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Location: Minehead, Somerset   Salary: £18,570.46 - £20,879.74 Hours: 40 hours per week – Term time only plus 10 additional days   Foxes Academy is an Ofsted outstanding specialist college for young adults with learning disabilities (18-25 years old). We offer training in independent life skills, plus the opportunity to learn catering skills in Foxes Hotel. The happiness, well-being and success of our learners is at the centre of everything we do.    The main purpose of the role:    As one of our Education Learning Support Practitioners your role will be to assist our students during a range of sessions within our residential houses, classrooms and at Foxes Hotel. Your role is to help achieve our mission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently.  Key duties:    - You will have high expectations of all students, and to constantly challenge and stretch each student at every opportunity.  - To support the students in their learning, enabling them to reach their full potential.  - To professionally and effectively support with managing student behaviour, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate.  - Support every student to make progress in each session under the guidance of the tutor, and to assist the tutor in ensuring this progress is recorded, evidenced and evaluated effectively and efficiently.  - To be able to creatively produce resources that will support student progress.  - Respect the privacy (confidentiality) and dignity of all students and at all times adhere to the equality and diversity policy.    Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.     For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com   

Location: Minehead, Somerset Salary:£18,570.46 - £20,879.74 (FTE £20,072.00 - £22,568.00) Hours: 40 hours per week, Term time only plus 10 additional days   The main purpose of the role:   To ensure you meet the personal care needs of service users in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence. As an employee of The Reynard Care and Support Agency your absolute priority is to safeguard the service users in our care. You must work professionally, effectively and sensitively with your team to ensure that all service users are safe and feel safe with any concerns listened to and acted upon appropriately.   Key duties:  - To assist service users who need help with getting up in the morning, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and the toilet. - To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including - Incontinence, and help in use and care of aids and personal equipment. - To comply with the agency's guidelines and policies at all times. - To encourage service users to remain as independent as possible. - To carry out duties in accordance with the Personal Service User plan (care plan). - To complete medication record, if applicable. - To complete accident / incident forms in the event of an accident/incident. - To report to the Registered Manager immediately if, and when, an individual appears unwell, or has a problem you feel unable to deal with. - To ensure all paperwork is appropriately completed and kept up-to-date. - To support individuals in attending planned activities in the community whilst promoting individual interests.  Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.   For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team on 07918 144 908 or email adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Location: Minehead, Somerset   Salary:£18,859.12 - £22,083.13 (FTE £25,835.87 - £29,835.87) Hours: 32 hours per week, Term Time Only plus 8 additional days   Aurora Foxes is a truly remarkable place, having received its third consecutive ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted report it offers a wide range of support to young people with disabilities looking for training that will help them get in to the world of work.     The main purpose of the role:    As an Independent Living Skills Tutor at Aurora Foxes, we expect you to plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate inspiring, engaging and individualised sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student. It is an absolute priority is to safeguard the students in our care. You must work professionally, effectively and sensitively with your team to ensure that all students are safe and feel safe with any concerns listened to and acted upon appropriately and immediately      Key duties:    - Effectively and professionally plan, prepare and resource highly individualised sessions of the highest quality, including those sessions where you may be absent, according to the scheme of work.  - To effectively and sensitively support the students in their learning.  - Deliver professional, inspiring and engaging sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student, and in which all students are motivated and engaged throughout. We expect every tutor to be fully engaged in the session at all times without exception.   - Prepare, direct and lead Learning Support Practitioners within your session, and to actively promote a professional attitude and approach at all times. Ensure that LSP’s contribute throughout the session including session evaluation and Student assessments.   - Contribute professionally and constructively to any review and development of any course, scheme of work, quality assurance processes and procedures.   - Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.     For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com   

Bank Hotel General Assistant   Location: Somerset Contract Type: Casual Hours: Flexible hours to suit you Salary: £9.05-£9.16ph + 13% Holiday Pay   Foxes Academy is an Ofsted outstanding specialist college for young adults with learning disabilities (18-25 years old). We offer training in independent life skills, plus the opportunity to learn catering skills in Foxes Hotel. The happiness, well-being and success of our learners is at the centre of everything we do.     The main purpose of the role:   To support reception, front of house and housekeeping to ensure the continuous smooth running of the hotel business.    As a Bank Hotel General Assistant you will have the flexibility to choose your working days and shifts.    Key Duties:   - To ensure the safety and well-being of the students while on duty by being aware of Company policies relating to Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Safety and COSHH. - Attend all appropriate meetings as and when required. - To absolutely ensure to always deliver a high standard of customer care. - Complete cleaning and preparation tasks to support business needs and requirements to be compliant. - Complete regular checks on the toilets, bedrooms, and laundry tasks and clean/complete as required. - To support with the clearing and cleaning of still room if no kitchen porter is on shift. - Complete the clearing and cleaning of all public areas as required ensuring high standards are maintained. - Take direction from the Hotel Manager and Senior Leadership Team as to the tasks which require completion to meet the daily business needs. - Cover reception duties in a professional manner including taking phone calls, taking bookings, checking in guests and completing payments.  Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.   For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-gr

Business Manager – Foxes Academy Location: Minehead, Somerset Salary: £35,000.00 - £40,000 Hours: 40 hours per week Closing Date: Sunday 23rd January 2022   Aurora Foxes is a truly remarkable place, having received its third consecutive ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted report it offers a wide range of support to young people with disabilities looking for training that will help them get in to the world of work.   The main purpose of the role:   The support services teams are an essential pillar in enabling the children and young adults to achieve their full potential. The Business Manager is part of the Senior Leadership Team with responsibility for the Finance, HR, and Administration whilst supporting the site lead. The supervision and development of support services teams to ensure an efficient, safe, healthy, clean, attractive and comfortable environment is provided within budget whilst business aims and objectives are met as a minimum and exceeded where possible. There is an expectation of the post holder to act with a high degree of autonomy including responsibility and accountability for managing delegated budgets and resources. The role also involves creating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development plans aimed at bringing about continual improvement in these areas.   Key duties: - Ensure the smooth, efficient, effective and economical running of each of the support departments, to include Finance, Administration, HR and Housekeeping - Ensure all support services meet the needs of the individual children and young adults by enabling the environment to be used as a means of support and social learning. - Effectively lead financial management including analysing, managing and monitoring budgets, financial performance and activities. - Effectively lead all aspects of on-site HR, liaising with central HR and supporting managers to undertake day to day HR processes as required. - Effectively lead all administrative functions required for the service. - Provide professional leadership and management of the support teams to enhance their effectiveness and performance to achieve excellent standards. - Promote the highest standards of business ethos and compliance. - Carry out and/or facilitate audit processes to monitor service delivery standards.   Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Location: Minehead, Somerset Salary: £9.65-£9.95 per hour + 13% Holiday Pay  Hours: Flexible shifts to suit you   Foxes Academy is an Ofsted outstanding specialist college for young adults with learning disabilities (18-25 years old). We offer training in independent life skills, plus the opportunity to learn catering skills in Foxes Hotel. The happiness, well-being and success of our learners is at the centre of everything we do.   The main purpose of the role:   As one of our Learning Support Practitioners your role will be to assist our students in our residential houses and at Foxes Hotel, to help achieve our mission which is to equip young adults with learning disabilities to find sustainable employment in the hospitality sector and to live independently   Key Duties:   - As an LSP we expect you to have high expectations of all students, and to constantly challenge and stretch each student at every opportunity. - As an LSP we expect you at all times, and under the guidance of the House Team Leaders/Tutors, to support the students in their learning, enabling them to reach their full potential. - We expect all LSPs to professionally and effectively support with managing student behaviour, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate. - Work professionally and collaboratively with the session tutor to develop a positive, constructive and proactive relationship that benefits the students and contributes significantly to their success within each session and over the duration of the course. - Use strategies to promote students’ wider skills development, such as in communication, self-advocacy, presentation skills and team work. - Work professionally 1:1 with students as directed by House Team Leaders and other LSP’s, monitoring their personal management and independent skills. Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.   For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Casual/Bank Care Support Worker   Location: Minehead, Somerset Salary: £9.65-£10.00 per hour + 13% Holiday Pay  Hours: Flexible shifts to suit you   The main purpose of the role:   To ensure you meet the personal care needs of service users in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence. As an employee of The Reynard Care and Support Agency your absolute priority is to safeguard the service users in our care. You must work professionally, effectively and sensitively with your team to ensure that all service users are safe and feel safe with any concerns listened to and acted upon appropriately.   Key duties:  - To assist service users who need help with getting up in the morning, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and the toilet. - To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including - Incontinence, and help in use and care of aids and personal equipment. - To comply with the agency's guidelines and policies at all times. - To encourage service users to remain as independent as possible. - To carry out duties in accordance with the Personal Service User plan (care plan). - To complete medication record, if applicable. - To complete accident / incident forms in the event of an accident/incident. - To report to the Registered Manager immediately if, and when, an individual appears unwell, or has a problem you feel unable to deal with. - To ensure all paperwork is appropriately completed and kept up-to-date. - To support individuals in attending planned activities in the community whilst promoting individual interests.  Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.   For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team on 07918 144 908 or email adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Location: Minehead, Somerset Salary: £20,524.45 - £24,252.99 - (FTE 22,183.98 - £26,214.00) Hours: 40 Hours per week, Term time only plus 10 additional days   Aurora Foxes is a truly remarkable place, having received its third consecutive ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted report it offers a wide range of support to young people with disabilities looking for training that will help them get in to the world of work.   The main purpose of the role:   The main purpose of the Tutor is to ensure vocational training supports business needs and to develop further the highest professional standards within Front of House. As a tutor we expect you to plan, prepare, deliver, and evaluate inspiring, engaging, and individualised sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student. We expect all tutors to support the students professionally, effectively, and sensitively in their learning, and manage student behaviour, seeking further advice and guidance where appropriate.  It's important that all students make progress in each session and that this is recorded, evidenced, and evaluated effectively and efficiently. We expect all staff to respect the privacy (confidentiality) and dignity of our students and always adhere to the equality and diversity policy. We expect you to work collaboratively and professionally as part of the Vocational Education and Transition Teams.   Key duties: - Deliver professional, inspiring, and engaging sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student, and in which they are motivated and engaged throughout. We expect every tutor to be fully engaged in the session without exception - Plan and prepare robust and professional assessments, ensuring that all tracking (including base lining, target setting and review) and reports associated with these are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner, and that any records are kept up to date. All tutors must be familiar with, and actively use the principles of RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement) and accredited - Work professionally and collaboratively with all colleagues and teams across the Aurora Foxes, including the Therapy team and House Team Leaders, to analyse student performance and ensure that they make progress commensurate with their ability. Where underachievement is identified appropriate strategies should be implemented immediately and reviewed. Where overachievement is identified, targets should be reviewed, and further challenges agreed within teams and set. - Ensure that all students receive professional, timely and effective feedback, with appropriate strategies (next steps) to improve their performance, and that such discussions are evidenced through effective and professional record keeping (Evaluations, Tutorials and Reviews). - Prepare, direct and lead Learning Support Practitioners (LSPs) within your session. Ensure that LSPs contribute throughout the session including session evaluation and student assessments where applicable. - Contribute professionally and constructively to any review and development of any course, scheme of work, quality assurance processes and procedures.    Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.   For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com