Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Student Support Manager

Salary:

29,000-32,000 per annum

Hours:

35 hrs per week

Contract:

Permanent full time

Responsible to:

Head of College

Job Location:

The main place of work is Greenbank College. All employees are required to be flexible in their approach and would be expected to work at other sites as and when required. This job may require occasional evening and weekend work.

Closing date for applications:

18th July 2025

Interview date:

TBA

Overall Responsibilities:

Responsible for ensuring that the additional support needs of College students are met successfully. Responsible for ensuring that the college meets its statutory duties under the SEND Code of Practice and Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Main duties:

line manage a team of pastoral support staff

co-ordinate rotas and cover for classroom support, lunch and break cover and meeting the personal care needs of learners

secure agency cover staff as appropriate

co-ordinate appointments from external agencies and commissioned services such as ToD, Speech and Language Therapies, Occupational Therapy and PT

participation in safeguarding and cover duties

plan and deliver a programme of SEND, safeguarding and Prevent duty professional development (CPD)

support the Education Health and Care (EHC) plans processes

support the timely and effective handover of EHC plans to the curriculum teams

support annual local authority learner reviews

act as the Greenbank Project's designated safeguarding lead - this includes:

managing the Prevent duty function through the Health & Safety Officer managing on-line safety through the Network Manager coordination of the safeguarding team, including assigning rotas and duties liaise with external agencies involved with safeguarding leading on 175 safeguarding audits implementing safeguarding standards and quality marks including appropriate management information tools managing the single central register
ensure that the organisations professional development plan (CDP) includes relevant elements covering SEND, safeguarding and the Prevent duty

develop and lead the College's safeguarding, Prevent and SEND policies and procedures

ensure active and effective collaboration with management team members

regularly use data (including finance) to understand College performance and support planned changes

pro-actively use all College management information systems

this post will actively contribute to the following College wide documents:

quality improvement plan self-assessment report
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder will be required to undertake other activities related to achieving the organisation's objectives, as determined by the line manager. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the ongoing development of the organisation.

Greenbank is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all required Department of Education employment checks including those of the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Further information about the Disclosure and Barring Service can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service

Greenbank is an Equal Opportunities employer and applications are particularly welcome from disabled people.

Apply directly through our website:

https://www.greenbank.org.uk/about-greenbank/job-vacancies/student-support-manager/

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: 29,000.00-32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Company pension Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site gym On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:

Liverpool, L17 1AG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:

A-Level or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:

safeguarding and SEND: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/07/2025
Reference ID: SSM
Expected start date: 04/08/2025