Digital Skills Tutor

Jewish Care; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in North West London is looking for a Digital Skills Tutor to provide operational coordination and tutoring for older and disabled individuals. This role involves delivering training programs, adapting ICT training, and working closely with volunteers. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and a passion for digital inclusion, boasting excellent interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Must have relevant qualification or experience in training and health and social care.
• Proficient in using PCs, tablets, and mobile devices.
• Experience providing training to older and disabled people.

Responsibilities

• Offer digital support tutoring to members.
• Deliver training programs to clients and groups.
• Contribute to planning and developing core syllabuses.

Skills

ICT proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Experience training older adults

Empathy and understanding

Digital engagement motivation

Education

Relevant qualification in training

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting and engaging role for a Digital Skills Tutor. At Jewish Care Explore, we ensure that older and disabled people have the possibility and the knowledge to engage with mainstream technology and to take advantage of all the benefits that technology has to offer.

In the digital age, technology presents great opportunities to enhance social connections, and increase participation in society and in the cultural life of the community.

Role and Location

The Digital Skills Tutor will provide operational coordination of the Jewish Care Explore centre based in North West London, the outreach programme, and the front-line training services.

This post is working 36.25 hours per week and is fixed term for 18 months.

What you will be doing

• Offering tutoring digital support to our members
• Delivering our training programs to individual clients or larger groups
• Contributing to planning and developing a core syllabus and learning program
• Delivering Train-the-Trainers programs for training staff and volunteers
• Planning and creating basic ICT skills and knowledge assessment tools
• Monitoring and measuring members progress
• Working with volunteers to run the outreach program to support older and disabled people to become digitally engaged
• Adapting the ICT training program to meet the needs of the members
• Creating links and partnerships with other organisations that can provide services and support

What we are looking for

• Relevant qualification or equivalent experience in training and health and social care
• A competent and enthusiastic ICT user, confident in using PCs, tablets/mobile devices including commonly used applications such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Facetime
• Experience of providing training to older and disabled people or experience of developing and delivering activities for older and disabled people
• Knowledgeable and interested in the potential of digital technology to transform older and disabled people’s lives
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate positively and in a non-discriminatory way to people from a range of backgrounds and communities, motivating and empathising with them
• A passion for inclusion and a strong commitment to the inclusion of older and disabled people in all aspects of life
• The empathy to understand the Jewish Care value of meaningful lives, and to employ this value in all work