Salary: Grade 5 - £11.61 - £11.85
Contract: Permanent 1 x Zero Hours Contract
Location: To be based at Ashley Down Centre and to work across all centres and in the community throughout Bristol and surrounding area
There’s never been a better time to join the fantastic team here at City of Bristol College, a rapidly improving college, judged “Good” by Ofsted in January 2023. With recent investments in our already outstanding teaching facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for both staff and students.
We have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive Travel Training Assistant.
Our Benefits:
- A generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days, plus bank holidays and 10 closure days which fall over Christmas to spend time with friends and families.
- Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %
- Great discounts on hair and beauty treatments offered on site
- Family-friendly policies including flexible and hybrid working working, compassionate leave, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, parental leave, job share and fostering friendly leave
- Up to 3 days paid volunteer leave
- Excellent facilities including study centres, City Salon, multi-faith prayer rooms, bike storage, City Restaurant (situated at College Green and at SBSA), refectories
- Cycle to work scheme
- A variety of online shopping discounts and offers and cash health plan
- Plus a supportive package to ensure continuous professional development.
About the role:
City of Bristol College is seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and proactive Travel Training Assistant. This is a permanent nil hour position with the potential of up to 18.5 hours per week (on average).
The role will be based at Ashley Down Centre/College Green Centre/Parkway/AEC/SBSA and in the community throughout Bristol and surrounding area.
The appointed candidate will provide Travel Training to students to help them travel safely, confidently and independently, developing students’ road safety and awareness, how to plan a route, and look at ways to stay safe whilst out and about. Helping students to build up their confidence and being more independent in their lives, as part of their transition into adulthood and employment.
About the Travel Training Service:
The College’s Travel Training Service aims to meet the needs of young people with learning disabilities and autism. Travel Training is a crucial tool to enable Students’ independence skills and facilitating their transition into adulthood and employment.
What you’ll be responsible for/what we are looking for:
The role will involve delivering travel training to young people with learning disabilities and autism, helping students to travel safely, confidently and independently.
Your role will be:
- To assist students to use the bus safely which includes catching a bus and knowing how to identify their correct bus stop and exiting safely.
- To assist students to use a bus pass and to purchase bus tickets where necessary.
- To assist students in planning a safe route should they wish to walk.
- To ensure students know how to cross the road safely and how to use different crossings.
- To ensure students are aware how to keep themselves safe and to assist where necessary.
- To provide guidance to students on keeping their belongings safe.
- To be involved in the risk assessment and general administrative duties of the role. You will complete tasks such as continuous assessments of students’ progress using provided competences matrix.
- To work either on a one-to-one or with a group of students.
- To have a positive impact on students’ lives, enabling them to develop the confidence and to learn the skills to become independent travellers.
- To support students to develop their confidence, communication and interpersonal skills, whilst facilitating young people’s own growth, inclusion and independence.
- To train young people to use public transport, covering topics such as travel skills, road safety and awareness, personal safety, route planning, money skills, appropriate behaviour and concept of time.
- To help young people with learning disabilities and autism to overcome barriers, inspiring and encouraging them to believe in their potential and to become more independent in their lives.
You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain excelling working relationships with colleagues, students and stakeholders both internally and externally.
If you feel you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required for this role, we look forward to receiving your application.
Please see our Job Description, Person Specification, Conditions of Service and Applicant information for more information.
Closing date: 08th May 2024
Interview date: TBC