Community Hub Officer – BSix Sixth Form College - West Ham United Foundation

Community Hub Officer – BSix Sixth Form College – West Ham United Foundation

Posted under Management / Administration on July 24th, 2019

Job Description
BSix Sixth Form College has a cohort of 25 students who are in year 10 and 11 on Alternative Provision. These students are integrated into full time study programmes with the mainstream post 16 cohort.
The college takes referrals from local boroughs and schools and is quality assured jointly by the them. The last quality assurance inspection rated the provision as GOOD. The provision has grown each year in the last three years and will aim to attract 30 students from September 2019.

The cohort is a blend of:
· Students of ESOL learners who arrive in borough and are unable to claim a secondary school place
· Students who have made informed decisions with the support of schools to take a vocational path at college rather than a full GCSE program
· Students who have been excluded from secondary school.
The college has good success with this cohort, 2017 – 2018 had a pass rate of 90%. However, as the offer expands the college are aware of the widening needs of the cohort and wish to increase the academic and pastoral support.

Key Responsibilities:
Alternative Provision: · Arrange and lead termly residential and offsite team building experiences to develop emotional wellbeing for the Alternative Provision cohort. · Track and report the emotional and social progress of Alternative Provision and High Needs cohort. · Organise physical training and healthy living sessions for Alternative Provision and SEND cohort · Deliver tutorial sessions to the Alternative Provision cohort that are in addition to the whole college tutorial system.
· Conduct 1-2-1 sessions each week with aims being based on student needs and a clear focus each learner’s confidence, self-esteem and self-management · Utilise a range of WHU Foundation delivery to support the ongoing development of young people · Attend team meetings and Alternative Provision meetings · Continuously review the learning progress of the Alternative Provision students

Wider College:
· Commit to the college values of being Open to Learning and engage in cross-college continuous professional development
· Assist the Enrichment team in supervising students to complete the Duke of Edinburgh Award as part of their study program.
· Assist the Sports coordinators for regular competitive fixtures.
· Contribute to the delivery of WHU Foundation delivery programmes where required
· Uphold high standards of Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
· Contribute to the College’s Student Recruitment Events such as Open Days and Parents Evenings
· Undertake Health and Safety Risk Assessments for all student physical activities
· Represent WHU Foundation at all local community and college events
· Embrace all CPD Opportunities through both the school and WHU Foundation
Other:
· To provide an accessible and flexible approach at all times, including the working of unsocial hours, evening and weekend working as necessary and other duties as reasonably requested
· Adhere to policies and procedures outlined by the Senior Football Development Officer.
· Maintain and deliver to the high corporate
The ideal candidate will have skills and experience in the following areas: –
Essential (E) Desirable (D)

Education / Qualifications / Experience:
· Experience of delivering sports coaching within schools and community (E)
· Clean DBS record (E)
· FA Level 2 (E)
· FA Youth Modules 1 & 2 or working towards (E)
· Emergency First Aid Certificate (E)
· Safeguarding Awareness Training (E)
· Member of FA Licenced Coaches Club or relevant awarding body (E)
· Multi Sports Coaching Qualifications (E)
· AFPE Qualification or working towards (E)
· Experience of teaching English as a foreign language (D)
· Experience of developing girls sport and in particular female football programmes (D)
· Experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable: Youth Work, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision, SEND or Further Education. (D)
· Coaching and mentoring Level 3 qualification (D)
· Clean Driving Licence (E)

Abilities / Skills / Knowledge
· Demonstrate an understanding of mentoring (E)
· Demonstrate a good understanding of how to engage young people (E)
· Demonstrate an good understanding of Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) and Academy Pathway (D)
· Demonstrate an understanding of how to improve sports participation (E)
· Demonstrate a basic understanding of marketing and how this is relevant to community engagement (E)
· Demonstrate an understanding of the national curriculum in numeracy and literacy (E)
· Must be able to demonstrate excellent oral and written communication / presentation skills, which are culturally competent (E)
· ICT Literate (E)
· Demonstrable skills in negotiation, influencing and conflict resolution (E)
· Able to work within a diverse community and draw on individual strengths to promote sports participation (E)
· Able to communicate with participants, partner agencies and the public. (E)
· Good organisational skills, able to prioritise and work within deadlines (E)
· Flexible working in accordance with the requirements of the service which will include working evenings and weekends where applicable. (E)
· Commitment to develop and improve own performance and CPD (E)
· Ability to work independently, line manage, supervise and motivate team members (E)
· Strong commitment to quality service delivery (E)
· Ability to get on with a wide range of people (E)
· Ability to monitor and evaluate programme delivery and report writing (E)