The Vacancy Southwark College, part of NCG Group (a leading national provider of education and training) is looking to appoint a Looked After Children Coordinator to work in the Student Experience Team at the Southwark College site, close to Waterloo Station. The post requires the successful candidate to be able to work closely with Southwark College colleagues, Local Authorities and outside agencies to improve the progress and outcomes of Southwark College students who are Looked After Children (LAC) (including unaccompanied asylum seekers) and Care Leavers (CL) In this vital and rewarding role, you will be working to improve the educational attainment of Southwark College students who are Looked After Children (LAC) (including unaccompanied asylum seekers) and Care Leavers. This will include delivering 1 to 1 and small group pastoral support, mentoring, advocacy and challenge to Looked After Children (LAC) and Care Leavers (CL), on both a planned and responsive basis. It will also involve leading on the review process for Looked After Children (LAC) (including unaccompanied asylum seekers) and Care Leavers (CL) with Personal Education Plans (PEPs) ensuring compliance with statutory timelines, linking in with curriculum staff and external agencies as required You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong organisation skills. You will be able to confidently communicate with parents and carers, alongside external agencies such as Local Authorities. If you have a passion for helping students achieve their full potential and feel you want to help, make a difference to student’s education we would like to hear from you. Southwark College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. About Southwark College Southwark College is a large further education college in London, offering an exciting range of work-focused courses that give our students the skills and experience they need to develop their employment potential. We provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured. We’re proud of our success in achieving excellent results and producing knowledgeable and successful students, but we’re built on our staff and our success is down to recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. Helping our young people and adults to fulfil their potential and often transform their lives through education requires dedication, patience and the ability to think differently. That’s why we set out to recruit staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome. We’d love you to join the team if you want to make a real difference to the lives of students, local employers and the wider Southwark community. In return, we’ll provide you with a range of development opportunities, benefits and support to help you fulfil your role. Southwark College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. At Southwark College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things. Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values. 1. Being both inclusive and diverse 2. Trusting and respecting our communities 3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively 4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity. As part of the NCG Group, Southwark College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more. NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve. No agency applications will be accepted. NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.