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    Manchester United Foundation uses football to engage and inspire young people to build a better life for themselves and unite the communities in which they live. Dedicated staff deliver football coaching, educational programmes and personal development, providing young people with opportunities to change their lives for the better.

    The Purpose

    Manchester United Foundation believes every young person should feel empowered to achieve their goals and uses the power of football and Manchester United to support young people to make positive choices in their live.

    This role will be to ensure that all service level agreement objectives with the special school are met and surpassed through strategic planning, excellence in delivery, strong working relationships and continuous monitoring and evaluation.

    Based in a school full time the individual would need to be self driven and ensure they were providing the best opportunities for the students. This position is based within Manchester Hospital School, who provides education for children and young people who cannot attend their usual school because of their medical or mental health needs.

    The school operates across a number of sites, teaching children of all ages and abilities. They also work with schools across Manchester and beyond, offering advice and practical assistance on how they can best support any of their students who can no longer attend school for health reasons.

    The school vision is to be a beacon of excellence, providing high-quality education which enables children and young people with medical and mental health needs to achieve and experience success.

    The Role

    • To ensure everything is done safely, fairly, effectively, and efficiently (strong governance).
    • To plan and deliver is to the best of standards (high quality).
    • Capture the success and impact of your work (monitoring and evaluation).
    • Responsible to safeguard the welfare of children and adults at risk.
    • To develop and manage effective working relationships with key stakeholders within the partnership including with local community groups and organisations.
    • To develop and use recognised good practice, working alongside School staff to develop their skills in leading and guiding pupils to achieve their objectives through their individualised education plans.
    • Collaborate with parents and carers and adopt a multi-agency approach to ensuring the needs of children and young people are met.
    • Undertake personal development as and when required by Manchester United Foundation and the club.

    The Person

    • To want to make a positive difference to young people.
    • Hard working, enthusiastic and reliable
    • People Skills (Self-assured, build rapport, empathise with others, emotionally intelligent, approachable.
    • Understanding of Safeguarding best practice
    • Knowledge of implementing policies and procedures especially health and safety and risk assessments.
    • Experience of working with children and young people with special educational needs.
    • Level 2 in a sport or relevant equivalent.
    • Proven ability of engaging with a range of stakeholders and external partners in order to achieve strategic and contractual objectives.
    • Ability to adapt and diversify delivery in programmes/sessions.
    • Effective communication skills (written, verbal and listening).

    Application details

    If you would like to join the team and be part of our mission, to win the United way, please submit your application by Sunday 26th November.
    Manchester United endeavour to respond to all job applications, however, please consider that we receive a high volume of applications, and this may not always possible.

    We recognise the importance of safeguarding children and adults at risk at Manchester United, as part of this commitment this post is required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the appropriate level, as well as full reference history.

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