Safeguarding and Welfare Advisor

What will you be doing? You will be responsible for delivering an empowering welfare service through working closely with learners to enable them to contact and engage with services and information to address barriers to learning caused by financial, accommodation, personal and social challenges. You will create a visible and accessible welfare services to students and to engage proactively with curriculum areas, learning support and other services to ensure a holistic approach to supporting and advising students. You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with Colleagues, Students and Stakeholders both internally and externally. Please see the Job Description for more details about the role. What we offer - A generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days (plus bank holidays and 8 closure days) - Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 16.1 % - As well as a range of staff support packages. Click here to see the full list of staff benefits. About Us: At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed. We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level. We provide education and training to approximately 12,000 students each year. The College is made up of five centres across Bristol and each centre offers excellent, well-equipped, purpose-built facilities. In addition, we have a wide range of community partners allowing us to offer courses in venues across the city. More information about the college can be found here. City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found here. Please see our Job Description, Person Specification, Conditions of Service and Applicant information for more information. Closing date: Thursday 2 April 2020 (Midnight) Interview date: Tuesday 14 April 2020