Accountable to: Head of employability centre /Vocational lead
Job purpose:
To work alongside the vocational lead to deliver high-quality vocational education in hair and beauty in the independent special school’s vocational unit, enabling learners to achieve industry-standard qualifications and develop practical and theoretical skills for future employment or further study.
- To deliver the company’s ethos, and positive behaviour management strategy, to ensure engagement and student progression is at the forefront of all our efforts.
- Always ensure children are safe by applying the company’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
· The applying of programmes of support for students referred to the provision.
· To ensure positive outcomes are achieved
· To ensure good communication links with commissioning Schools, Local Authorities, students and parents.
· To apply short and long-term programmes of study to ensure students complete the program of work required to enable successful outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Plan and deliver engaging practical workshops and theory sessions in hair and beauty.
· Set clear expectations and boundaries for students, including Lesson Objectives.
· Deliver and assess vocational qualifications in a vocational/unit environment
· Prepare learners for industry-standard assessments and qualifications
· Manage and maintain industry-standard equipment, ensuring safe, hygienic, and effective use
· Ensure health and safety compliance at all times, including risk assessments and adherence to relevant regulations
· Support, motivate, and differentiate for a diverse range of learners, including those with SEND
· Liaise with employers to coordinate work placements and support learners’ transition into employment
· Monitor, record, and report on learners’ progress and achievements
· Keep up to date with current trends, products, and best practices in the hair and beauty industry
· Contribute to the wider life of the school and support a positive, inclusive learning environment
· Ensure that all the policies and procedures adopted by the company are followed, ensuring that the child’s safety and welfare is addressed through the curriculum against all forms of exploitation, this includes building student’s resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values, and enabling them to challenge extremist views.
· Ensure all incidents relating to students are recorded on CPOMS.
· Demonstrate a consistent approach to create and sustain a controlled, orderly environment.
· Promote positive behavioural change in students who experience social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties and facilitate their inclusion back into all lessons.
· Provide written reports to the SLT as and when requested.
· To support coaching/teaching with small groups of students and 1:1.
· To support students with Post 16 pathways and choices.
· Assisting with break time supervision of students.
· Where required attend employers’ establishments with students on Work Experience Placements (following all relevant risk assessments).
· Attend any student review on-line / face to face meetings as required.
· To ensure that lesson plans follow the scheme of work, or commissioners wishes following their own schools planning.
· To ensure written evidence of student’s work is captured and downloaded to the company on-line platform and students’ folders.
· To support transporting students as required (following Risk Assessments).
Progression 2 Work is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, or marital/civil partnership status.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to safer recruitment procedures. Pre-employment checks will include references, an enhanced DBS check (including a children's barred list check where appropriate), verification of identity, right to work in the UK, qualifications, and employment history. Online searches may also be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence process.
9 weeks holiday
Pay: Up to £23,400.00 per year
Work Location: In person
