Job Details

Salary: 11 per hour - FREELANCE Contract type: Fixed term for eight months Working pattern: Part time 12.25 hours per week

Closing date: Friday 12 February 2016

Dv8 Sussex is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding all learners enrolled on our programmes and appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory references being obtained, and an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

About the Role

Job purpose: The role is to support a specific SEN student to enable them to develop their skills, confidence, engagement and help guide them towards gaining their accreditation with DV8 Sussex.

The role is classroom based in our Live Events Intermediate course .

Company outline:

Dv8 Sussex specialises in delivering innovative training for young people across a range of creative subjects. All courses are taught by industry professionals and designed to provide a real experience of working in a creative environment.

We recognise the strengths of learning through doing something that is challenging, inspiring and fun. The young people on our courses are supported to progress into employment, apprenticeships or further education following their time with us. All courses contain qualifications embedded within activities (such as successfully releasing a music track and staging live performances and events). In addition to vocational subjects, students also undertake GCSE maths & English programmes leading to exams.

Course outline:

Dv8 Sussex study programmes are industry-led creative courses that enable young adults to learn what it is like to develop skills in a professional environment. They weave accredited vocational learning, English & maths and work-related experience. Each course provides added value to students by completing a series of projects which develop a wide range of skills including enterprise, innovation and problem-solving.

Key Duties Associated with the job role

1. Assess the needs of and support assigned student in class to achieve learning aims.
2. Manage behaviour collaboratively with the tutor inside the guidelines of DV8 behaviour management procedures.
3. Contribute to the monitoring, reviewing and tracking of student progress and attendance
4. Take an active role in registers, report writing and recording data.
5. Liaise with parents and external agencies, where appropriate, to ensure individual support and a collaborated approach is taken.
6. Support Course Tutors in identifying suitable progression plans for assigned student.
7. Assist learners during examinations where appropriate.
8. Maintain and update own professional knowledge and practical skills annually including attending relevant staff development/INSET days.
9. Attend meeting to review student progress.
10. To ensure that safeguarding of learners and staff at Dv8 is paramount at all times.
11. To ensure that Dv8’s Equality & Diversity policies, procedures and initiatives are actively promoted to all staff and learners at all times. 

Key person characteristics sought

- Caring

- Helpful

- Perceptive

- Encouraging of others

- Dedicated to learning

- Resilient

- Creative

- Able to set and maintain clear boundaries   

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.