Supply Brit Kids Assistant - Fashion

Fashion & Textiles Support

East Kent Colleges Group, in collaboration with BRIT Kids, is offering an exciting opportunity for an Fashion Assistant to support our Saturday sessions at Canterbury College.

This role is offered on a supply basis, with work available as and when support is needed on Saturdays for up to 4 hours.

BRIT Kids provides fee-paying performing, creative, and media arts classes every Saturday. As part of The BRIT School—a unique, free school specializing in Performing and Creative Arts—BRIT Kids offers an inspiring environment for young creatives.

If you have a passion for fashion textiles and want to be part of this vibrant creative community, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities 

• Aid in the smooth and safe running of BRIT Kids every Saturday
• Assist teachers in lessons when requested by the manager.
• Provide one-to-one support for students with Additional Educational Needs (AEN) within their respective classes.
• Ensure guidance for BRIT Kids students to and from lessons, managing the pick-up and drop-off of late or early students.
  
• Remain vigilant, ensuring the safety of all entrances and exits.
• Be aware of all building areas to prevent any lost children or unauthorized individuals on site.
• Uphold the pick-up and drop-off procedure for 8-10 year olds
  
• Greet and welcome parents and students at the gates.
• Maintain an approachable, friendly, and helpful demeanour at all times.
• Provide comprehensive tours for new students and parents.

• Undertake any other tasks or duties upon the reasonable request of the manager and/or director
• Commit to the ethos of BRIT Kids, ensuring adherence to safeguarding and all other relevant policies provided.
• Advocate for and promote the BRIT Kids code of practice concerning discipline, commitment, and professional conduct.
• Attend occasional staff meetings and INSET (In-Service Training) days.

As an Assistant, you will be responsible for working independently, following instructions accurately, and contributing to the smooth running of mainly the fashion and textiles classes. You'll have a solid understanding of fashion textiles, including experience with sewing machines and related equipment, and be able to support students in their practical work.

You will also need to demonstrate good customer service skills, ensuring a supportive and professional environment for both students and staff. In addition, you will play an active role in supporting the school’s Safeguarding practices, procedures, culture, and ethos, ensuring that all students are safe and well-supported during their learning experience.

If you're passionate about fashion textiles, have strong technical skills, and want to contribute to an inspiring creative environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. 

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.