Job Description

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Description

Co-ordinate and source a programme of work experience activities, including internships assessing the practical skills of students, in order to match them to the most suitable available industry placement appropriate to their course.

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Main Responsibilities and Duties:

The following is an indication of the type and level of the main priorities expected of this role as directed by your line manager and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties or tasks:
1. Co-ordinate and source external and internal work placements for students, pro-actively seeking out and engaging with new employers, to increase the range and breadth of placements available for students, including those with a range of learning difficulties and/ or disabilities, including visiting new employers to identify placement opportunities, arranging and attending work placement interviews with students and conducting Health & Safety checks of placements.

2. Assess the practical skills of student both in the work place and at the College as necessary, undertaking and reviewing health and safety risk assessments drawn up at external employers' premise for each individual student to ensure their safety whilst on work placements.

3. Monitor, review and record student progress in their placement, including conducting work-based observations at employers premises, completing observation reports on students in their work placement, and review on-going progress with students, maintaining own records of student progress and achievement in line with qualification requirements. This will include recording information on student progress and reviews on College on-line systems.

4. Co-ordinate, monitor and review a programme of business enterprises for students within the Foundation Learning and ESOL departments as required, working with the departments to provide the best available opportunities for students.

5. Co-ordinate, monitor and review a programme of external community projects for students as required, visiting sites to assess their suitability for student participation.

6. Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all work experience activity undertaken and maintain SharePoint to ensure all interested parties are informed of progress.

7. Contribute to course review and action planning procedures, providing up to date information and data on student progress and achievement in their placements, in order to ensure that placements match the needs of the relevant study programme.

8. Liaise with and assist the learning leads to ensure the recruitment and selection of students is appropriate to the work experience placement on offer.

In addition all post holders will be required to be trained to act as Fire Marshals and First Aiders.###

Application Requirements

To ensure compliance with safeguarding guidelines, all applicants must complete the application form in full. This includes providing:A full employment history from the time you left full-time education, with details of any gaps in employment explained. Information on all relevant education and qualifications.
Please note, incomplete applications will not be considered. Your co-operation helps us maintain the highest standards of safety and care for children and young people.###

Benefits

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About MidKent College

A GOOD local College for Maidstone and Medway

Every year over 6000 students from Medway, Maidstone and beyond choose MidKent College to continue their studies and prepare for their future career.

Our sparkling campuses in Maidstone and Medway boast some of the best vocational training facilities in the country as well as staff and student social zones and more. Our University Centre Maidstone campus provides a valuable higher education and professional training centre for Maidstone, including South East Institute of Technology and the College's Home Energy Centre. Additionally, in September 2024 we proudly opened Medway School of Arts in Chatham's Historic Dockyard.

All of our campuses benefit from ongoing investment programmes so that we can provide fantastic learning environments for our students.

For over 100 years we've been providing high-quality technical training and apprenticeships in a range of subject areas.

In October 2024 Ofsted rated the College as 'Good'.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to the safeguarding of all our students and staff. This means everyone who works here is required to actively protect them from preventable harm. Our recruitment and selection process includes background checks which will be undertaken on the successful applicant, including an enhanced DBS, and in your application you are required to demonstrate how you meet the Colleges requirements on safeguarding.

The background checks will be carried-out in accordance with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice. The DBS helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. We operate in accordance with the DBS Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy. You can access both of these documents at https://www.midkent.ac.uk/about-us/policy-and-privacy-information

MidKent College is committed to safeguarding and the Prevent Agenda and to promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. MKC complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.




Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or young people. Candidates who are preliminarily offered a position for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College including sanctions relating to work with children in any country outside of the UK.




Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

As a proud user of the disability confident scheme the College is committed to equal opportunities and celebrates the diversity of staff and students. As part of our commitment to the scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

Important Notice for Applicants: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement

To ensure the security of our college systems and protect personal / sensitive information, all staff are now required to use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should your application be successful. This mandated security measure helps reduce the risk of unauthorised access aligned to our cyber security requirements.

Should your application be successful, MFA can be enabled using the Microsoft Authenticator app on your personal or college mobile device. Alternatively, you may request a YubiKey, a physical security key that plugs into your allocated laptop or desktop.