Job Description

Job Type
Fixed-Term
Curriculum / Service Area
Access and Continuing Education
Campus / Location
Bispham
Hours per week
37
Part-Year?
No
Post scale
Scale 5
Post Scale Range (FTE)
27,675 - 29,283
Closing Date
01/10/2025
Documents
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Job Advert
The Role:
Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is currently seeking a compassionate and proactive Engagement Mentor - Engineering & Motor Vehicle (Maternity Cover) to join our dedicated team. This is an excellent opportunity to support learners in overcoming barriers to their education, ensuring their wellbeing, safety, and positive engagement in college life.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
As an Engagement Mentor, you will play a key role in supporting our learners to achieve their potential by:

• Building positive and supportive relationships with learners, prioritising safeguarding and wellbeing.
• Promoting the 4As model: Attendance, Attitude, Aspirations, and Achievement.
• Supporting behaviour management and de-escalating challenges in a nurturing and constructive way.
• Working collaboratively with the Gateway, Safeguarding, and Pastoral teams to ensure consistency and positive outcomes.
• Designing and delivering 1:1 and group interventions, workshops, and activities to promote resilience, wellbeing, and positive behaviour.
• Enhancing student experience by supporting extracurricular opportunities and monitoring impact on behaviour and attendance.

Why Join Us?
At B&FC, you'll be part of a supportive, student-focused team committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and aspirational environment. This role gives you the opportunity to make a real difference to learners' lives by helping them overcome challenges and thrive both academically and personally.
Interested? Apply Early!
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If this opportunity excites you, submit your application today!
Rewards and Benefits
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work Certified(TM)

• Enhanced leave allowance of 38 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Competitive pension scheme:

• Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 15.4% employer contribution
• Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. 1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
• Agile working opportunities
• Enhanced Family friendly policies
• Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:

• Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
• Occupational Health
• FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
• FREE eye tests
• Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
• FREE healthy breakfast
• Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
• Health and beauty salon
• Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
• Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
• FREE car parking
• Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite kids 'Sports Camp' 8am - 5pm during selected half-term breaks

B&FC is committed to the promotion of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all resourcing practices. Please email should a specific adjustment be required to support in the application and selection process
B&FC is dedicated to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of all learners, and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. As such, employment at B&FC is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. For further information on DBS, please click
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