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SalaryPathway Coordinator (Curriculum Leader) – Step into Adulthood - Complex Autism and/or ADHD
Reporting To: Head of Education
Location: Lancaster
Job Overview
Beaumont College is a very special place. We provide highly personalised pathways for special school leavers, and we support them in the journey to become adults, and to live independent and fulfilling lives as far as possible.
Pathway coordinators design, develop and implement ambitious and creative curriculum pathways to support learners to enjoy, develop and achieve their goals. The curriculum is underpinned by the Preparing for Adulthood Curriculum. This pathway supports those special school leavers to develop the skills that are essential to thrive in the workplace, or in running their own enterprise. Voluntary and paid employment outcomes as well as embracing enterprise activities form part of the clear vision for the students on this pathway
Post holders will plan and deliver a highly differentiated person centred curriculum in line with individual education outcomes which enables learners to fulfil their full potential. The curriculum will be delivered by staff that you lead and manage, as well as other team members and at the college’s satellite locations. Employer support is an essential element of this pathway and recruiting and engaging with employers to ensure graduates of Beaumont College have the skills, behaviours and understanding of the workplace, and add value to a place of employment. This may include promoting Disability Confidence through training and support with our employers as partners.
You must be able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure all learners have equal opportunities to develop the skills required to prepare them for adulthood. To demonstrate measurable progress and achievement through targeted recording and report writing which evidence progress against set EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan) outcomes. The College employs nurses, a wide range of therapists and has a positive behaviour’s ethos.
Our students enjoy learning and they love our college, so we do have a lot to smile about. We are a close knit team and would welcome new colleagues to be part of this enabling, empowering and equipping world of supporting students to fulfil their potential
Job Responsibilities(see JD for further information)
- Lead, manage and coordinate a designated curriculum pathway
- Support pre-entry assessment processes to ensure the right learner is on the right course based. Extend this into the induction and baseline assessment period.
- Ensure quality monitoring identifies strengths and areas for improvement; ensuring improvements are timely and positively received.
- Plan each academic year in advance, including group size, in-class learner and support arrangements, timetabling and session sequencing to ensure learning is well-planned, appropriately sequenced etc.
- Identify and effectively deploy staff within your teams. Comply with HR procedures for line management, appraisal/PDR, absence and quality improvement etc.,
- Promote others through effective modelling and line management to design, develop and deliver high quality learning opportunities in both creative and functional subjects via differentiated lessons to learners with complex learning and physical needs.
- Identify, reduce and eliminate / remove barriers to learning by applying individual support plans and protocols at all times
- Coordinate the course content and ensure all elements of delivery can be linked to the learners intended outcomes; support, promote and encourage tutors and teachers to ensure timely, accurate record keeping and model this to be an example of good practice.
