Tower Hamlets delivers a highly successful Independent Travel Training programme to children and adults with a wide range of Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Support Needs.

We are looking to recruit 1 x full time (Permanent)Independent Travel Trainer who can work with children and young adults as part of a highly motivated, successful team who are committed to high quality service delivery.

Key responsibilities

You will be working on a 1:1 basis and be assisting groups of students with SEND to teach them how to travel independently on public transport or by foot.

You will be undertaking assessments of children with SEND for their suitability for Independent Travel Training.

You will be writing reports about the sessions and completing dynamic risk assessments to decide next steps in the training.

Requirements

You will need to have an understanding of children and adults with a range of special/support needs, their right to lead an independent life and the issues that they face; and experience of communicating and/or working with children and/or adults with SEND You will also need to be committed, motivated, flexible, and cheerful.

You should possess thorough IT skills, (including Word and Excel), experience of using and updating data and be familiar with the principles of safeguarding and data protection.

You will also have experience of working effectively and flexibly as part of a team, the ability to manage and prioritise a caseload and be able to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.

If recruited, you will have access to accredited training for Travel Trainers course materials to enable you to become a successful Independent Travel Trainer.

If you have any queries or would like some further information about these vacancies, please contact Holly Barker on 0207 364 5419

Please note all successful candidates would be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

This post is open to the following:

• Internal employees but not trainees
• Internal staff – Modern Apprenticeship Trainees (6 months service with LBTH) and Graduate Trainees (12 months service with LBTH)
• Internal employees and external applicants (anyone)

Closing Date: Sunday 28 April 2024

Additional Details

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.

Files

ITT-JDPS-October-2023.pdf