Job Description

The EHCP, High Needs & Transition Co-ordinator will work closely with the administrator alongside the Learning Support Co-ordinator and assist the Team Leader to remove barriers to learning ensuring that learners with additional needs have the opportunity to reach their full potential.


We offer an enhanced benefit package which includes a Cycle to Work scheme, Free on-site Gym at our Beaufort Road campus, Retail Discounts, Local Government Pension Scheme, you'll get 33 days' holidays for a full-time position pro rata for factual positions, to name a few.

Here's the standard bit:

You'll work alongside the Learning Support Coordinator and assist the Team Leader to remove barriers to learning ensuring that learners with additional needs have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Overseeing the learner journey for those with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or high needs from their transition to college and at the end of their journey in preparing for next steps. Working alongside curriculum teams to break down barriers and ensure that these learners are able to achieve successful outcomes both academically and socially. To ensure effective relationships with schools and local authorities are maintained and oversee tracking and funding systems with regards to EHCP and high needs learners.

What you'll need

: - We are looking for an enthusiastic, resilient and a highly motivated individual, with a relevant qualification and/or equivalent experience coupled with a thorough knowledge of legislation regarding learners with difficulties/disabilities e.g., SEN Code of Practice, Single Equality Duty, Health and Safety. A broad range of curriculum knowledge/qualification structure e.g., BTEC, City & Guilds, NVQ, Apprenticeships. Experience of supporting learners with difficulties/disabilities across a range of curriculum areas in an educational environment and the issues facing young people with barriers to their learning (including social, emotional, behavioural). You'll be planning and delivering support for a wide variety of needs, across all course level and using a range of methodologies including Assistive Technologies whilst supporting learners with Access Arrangements for exams


Level 2 Qualification in a vocational or Key Skill Area, Hold or be willing to work towards a level 3 qualification linked to support, learning or disability. Please see the JD for further information.

About us:

Tameside College in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester is a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of courses including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.


We believe in excellence and back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside 100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.


Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.


Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.


Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.


Subject to volume of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy early.


Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Recruitment Agencies:

We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any CV's forwarded for this vacancy will be treated as a gift and not subject to your terms and conditions.