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Salary: £79,466 - £84,632 (Spine point 34 – 37)

Working Pattern: Full Time, Permanent

Starting: As soon as possible

Orchard Hill College is an Outstanding Specialist College (Ofsted, April 2025) offering life-changing learning opportunities to young people and adults with a range of special education needs and/or disabilities. We operate vibrant community-based College Centres across London and Surrey, where committed specialist teams deliver a variety of programmes designed to meet the diverse needs of our students.

Students who study with us have a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning disabilities, communication and behavioural difficulties and specific medical needs. All students are individual, and their learning programme is designed to support and empower them to achieve their aspirations and goals, whilst developing skills to become more independent members of their community.

We are looking for an inspirational and dynamic Head of College to lead our Kingston region at Orchard Hill College. As Head of College You will oversee our Kingston centres, working with the Executive Principal and Senior Leadership Team to set strategic direction and lead on High Needs, Adult Education, and Project Search Supported Internship programmes. If you’re passionate about inclusive education and making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide inspirational leadership to deliver a high-quality educational environment for students with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including PMLD, SEMH, MLD, and ASD.

• Sustain and build on the College’s outstanding Ofsted rating, ensuring excellence across all areas of provision.

• Take strategic leadership of safeguarding, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all young adults.

• Ensure compliance with statutory duties and the SEND Code of Practice, maintaining the highest standards of governance and accountability.

• Represent the College externally, engaging with local authorities, commissioning groups, and stakeholder forums (including Kingston’s Project Search steering group), while leading on risk management and staying abreast of national and international developments in SEND education.

Key Requirements:

• Qualified educator with a Diploma in Education & Training (or equivalent) and QTS/QTLS (or equivalent).

• Proven leadership in teaching excellence, with the ability to model outstanding practice and deliver high-quality coaching and professional development across centres.

• Extensive experience in SEND education, with deep knowledge of teaching, learning, and assessment for students with a wide range of complex needs.

• Successful senior leadership experience, ideally within specialist settings, demonstrating innovation in curriculum design and delivery.

• Strong strategic insight, with up-to-date understanding of statutory and compliance frameworks, and the ability to develop and deliver an ambitious, coherent vision for continuous improvement.

Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)

• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme

• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)

• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Our Trust

The College is an Academy sponsor and established Orchard Hill College Academy Trust in 2013 which is home to 13 special schools. Together Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust provide for over 1500 pupils and students with SEN across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. To find out more about us, and what makes us a...

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Fazakerley, Liverpool

Up to 37 hours per week 

£25,467.86 per annum pro rata, based on 39 Hours.

This is more than a job; it’s a career that supports people to live life to the full.

What can we offer you?

· Company paid enhanced DBS

· Progression opportunities and career pathways

· Full training and development programme to support you in your role.

· Support to obtain your Diploma Level 2 qualification

· Generous annual holiday entitlement, rising with years’ service.

· Free Employee Assistance Programme with qualified advisors trained to help, 24 hours a day, any day of the year

· Long service entitlements

· Option to sell annual leave (subject to eligibility)

· Monthly staff cash prize draw (subject to eligibility)

· Medicash (subject to eligibility)

More about the role

We are looking for a confident and assertive Support Worker to join a team that works in partnership with people who use our services, to enable them to live as independently as possible and to be part of their local community. As a Support Worker you will encourage the health and well-being of the people that you support, through enabling them to be involved in a range of activities chosen by the person supported.

At Autism Initiatives we work alongside people with autism, providing specialist services tailored to each individual. Experience is not essential, but a genuine passion for providing person centred support as well as a positive attitude, is key to being successful in this role. This is truly a rewarding role, with the opportunity for you to develop your skills, knowledge and fulfil your career aspirations.

Due to the needs of the service, a full driving licence is required.

We at Autism Initiatives make a difference every day. We pride ourselves on being a values-based organisation who put the people we support in the heart of everything we do. We are also committed as an organisation to the well-being of our staff for all of the hard work they do each day. To support our employees we offer the following;

• Medicash
• Wellness plans
• A supportive team and friendly environment
• Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay

We are committed to staff development and want all staff at Autism Initiatives to feel supported when at work. We have excellent opportunities for career development and progression and are always there to encourage staff as they embark on their career in Health and Social Care

How do I apply?

If you are interested in applying for this position and making a difference to someone’s life then please complete the application form by clicking the “ apply now” tab on the left.

The Job description and person specification can also be found above the application form, on the apply now tab.

If you require any support with the application process please contact our friendly HR team on 0151 932 2242 who will be happy to help you.

Living with Covid-19, we continue to prioritise the safety of our employees and people we support. We provide appropriate PPE and support for vaccinations as part of our Infection Prevention Control Risk Assessments to reduce the risk of infection.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and in service delivery.

In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.

Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:

• Monthly staff cash prize draw
• Your birthday off work every year
• Medicash health scheme, providing cash towards medical costs, gym discounts and more
• Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance.
• Additional paid holidays after 1, 2 and 3 years’ service
• Extra paid holidays in milestone service years
• Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Career break scheme
• Wagestream financial planning and support App – enables you to access money earned ...

Graduate Assistant (Music) 6-month contract

Music at Lancing College

Music is at the heart of life at Lancing and the renowned Choir sings at services in Chapel as well at major cathedrals across the country and regularly broadcasts choral evensong on BBC Radio 3 most recently in October 2025 and December 2023. Music at Lancing is extremely well resourced, and the College Chapel is an inspiring setting in which to make music in services and concerts and is fortunate to possess magnificent organs by Frobenius and Walker. Large-scale symphonic and chamber music concerts are frequently given in Great School which houses a Steinway model D and extremely good acoustics for instrumental and choral music.

Choral and instrumental music flourish in the Choir, Choral Scholars (Chamber Choir), A Cappella Club, College Singers (Choral Society), Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia, Concert Band, Big Band, Rock Society, a host of chamber music groups and a Music tech club.

There is a full and varied programme of events, ranging from lunchtime concerts, rock concerts and masterclasses to large-scale evening concerts and musical theatre. In the Lent Term the House Music Competition receives over 200 entries from pupils in solo, duet and ensemble categories, and the House Singing Competition in October involves every pupil in the school.

Concert highlights have included Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Sibelius’ Finlandia, Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending as well as numerous concerto movements. Chamber ensembles have performed Dvorak’s Dumky Trio, Borodin’s String Quartet no.1 first movement and Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio second movement.

The College Singers together with the College Choir give an annual performance of major choral works including Mozart’s Solemn Vespers Rossini’s Petit Messe Solennelle, Handel’s Messiah and Vivaldi’s Gloria in recent years.

To celebrate the completion of the Chapel in 2022, the College commissioned a new anthem The Earth is the Lord’s composed by Matthew Martin and now published by Novello. In 2024 the school celebrated its 175^th Anniversary with the musicians performing in a Gala Concert in London at Southwark Cathedral and also giving the first performance of Lancing Beatitudes composed by Roxanna Panufnik and published by Peters.

There are regular musical productions in the theatre and recent shows include Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd, The Addams Family, Anything Goes, Chicago and My Fair Lady.

There are twenty-seven Music Scholars and Exhibitioners in the College with over half coming to Lancing from cathedral choir schools such as St Paul’s, Chichester, Salisbury, Ely and Exeter. Lancing’s Music Scholars regularly go on to study Music at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, winning Choral and Organ scholarships and to many of the top music colleges including the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Enrichment activities for Lancing’s musicians include visits from professional musicians to give concerts, masterclasses, and lectures with recent visits from Nigel Short (conductor), Sally Beamish (composer), Meurig Bowen (arts administration) and the Kokoshka Trio.

The Department holds annual music events for Prep School pupils; orchestral and choral which have proved very popular amongst local preparatory schools.

Music Department Staff

The Department comprises three members of teaching staff; the Director of Music, Assistant Director of Music & Head of Academic Music and a Graduate Teacher of Music, supported by a Graduate Music Assistant and an administrator. There are twenty-four visiting music teachers offering tuition in the full range of orchestral and rock instruments and voice, many of whom also lead and direct school ensembles.

The Music School

The Music School has 14 practice rooms, a drum room, a chamber music room, a recital room and a computer suite. The recital room, where much of the academic teaching takes place, is also used for rehearsals and lunchtime concerts. The computer suite has recently been upgraded with 14 Macs fitted with a range of software such as Sibelius, GarageBand, and Logic. Further rehearsal space is located below the Chapel in the Bedford Studio for the Symphony Orchestra and the Crypt for the Choir.

Examinations

Pupils in Year 9 follow a foundation course in preparation for the GCSE courses in Years 10 and 11. We currently follow the AQA GCSE specification. In Years 10 and 11 there are nor...

Actuarial Undergraduate Placement

We are looking for an Undergraduate to join our Actuarial Undergraduate Placement at our Gloucester office. Competitive salary, excellent benefits and hybrid working.

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: 12 months

Location: Gloucester

Start Date: September 2026

Closing Date: Friday 13th February

About the role

Benefact Group, are looking for an Undergraduate to join our 2026 Actuarial Undergraduate Placement in our Gloucester office.

This is an excellent one-year paid opportunity to work within our professional and well-established General Insurance Actuarial Department. You will gain experience in the three key actuarial areas including Pricing, Reserving and Capital Modelling.

Are you an undergraduate who wants to work in a uniquely diverse and challenging environment? Have you got the ability and desire to work in an area that supports key business decisions that directly influence the direction and success of the organisation? If so, this particular placement will support you in your professional development and will be an important step in helping you reach your career goals.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

Throughout the placement you will be expected to be involved and add value in the following:

• Year-end/quarter-end claims reserving, using core actuarial methods, for example, chain ladder and bornhuetter-ferguson reserving techniques.

• Technical pricing review for one of (or several) our niches at Ecclesiastical Insurance, using generalised linear modelling and other pricing techniques.

• Capital model calibration and testing, selecting appropriate parameters to be used as model inputs and testing the output of the model (i.e. against actual experience).

• Other business projects and ad-hoc requests that address business need. Typical examples include:

  • Price monitoring

  • Business plan claims forecasting

  • Capital model uses to support business decisions

What you'll need to have

• On track to achieving at least a

  2:1 degree(or equivalent) in statistics, Actuarial studies, Computing, Mathematics, Economics or Physics.

• Strong analytical and mathematical skills.

• A strong track record of personal success as well as academic achievement.

What makes you stand out

• A proactive mindset, with the drive to spot opportunities and make meaningful improvements.

• The ability to work independently and consistently deliver high-quality results with minimal supervision.

• Effective communication skills to build effective relationships.

• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to create practical, balanced solutions that deliver real value.

• An interest and understanding for the general insurance industry and actuarial career.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it

• Hybrid working

• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

• Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme

• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance

• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice

• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year

• Employee Assista...

Employment Specialist (Royal Borough Kensington & Chelsea)

Job Role

We’re currently recruiting Employment Specialists who will be at the heart of our delivery approach.  
We’re currently recruiting an Employment Specialist to join our dedicated Connect to Work team. This role forms part of a specialist programme designed to support individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions into sustainable paid employment.
As an Employment Specialist, you’ll play a vital role in helping participants achieve their employment goals. Working primarily with individuals who have health-related support needs, you’ll identify suitable job opportunities and provide tailored guidance to help them secure long-term, meaningful employment.
Using a person-centred approach, you’ll offer bespoke advice and support to each client, while also developing strong relationships with referral partners and local employers. Your ability to engage with stakeholders and understand individual needs will be key to enabling successful employment outcomes.
To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a strong understanding of the local labour market in the relevant geographical areas, along with proven experience supporting individuals with multiple and complex needs—particularly those with learning disabilities.  Have a track record of working in target-driven environments while consistently delivering services that meet contractual and quality standards.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we offer a competitive salary of £34,000 - £36,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
• 2 Volunteer Days
• Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
• Annual Salary Review
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Free access to BenefitHub – an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and additional voluntary benefits

  
Interested? There’s an easy to apply route below to upload your CV! If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 595200.Seetec Group is an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally within our employee owners. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make. 

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Location: Royal Borough of Kensingston & Chelsea

Hours: 37 hours a week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 5pm, Friday 8.30 am to 4.30pm

Closing Date: 28 January 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Progressively manage a caseload of referred customers with a learning disability using a variety of appropriate strategies to help them overcome barriers to gaining employment.
• Learning disability awareness and self development/knowledge to provide specialist support to customer group
• Undertake in-depth assessments using a suite of tools to fully understand a customer’s circumstances, preferences and holistic barriers to progression to employment
• Co-produce personalised tailored Action Plans featuring SMART targeting to enable positive and timely progression.
• Use an integration framework of local specialist services to obtain support to address specific issues (e.g. substance misuse, anger management, debt advice, health and vocational training).
• Use social prescribing to develop and improve customer circumstances (e.g. healthy eating classes, smoking cessation and social groups).
• Work with multiple agencies to develop holistic approaches to support customers.
• Undertaking direct marketing to employers using digital and electronic formats e.g. email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc.
• Identify the specific recruitment needs of each employer and undertake tailored pre-screens and group assessments.
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