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Hopwood Hall College

Provides vocational education and higher education

Work Based Assessor

Special Education & Learning SupportUpdated on Nov 13
ContractManchester, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A relevant Level 3 qualification demonstrating the practical skills and understanding needed to support learners in a work-based or life skills environment.
  • Maths and English Level 2/C/4.
  • Experience supporting learners with additional needs and adapting to different needs.
  • Experience assessing people in the workplace.
  • Experience finding quality work experience placements for learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
  • Experience communicating effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, employers, and work placement teams.
  • Ability to work independently using own initiative while visiting work placements, working remotely, and carrying out college-based activity.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with additional learning requirements.
  • Knowledge of workplace health and safety, including safeguarding vulnerable adults and young people.
  • Ability to use Microsoft applications.
  • Ability to use technology to upload, track, and record learners’ progress.
  • Must have own transport with business insurance.

Responsibilities

  • Undertake assessment, delivery, and internal verification for learners completing work placements and accredited qualification units.
  • Support all aspects of the learner journey, including initial assessment, information, advice and guidance, enrolment, learning, assessment, progress review, and progression to further learning or employment.
  • Liaise and communicate with learners’ employers about progress against individual targets and learning plans.
  • Maintain quality assurance standards for work-based learning in line with Gatsby Benchmarks, including attending meetings relevant to the role and responsibilities.
  • Cooperate with the department’s leadership team in the annual review of teaching, learning, and assessment.
  • Maintain continuing professional development (CPD) in subject-specialist knowledge and skills, including total communication approaches and the use of virtual learning environments.
  • Assess and monitor learner progress according to college and national standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Plan and deliver placement visits and contacts to ensure learners are supported, progressing, and achieving their work experience placements.
  • Monitor health, safety, and safeguarding procedures at work experience placements; maintain records and act on concerns with the relevant line manager.
  • Liaise effectively with employers to keep them informed, identify training opportunities, and ensure learners are appropriately supported, including providing documentation to record progress.
  • Attend college health and safety meetings and report work-based placement concerns and actions where appropriate.
  • Review and track learners undertaking work-based practice and/or supported internships, identifying and using appropriate assessment methods to meet work-based attitudes, skills, and behaviours.
  • Set and review targets in line with the college timetable for learners undertaking work experience and/or supported internships, and record these in the college Promonitor system.
  • Identify learners at risk of not achieving in line with college attendance and safeguarding procedures, and document and report these cases to the line manager.
  • Maintain appropriate records and documentation to college standards, including attendance records, individual learning plan records, and planning documents.
  • Participate in the internal verification process for work-based learning assessments.
  • Assist with promoting and marketing relevant study programmes and/or supported internships, highlighting work placement opportunities and their benefits to learners.
  • Maintain and improve professional knowledge, including industry development; attend updates with vocational awarding bodies; and develop virtual learning environment skills.
  • Maintain and update skills specific to the working environment, including CPD relating to people with additional needs, total communication approaches, and working with people with SEND and autism.
  • Undertake other duties of a similar level of responsibility as required.

Desired Qualifications

  • Assessor qualification (D32/33/A1).
  • Internal Verification qualification (D34/V1).
  • Experience using technology for learning, such as virtual learning environment platforms.
  • Experience finding quality work experience placements for learners with SEND.
  • Experience working with people requiring a total communication approach in the workplace.
  • Ability to use Promonitor systems.

About the Company

Hopwood Hall College

Provides vocational education and higher education

Hopwood Hall College is a vocational further education provider with two campuses near Manchester. It offers a wide range of vocational courses from foundation level to foundation degrees, delivered through practical programs at facilities like Learning Resource Centres, a Technology Centre, an Image Salon, a licensed restaurant, and a Centre for Life Sciences. The college has invested over £30 million in capital upgrades to its campuses and resources, providing services like an on-site nursery and welfare benefits for staff and students. Its goal is to prepare learners for work or further study by equipping them with up-to-date skills and to operate as an equal opportunities employer with a strong Equality & Diversity commitment.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
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Headquarters
Rochdale, United Kingdom
Founded
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