Functional Skills Tutor
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Ipswich |
| Area | Suffolk, England |
| Sector | Assessors/Coaches/Trainers/Tutors - Functional Skills |
| Salary | £24,000-£28,000 |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | National Skills Agency |
| Consultant Email | info@nationalskillsagency.co.uk |
| Telephone | 020 3953 1984 |
| Job Ref | CB/FST |
- Description
- our client are seeking a tutor that can bring a fresh perspective to our existing team, to support learner engagement, engender the life-long learning ethos, and provide solutions to the barriers that learners might face throughout their journey. You will be responsible for planning and teaching the Functional Skills curriculum, as well as differentiation, and will be required to ensure work is marked, recorded, and assessment is on-going, ensuring all learners are ready for examinations. Your delivery will be creative and engaging to ensure individuals achieve their aims in all subjects. You will be supported by a Quality Assurance Team who is responsible for leading the team to drive up quality, reaching and exceeding KPI and promoting our ethos for continuous improvement.Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Create effective schemes of works that clearly supports the learning process of individuals
- Prepare and develop innovative lesson plans, designing and delivering group activities
- Deliver training to individuals and groups following the programme curriculum, setting objectives and targets for achievement
- Provide one to one support to learners where necessary
- Hold a manageable caseload of learners
- Diagnose learner’s literacy, numeracy and ICT needs and requirements by using various diagnostic testing and mock tests
- Liaise with relevant team members to ensure learners achieve their targets and progress into appropriate outcomes
- Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance and support to learners to help them progress
- Prepare and submit up-to-date assessments of learners, across all relevant activities
- Monitor and maintain appropriate paperwork, reviews, records of progress tracking and to report all cases of learner behavioural issues, sickness and absence
- Prepare for and attend monthly caseload review meetings with your line manager
- Provide learners with all relevant policies and regulations to clarify what is expected of them and to ensure their safety
- Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with other external organisationsinvolved with the service and learners
- Actively participate in continuous improvement and self-assessments and the implementation of subsequent action plans
- Complete all required documentation accurately and within agreed timescales to ensure that contract
- requirements are met and funding is maximised and revenue is secured
- Ongoing management and administration tasks, including but not limited to session planning, logging results and providing feedback to learners
- Work alongside the Quality Assurance team to ensure that delivery meets the high expectations and prepare for and attend standardisation meetings
- Take proactive approaches to ensure Safeguarding and Prevent is embedded into the delivery and ensure issues are raised accordingly in line with our clients Safeguarding Policy using the appropriate recording and reporting tools.
- Any complaints are raised accordingly in line with our clients Complaints Policy
- Act as an ambassador at all times, providing key information to all parties involved within the learner journey
- Create conducive learning environments to optimise learners’ journey and support positive outcomes
- Actively ensure own CPD is kept up to date as per the requirements for Functional Skills
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding (including Prevent) the welfare of all learners for whom you have responsibility for or with whom you come into contact with and adhere to our clients Safeguarding and Prevent policies.
- In addition, the post holder may be asked to carry out other reasonable duties, appropriate to their experience, qualifications and level.
Qualifications- Qualified to DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (or equivalent)
- Qualified to PTLLS/ CTLLS (or equivalent)
- GCSE (or equivalent) in English and maths at grade C or above
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Qualified to TAQA / A1 (or equivalent)
Knowledge / Technical Skills- Demonstratable knowledge on the Core Curriculum for FS English and maths across all levels
- Detailed knowledge on the new FS Reforms being implemented
- Robust lesson planning using a wide variety of resources and assessment methods to match learning styles
- Knowledge on barriers to education and how to address issues within personal and social development
- Knowledge on using and analysing data from IA and Diagnostic tools such as Dynamic Learning, Forskills, BKSB
- In-depth understanding of and commitment to safeguarding and prevent
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint – intermediate competency required.
- Time management skills, organisational skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines
- Ability to communicate and present to a diverse range of people at all levels, verbally and in writing
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team with interpersonal skills
- Ability to establish and maintain effective administrative processes
- Experience
- Demonstratable experience of delivering high quality Functional Skills English and maths across all levels
- Experience of delivering classes remotely online via Microsoft Teams or Zoom
- Experience in delivering to adults on Adult Learning Programmes or awide range of groups
- Some experience of Ofsted inspections, having been involved in the inspection process
- and being able to demonstrate Good and Outstanding teaching practice.
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and targets
- Have a good understanding of Safeguarding and Prevent
Paul Feldman is the National Skills Agency Data Protection Officer. Your data will be stored until notice is given by you for it to be removed. Our Data Protection Policy will be forwarded to you on request. As we get a high number of applications we may be unable to give feedback to unsuccessful candidates. We will retain your details to keep you informed of other opportunities. National Skills Agency Ltd is acting as an Employment Agencyin relation to this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
