Student Advisor - Youth Pathways
• To build student confidence to successfully complete their qualification.
• To motivate students to access services that will assist them in the completion of the qualification.
• To monitor the effectiveness of the services accessed by the students.
• To provide and coordinate learning support for students.
• To offer support and advice to students, to help them to identify and resolve issues that affect their learning and quality of their Wintec experience.
Skills & Experience
Student Support
• Identify services that will assist students in completing their qualification;
• Assist in the development and delivery of a targeted support for students identified as at-risk;
• Work closely with the Academic staff where appropriate to identify at risk students;
• Work closely with student support and secondary school staff to monitor and develop student centred processes and procedures that ensure targeted student support;
• Proactively initiate on-going contact with students who require assistance and/ or who are identified as having difficulty with achievement;
• Ensure students and Wintec staff have increased awareness of student support and services and how to effectively refer students to support;
• Māori and Youth student support practices are informed through competency and understanding of: Whanaungatanga; Manaakitanga; Tangata Whenuatanga; and Ako;
• Provide learning support for students and develop learning programmes on an individual or group basis using flexible modes of delivery, with a focus on each learner’s ways of learning;
• Identify learning support needs for students and arrange appropriate action;
• Identify, prepare and create resources to support students’ learning;
• Provide tutorials and workshops with appropriate departments/organisations to assist students as required.
Service Coordination
• Assist students to link with the appropriate external support that they require;
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with external and internal customers;
• Collaborate and communicate across departments as required.
• Liaise with secondary schools to access support for referral where appropriate.
Administration and Coordination
• Provide administration support within the Youth Pathways team, eg reporting to secondary schools, checking WTA email box and refer to appropriate people, responding to queries;
• Provide accurate information in a timely manner, eg ensuring student attendance is completed;
• Ensure all student contacts are recorded accurately and timely using approved process. Note, only if reliever there who doesn’t have access to roll will she do this.
• Provide reports as required to Youth Pathways Manager and/or Youth Pathways Coordinator;
• Actively support the delivery and coordination of student activities and events, eg end of year awards ceremony, inductions, BBQs, Career Advisor day, etc;
• Coordinate organisation of field trips and work placements, and ensure appropriate requirements are met. This may include, but is not limited to, Wintec polices and procedures, and placement provider policies and procedures;
• Follow Wintec policies and procedures as required;
• Documentation is filed in approved Wintec file management system;
• Record information as required in KAMAR and VAULT.
• Assist Youth Pathways Manager and Youth Pathways Coordinator as needed, eg at peak times.
Health and safety management accountabilities are understood and applied. Individual and staff H&S outcome and objectives
• Significant hazards in the area of responsibility are identified, documented and reviewed annually or as new hazards emerge
• Significant hazards are eliminated, isolated and/or risk minimized
• Staff in the area of responsibility are involved in the hazard management
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