Childcare and Employability Tutor - Maternity Cover

This is an exciting time to join the our client. They were set up in August 2004. Since then, we have continued to develop and deliver programmes to support young people to learn, achieve and progress to greater opportunities. Our client is an organisation that believes in creating opportunities for all. It is an organisation that is ethical, friendly, and considerate and encompasses these values in all its services and operations. Most of all, we believe in working together as a team to create opportunities for the individuals we work with to grow, to help them recognise and achieve their aspirations and goals and attain a positive outcome.  

Join their team at the Ipswich Education Centre, be part of something special that will make a difference to young people.  

Are you an inspiring Tutor with a real passion for creating engaging and creative sessions and looking for a rewarding new challenge? Are you eager to make a difference in the lives of young people by providing them with enriching knowledge and experiences?

As the skills for life tutor, you will be responsible for planning, teaching, and monitoring your learners' progress through their journey, enabling learners with learning differences to develop their confidence, independence and skills for life and work. You will plan the curriculum, ensuring the qualifications and enrichment activities are of a quality that enables learners to be successful. Working with individuals who may present challenges, your delivery will be creative and engaging to ensure individuals achieve their aims in all subjects, and most of all, are able to progress to improved opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified to PTLLS/AET or equivalent (essential)
• GCSE or equivalent in English and maths at grade C/4 or above (essential)
• Qualified Childcare Level 2 minimum (essential)
• Assessor qualification (desirable)
• Experienced working with learners who present learning differences (Essential)
• Confident with your delivery (Essential)
• Knowledge of EHCPs and SEN qualifications (desirable)

As a tutor teaching Childcare and Employability, you will be responsible for the quality of education through your planning and teaching of the subject area, as well as differentiating your lesson activities and resources. you will be required to ensure work is marked, records are kept, and assessment is ongoing. You will need to ensure all learners are on track throughout the year, preparing a portfolio of work to demonstrate how they meet assessment criteria, and maintaining a high level of successful pass rates.

This course is an exciting opportunity for the right person, by providing practical lessons, excursions, visits and trips to develop the individual learner's confidence and personal skills to move forward within education of other opportunities.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Plan for learners' needs through the use of initial assessment, previous learning and EHCPs
• Differentiate lesson plans and resources in line with learner needs as outlined in EHCP documents or through observations
• Plan and develop SMART-appropriate learning plans for individual learners alongside monitoring their EHCP outcomes.
• Conduct a 1:1 progress review with your learners
• Manage any behaviour issues that arise in line with their policy, with support from the Centre Manager
• Implement their inclusion and equal opportunity policies.
• Ensure that learning support assistants and visiting speakers are used effectively in the learning environment.
• To cover other subject areas as appropriate if required
• Organise and implement trips and events for learning
• Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance, and support to learners to help them progress
• Participate in events/open days as required
• Participate in quality reviews as required

Monitoring and Continuous Improvement

• Undertake regular CPD and record it using company documents.
• Undertake qualifications where suitable as part of your own learning and development.

Note: These responsibilities serve as an initial outline for the tasks that the post holder will initially be expected to perform. Changes may occur over time to accommodate evolving job requirements and adapt to shifting circumstances. This outline represents an initial plan and will be subject to periodic review as part of our Continuous Professional Development process.

Pre-employment checks

The company also conducts an internal online search on social media platforms in accordance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Should any pertinent information arise from this search, it will be discussed with the applicant as part of the recruitment process.

Please note that upon a successful job offer, the company performs digitalised right-to-work checks and initiates DBS applications through an external service provider. An enhanced DBS check, including the barred list, is mandatory for this role.

• The full-time equivalent annual leave entitlement is 20 days per year in addition to 8 UK public holidays. An additional day of leave will be added for each complete year of service, effective from the commencement of the next holiday year, up to a maximum of 5 additional days after 5 years of service, giving a maximum total annual leave entitlement of 25 days. This will be pro rata for part-time hours. When your birthday falls on a working day, you will receive the day off at full pay.

They also operate a Christmas and New Year shutdown period in which you will receive an additional 3 days of leave at full pay to cover this closure period after 1 year of service. This will be pro rata for part-time hours.

• Sickness pay allowance after the probationary period.
• Pension scheme after 3 months of employment with us
• Bupa Cash Plan, level 1, paid by the company after the probationary period.
• Employee Assistance Programme to access help and support 24 hours a day, every day of the year for immediate family (eligibility applies)
• Discounted membership for BUPA (subject to the qualifying conditions)
• Long Service club loyalty gift upon completion of 5 and 10 years of continuous service
• Quarterly and annual awards
• Company tools and equipment for the performance of your duties
• Reimbursement of travel to other locations outside of the Centre (this will exclude travelling to the usual workplace)