Personal Learning Coach

**KEY ROLES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- To provide, on a one to one and group basis, high quality interventions that encourage learners to engage and enable the achievement of realistic yet challenging goals to support future success and progression.
- To measure the impact of one to one and group work carried out in order to evaluate effectiveness and inform continual improvement.
- To maintain accurate records of all interventions and learner information on ProMonitor
- To manage a flexible caseload of learners, prioritising those with attendance, retention, achievement or support needs.
- To facilitate regular caseload progress reviews with Personal Tutors, in order to create and implement effective support and stretch strategies for learners.
- To assist in pre-entry activities such as recruitment events, enrolment activities and assessment of support needs.
- To deliver initial assessment activities and use the results to inform support needs, devise Individual Support Plans and set challenging SMART targets and track progress.
- To understand barriers to learning and to support learners to overcome these by developing innovative practice and delivering a consistently outstanding service.
- To work closely with Personal Tutors to provide and deliver comprehensive group and support tutorial sessions, ensuring continuous service.
- To periodically cover the work of other colleagues within Business Support and take on the management of small projects in order to broaden personal experience.
- To produce statistics to regularly evaluate the impact of services, improve service standards and contribute to the Colleges’ quality processes.
- To actively publicise support services to all students and staff.
- To deliver first aid at college to students, staff, and visitors.
- To deliver mental health first aid to students.

**GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- To commit to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- To participate in the College’s Performance Management Scheme and attend such training events as are necessary to enable him/her to carry out the duties of the job description.
- To continually improve teaching, learning and assessment through proactive CPD and sharing best practice.
- To actively participate in the College’s Quality System, including quality improvement strategies and initiatives.
- To undertake such other duties as may be assigned commensurate with the grade and purpose of the post.
- To take reasonable care for the health and safety of him/her and for others affected by his/her work.
- To actively support College Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity policies.
- To operate/conduct all HR tasks and functions within the principles of GDPR.

This Job Description is current at the date shown below, and is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake. In consultation with the post holder, it may be changed from time to time by the College to meet changing circumstances.
**CONDITIONS OF SERVICE**
All successful applicants will undergo the following checks:

- Enhanced DBS
- 2 x References, one of which must be your current or most recent employer
- Qualification validation check

**SALARY**
The salary range for this post is from £20,234 to £22,249 per annum. Your starting salary will be dependent upon your qualifications and experience. Once you have successfully passed your probationary period, your salary will increase within the salary band on an annual incremental basis, until you reach the top of the salary scale.
**HOURS OF WORK**
The hours of work will be based on 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year.
**ANNUAL LEAVE**
As this is a term time only appointment you will receive a payment in lieu of holiday, which is in addition to your salary. You will also be paid for any Statutory Bank Holidays and concessionary days which fall within your working week.
**PENSION SCHEME**
The College operates an occupational pension scheme, namely the ‘Local Government Pension Scheme’.
**PROBATIONARY PERIOD**
All newly appointed staff have to serve a 6-month probationary period. During the probationary period you will have to complete the corporate staff induction, a Teaching and Learning Induction session if you deliver learning and additional mandatory courses on: Equality & Diversity session, Keeping Children safe in Education, Safeguarding Training session, Prevent, GDPR, Cyber Security and Health & Safety training session. Failure to complete this will prevent you from successfully completing your probation.
**FIRST AID & FIRE MARSHALL**
As defined in the person specification of the job description, those staff with these responsibilities are required to undertake first aid and or fire marshal duties across the College, when called upon to do so. Staff must ensure they are up to date with the relevant training.
**REFERENCES**
Please note that without 2 satisfactory references being received before the end of the probationary pe