# College Area Manager

**Company**: South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
**Location**: North West London and Stanmore
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £49387.00 to £56515.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Choices College is a supported internship programme that aims to support young adults with learning difficulties, disabilities, or autism to become employment ready. This unique opportunity has arisen to manage and develop the Supported Internship, which has been identified as a key priority and can bring significant value to the NHS.

The Area Manager will play a key role in delivering the local programme of supported internships to interns with LLDD or Autism aged 16 to 24 years. The manager will be expected to develop and manage the project, whilst ensuring the students learn the skills required for work and ensure positive outcomes for young people on programme.

Responsibilities:

- Plan, co-ordinate, deliver and monitor the implementation of the supported internship within their area of responsibility.

- Provide and be responsible for bespoke and individualized programme of delivery for every intern completing the Supported Internship.

- Plan and deliver NCFE employability sessions.

- Work in partnership with college colleagues to ensure that the intern is achieving their full potential whilst on the supported internship.

- Develop and maintain placement opportunities with stakeholders within their area of responsibility.

- Communicate effectively with all stakeholders interacting with the college.

- Ensure the wellbeing of all interns engaging with the internship.

- Follow Safeguarding Procedures to ensure the safety of learners.

- Manage, support and oversee the work of the Co-ordinator.

- Demonstrate high levels of negotiation and engagement skills.

- Demonstrate ability to manage behaviours that challenge.

Person Specification:

- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience/knowledge.

- Teaching qualification or experience.

- Significant experience of supporting and developing people with SEND.

- Experience or knowledge of the application of Systematic Instruction Techniques.

- Demonstrated knowledge of safeguarding legislation and implementation.

- Detailed knowledge of maintaining confidentiality and implementing data protection legislation requirements.

Benefits:

- Flexible working.

- Career development.

- Variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment.

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## Skills

### Required
- Systematic Instruction Techniques
- Safeguarding legislation
- Data protection legislation
- Teaching
- SEND support

### Nice to have
- Experience of chairing effective meetings
- Experience of taking information from a number of sources and provide analysis, summary and options within detailed report

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