SEN Creative Training Support Lead

• Do you have a creative background or are you a maker either as a career or in your spare time?
• Do you have previous SEND experience, either professionally or personally, or an awareness of the types of barriers our trainees face?
• Do you have experience of social media or small business/enterprise?
• Do you know your way around Apple products and have a flexible approach to problem solving?

Part-time Role: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 09:00 - 16:00

Location: Hawkhurst, Kent.

Elevate Creates is an exciting creative skills training service, with a a focus on enterprise, for young autistic adults and those with learning disabilities (18+). As a key member of our team, you will support our trainees to learn new creative skills using our ‘design; make; market; sell’ framework. You will help them adjust to being in a working environment, as well as support micro-business creation for those on the enterprise pathway. If you have knowledge and skills in creative practice and enterprise, have a bundle of energy and ideas a-plenty, along with the desire to help guide our trainees through the next chapter of their adult life, we would love to hear from you.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Support with the delivery, and contribute to the creation, of engaging learning activities.
• Support with the design, production, and marketing of products for the Elevate Creates ranges as well as support trainees to develop their own range of products.
• Commit and contribute to improving standards and to maintaining a caring and stimulating environment for our trainees.
• Commit to developing a positive team culture of praise and feedback and participate in meetings and training events that support and develop the work of the team.
• Commit to supporting markets and events, and attending occasional weekend/ evening events by arrangement.
• To safeguard and promote the welfare of students and act on any safeguarding issues in accordance with Elevate Creates procedures.
• Enhanced DBS will be required.

Salary: £15 - £18 per hour depending on experience

Annual Leave: 24 days (includes 2 week Christmas shut down)

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £15.00-£18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 28 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Please detail your answers to the 4 questions in the ad, along with what additional skills you feel you can impart to our trainees that will help them develop their own enterprises and build skills for the future.

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 27/01/2025
Expected start date: 10/03/2025