Foundation Tutor (Maternity Cover)

TCHC Group; Watford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

TCHC Watford Post 16 education centre seeks an enthusiastic foundation tutor to support 16-19 learners, including those with barriers to education and SEN needs. You’ll deliver personal, social development and progression subjects in a practical and engaging way.

Join a team focused on confidence-building, excursions and trips, and strong learner outcomes, with CPD and safeguarding at the core of delivery.

Qualifications

• Qualified to PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (Essential) or willing to work towards.
• SEN qualifications (desirable).
• Experience teaching learners with various abilities or needs (Essential).
• Assessor qualification is preferred.
• GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or above (Essential).
• Experience with EHCPs and safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare and teach lessons on personal, social development and life skills.
• Create schemes of work showing progression and sequencing.
• Differentiate plans to meet learner needs as per EHCPs.
• Monitor learner progress using tracking systems and report outcomes.
• Conduct 1:1 progress reviews and manage behaviour per policy.
• Contribute to safeguarding and inclusion policy adherence.

Skills

Empathy

Mentoring

Communication

Classroom mgmt

Education

PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/PGCE

GCSE English & Maths C/4

Assessor qualification

SEN qualifications

Job description

We are looking for people who can act as role models for our learners and ensure that they leave us with not just their professional qualifications, but the attributes required to progress in the world of work. A genuine interest in working with and developing young people is a requirement.

Successful candidates will have experience in careers guidance, teaching personal and social development, employability and the ability to nurture and support young adults with a variety of needs.

We are now looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring foundation tutor to join our Watford Post 16 education centre. The centre’s team work to support learners who face barriers to education, including learners with special educational needs, as well as those learners who need support with the transition back into education and/or building their skills and knowledge in preparation for their continued educational journey.

You’ll be teaching 16-19 learners a range of subjects at foundation levels, including careers, personal, social development and progression.

This post provides an excellent opportunity for a tutor with passion and drive who is committed to enabling our learners to unlock their potential and switch on to the power of learning.

Qualifications

• Qualified to PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (Essential) (or willing to work towards a teaching qualification)
• SEN qualifications (desirable)
• Experience of teaching learners with various abilities or learning needs (Essential)
• Assessor qualification
• GCSE (or equivalent L2 Functional skills) in English and maths at grade C/4 or above (Essential)
• Experienced working with learners who present learning differences (Essential)
• Confident with your delivery (Essential)
• Knowledge of EHCPs

If you do not currently hold a teaching or assessing qualification, we are able to support you through the appropriate qualifications or assessments.

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

• Plan, prepare and teach lessons on personal, social and development, including life skills.
• Create engaging schemes of work that demonstrate sequencing of learning and progression.
• Create engaging lessons that are full of learning and development.
• 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
• Track the progress of learners using the appropriate and provided tracking systems
• Provide and deliver engaging sessions meeting the individual needs of all learners
• Plan and develop SMART-appropriate learning plans for individual learners alongside monitoring their EHCP outcomes.
• Monitor and assess learner progress, ensuring timely achievements through the year, record and report the development, progress, and attainment of learners in accordance with TCHC’s assessment policies and line with the principles of assessment for Learning.
• Conduct pastoral responsibilities as required
• Conduct a 1:1 progress review of qualifications and personal skills
• Manage any behaviour issues that arise in line with TCHC policy, with support from the Centre Manager
• Implement TCHC’s 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
• Support for absent colleagues as required
• Participate in OFSTED inspections as required
• Attend team meetings

Monitoring and Continual Improvement

• Follow the education inspection framework.
• Undertake regular CPD and record it using company documents.
• Undertake qualifications where suitable as part of your own learning and development.
• Take proactive approaches to ensure Safeguarding and Prevent is embedded into the delivery and ensure issues are raised accordingly, in line with TCHC’s Safeguarding Policy using the appropriate recording and reporting tools.
• Be a reflective practitioner, evaluating and improving your own practice in order to take teaching and learning forward as well as ensuring learner success and progress

Commitment to Safeguarding

TCHC is committed to Safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All staff are expected to adhere to our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and the safeguarding responsibilities outlined in their job description.

We conduct Safer Recruitment Checks on all staff prior to confirming a start date, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. An online search of information within the public domain is conducted on all candidates who are invited to interview,

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Please see our Recruitment with Safer Recruitment Policy for further information or contact the Safeguarding Manager on 07732 684738 or by emailing [e-mail]