Role: Safeguarding and Welfare Advisor

Location: Bedford Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £24,000 DOE and Qualification, 27 days of annual leave plus bank holiday, people's pension, retail and leisure discounts.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours/52 Weeks

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

About the role:

As a Safeguarding and Welfare Advisor our Bedford Campus you will play a pivotal role in the success of the students through:

• Providing impartial, pastoral advice to students and prospective students, in relation to student safeguarding and welfare.
• Identifying and alleviating safeguarding and welfare barriers to enable students to commence, continue and complete their education.
• Providing staff and students with advice and support on issues relating to child protection and vulnerable adults.
• Ensuring that all learners and internal and external customers receive excellent customer care.
• Ensuring the College child protection policies are known, understood and used appropriately
• Maintaining accurate safeguarding records
• Working closely with all internal and external support agencies.
• Carrying out all aspects of the role in line with TBCG culture and values
• Ensuring the student experience is kept at the heart of everything your Directorate does

About you:

• Effective team collaboration and problem-solving skills
• Motivating and developing teams
• Attention to detail and accuracy in administrative tasks
• Proficient in writing formal and informal letters
• Professional telephone etiquette and meeting deadlines
• Experience in a busy Student Welfare environment, providing information, advice, and guidance
• L2 English and maths
• Level 3 Qualification in relevant subject
• IT Qualification Level 2
• First aid at work (or willing to work towards)

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.