Welcome Evening 20182019 Hayley Thomas Dean of Faculty

Welcome Evening 2018/2019 Hayley Thomas - Dean of Faculty

What you expect from us? - Excellent Teaching Results - Wellbeing, Support and Guidance - Communication

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Your Help and Support - Learning Programme, everything counts! - My SID/e-ILP - Absence reporting/Attendance

Progression Opportunities • Oxbridge • Russell Group • Better Jobs Better Futures • Employment • HE • Apprenterships • Academies

Key Dates 29 th October – 2 nd November- Half Term End of Christmas Term– Target Setting 1 Friday 21 st December – End of Term 1 Monday 7 th January 2019 – Start of Term 2 Monday 4 th February 2019 – Vocational Progress Evening 25 th February – 1 st March 2019 - Half Term

Key Dates End of Easter Term– Target Setting 2 Friday 12 th April 2019 – End of Term 2 Monday 29 th April 2019 – Start of Term 3 27 th May – 31 st May 2019 – Half Term

Learner Experience and Wellbeing Tom Snelgrove Learner Experience and Wellbeing Manager Cyfarwyddwr Adnoddau Dynol

Tutorial System • • • Personal Tutor Lead Tutor One to ones (Target Setting) Group tutorials Progression Skills

Extra Curricular Opportunities • • • Student Council Sports Academies Kenya Project Societies and Clubs Spotlight events

Well Being Provision • Health Advisors – Run tutorials on Healthy Colleges, sexual health and contraception – Offer daily surgeries for students – Run a Condom Scheme for students – Provide training on significant health needs for staff to support students (ie) Epilepsy, Epi pens and Insulin • Recreational Officers - Manage behaviour and offer support to students in common room areas

Rheolwr Diogelu a Lles y Dysgwr Learner Safeguarding & Welfare Anne Pitman Rheolwr Diogelu a Lles y Dysgwr – Learner Safeguarding & Welfare Manager

Safeguarding • The College was awarded an excellent grade for Safeguarding and support in January 2018 • It is important to us, that students of the College feel safe and know who they can talk to should they experience any difficulties • With this in mind, there are posters of the Safeguarding Team posted in every classroom, with our contact details clearly displayed • There also certain statutory duties we have to follow, which includes ensuring all staff and all students undertake training in Safeguarding and Prevent

Welfare Provision Student Support Officers - First point of contact if a student is in crisis The College has a team of Student Support Officers available to students who require additional support outside their studies. SSO’s are able to assist with a variety of issues that may present during the academic year including: • Students experiencing financial hardship • Anxious students • Poor attendance • Struggling with the course or motivation • Being Bullied • Anger Management Difficulties • Looked After Child (LAC) and Care Leavers (CL) and Young Carer (YC) • Transition in to higher level courses or to HE or employment Their role is to offer one to one support and guidance, to assist them in overcoming these difficulties and in many cases referring on to other services for additional support.

Counselling Service • Free support for student with emotional difficulties The College contracts its counselling services to ‘The exchange’ The service offers: • tried and tested professional counselling protocols, • accredited and insured practitioners, who have been Disclosure approved, bespoke IT systems with referral forms, feed-back sheets and information leaflets. The Exchange main remit is dedicated to: • providing one-to-one counselling, supporting staff and publicising the service. • Every young person who approaches the service has an initial assessment meeting with the counsellor, this meeting determines the support moving forward

Financial Support and Advice on Buses Educational Maintenance Allowance [EMA] An EMA grant can help with course costs including books, travel or equipment. For more information, visit the EMA website or contact the college at Tycoch on 01792 284000 or Gorseinon on 01792 890700. Financial Contingency Fund [FCF] The FCF is a hardship fund that is open to all full time students. The fund can help to support essential course related costs such as course equipment, childcare, CRB checks and transport. The FCF is means tested on household income. To apply you need to complete an application form. Funds are allocated on a first come, first served basis. You will need to provide proof of household income and if applicable, proof of your residential status. Welsh Government Learning Grant for FE (WGLG) An WGLG is a grant paid termly to students aged 19 years or over studying full time or part time courses. The WGLG can help students with course costs including books, travel or equipment. Apply for WGLG.

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