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Transition Coordinator

Full Time

Generous holiday package

Role

- Key pastoral support role working directly with individual students and their families

- Creative engagement and support of post 16 students with special educational needs and disabilities. Students are likely to have Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties which may be linked to personal trauma, high anxiety and a mix of complex needs, including ASC

- Use of SMART targets to demonstrate student progress

- Build positive relationships and work in close collaboration with other relevant services and local employers to ensure students are well supported and provided with quality work experience placements

- Improve student’s wellbeing, social engagement and long term employment options

Qualifications and Skills

- Knowledge of successful interventions with families where there is: substance misuse, poor mental health and domestic abuse.

- Experience of working with young people and families who are reluctant to engage

- Good understanding of the complexity of poor mental health and its impact within families

- Good understanding of the impact of poverty, poor parenting and adult wellbeing on students

- Strong commitment to equality of opportunity

- Proven ability to undertake intensive, direct work with vulnerable young people

- Strong work ethic

- A non-judgemental, unflappable, optimistic, creative, collaborative, flexible person

- Sense of humour and patience will be essential

- Full clean driving licence

- Enhanced DBS will be required

This job description is not exhaustive and as a term of employment you may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required at the direction of your line manager.

If you have an appetite for hard work, and want to make a difference by supporting young people to succeed, regardless of a variety of complex barriers, we welcome your application.

We will assess applications on a rolling basis and may shortlist and invite candidates to interview at any time, including before any advertised closing date.

Bridge the Gap Malvern and all its services, are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore all workers and employees within Bridge the Gap Malvern are expected to share this commitment.