudes of our students during their studies and promoting valuable work and life skills.

We are recruiting for a Residential Support & Experience Officer who will be highly visible in the Residential Village: a trusted adult, approachable point of contact and support for our Further Education, University and Apprenticeship residential students.

You will provide support to all residential students, promoting and delivering a range of interventions and activities and provide a focussed support programme meeting individual health and welfare needs including supporting students with their mental health.

You will promote and implement the Student Charter, shaping positive and managing behaviours through the implementation of the College positive behaviour management process.

You will deliver a programme of positive activities to support student personal development and enhance the student experience. This may involve both on and off-site activities.

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What do you need to be a successful Residential Support and Experience Officer?

• 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 37 hours per week over a 7-day week 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 the University of Lancashire 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.

Visit our website for the full list of excellent benefits our college offers.

For informal discussions please contact Erika Parry, [email protected] or Robert Kay, [email protected].

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.

Hours:

37 hours, working over 7 days, 40 weeks per year. Shifts will be between the hours of 9am and 5pm and 5pm – 12.30am, 7 days a week, however this can be flexible to fit the rota.

Department:

Student Support and Welfare

Location:

Myerscough College (Preston)

Salary:

£25,457 per annum, pro rata

Reference No:

RSEO-211

Closing Date:

Sunday 2 November 2025