Course Leader- Health and Social Care

About The Role

Leeds City College are recruiting for a Course Leader in Health and Social Care to join our team.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join our School of Health Science and Social Care team. We offer courses from Entry 3 to Level 3 for young people and adults who want to progress into the health and social care sector. We are an outstanding department with highly committed and supportive staff. This role will be overseeing the T level in Health course and supporting the programme manager in delivery and overseeing the quality of the course.

What You Will Do

1. Deliver inspiring sessions across the curriculum using a wide range of teaching methods for identified modules.
2. Plan, prepare and develop schemes of work, session plans, teaching and learning resources, learning and assessment plans.
3. Be responsible for recording student progress.
4. Motivate and inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression.
5. Teach across the curriculum levels ranging from Anatomy and physiology, science units to units such as Safeguarding, Mental Health, Sociology, Psychological Perspectives, Effective Communication Industry Placement Units. Overseeing the T Level delivery.
6. Working closely with employers and supporting students readiness for their industry placements.

About You

1. Highly organised and able to stay calm and work under pressure.
2. Experience in safeguarding young people and/or adults.
3. Highly motivated and able to use their own initiative to respond to challenges as well as being able to work effectively within a team.
4. Experience of working with vulnerable groups in an educational setting and of working with a range of internal and external partners and referring into their services.
5. Experience supporting students in a FE setting.
6. Ideally has a background in health or adult social care and can support the need for growth of the sector.
7. Commitment to professional standards and restorative practice approaches.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

1. Generous Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
2. Excellent Pension schemes
3. Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
4. Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
5. Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days.
6. Employee wellbeing initiatives.
7. Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements.

About Us

Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.

We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.

We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.