Functional Skills Tutor

NHS; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organisation in the healthcare sector seeks a Functional Skills Tutor to support young adults with learning difficulties in their journey to employment readiness. This role involves delivering tailored Maths and English courses, ensuring educational standards are met, and assisting students in their occupational transition. Experience with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is crucial.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Hold a recognized post 16/adult teaching qualification.
• Experience supporting students with additional educational needs.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of bespoke Maths and English training to interns.
• Maintaining detailed weekly individual records for each student.
• Supporting the development of social and emotional skills.

Skills

Communication

Planning

Empathy

Education

Degree level qualification or equivalent

Recognized post 16/adult teaching qualification minimum Level 3 (AET/PTTLS/PGCE)

Job description

NHS England Choices College is a supported internship programme that aims to support young adults with learning difficulties, disabilities, or autism to become employment ready.

You will work closely with the Education Quality Assurance Manager in delivering the Functional Skills educational outcomes and maintaining an employment transition rate for students at above 75%. You will play a key role in ensuring the programme meets the educational needs of the students and regulatory bodies.

Please note - this vacancy will be based 2 days in Rotherham and the remainder of the week from home. A driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Main duties of the job

The Functional Skills Tutor's main duties will include delivery of bespoke Maths and English training to interns in a classroom setting and maintaining detailed weekly individual records for each student that meet inspection requirements.

You will be Educated to degree level or equivalent and hold a recognised post 16/ adult teaching qualification minimum Level 3 (AET/PTTLS/PGCE/)

You will be a confident communicator with students who have a range of learning disabilities. You will have recent extensive experience of working with students who have additional educational needs.

You will work on differentiated tasks with groups of students to deliver SEN provision and support the development of social and emotional skills of the students.

You will also have recent extensive experience in supporting the education of students with SEN on a 1:1 basis in the classroom. You will have strong report writing skills and Training in Systematic Instruction methodologies would be helpful.

A passion for supporting students with SEN to meet their full potential is essential for this role.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents

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Person Specification

• Degree level qualification or equivalent
• Hold a recognized post 16/adult teaching qualification minimum level 4 (AET/PTTLS/PGCE/)
• Experience of teaching English and maths
• Training in Systematic Instruction
• A good understanding of Autism, autism awareness qualification or lived experience

Experience

• Demonstrable success in teaching to adult learners of mixed ability in group settings
• Experience of managing a scheme of work for maths and English at varying levels of competence in students with LDD/ASD
• A knowledge and understanding of a variety of special educational requirements for interns
• A knowledge of confidentiality and data protection legislation including GDPR
• Knowledge and experience of contextualizing subject specialism/s in vocational areas
• Experience of documenting and reporting on risks and issues
• Knowledge of Choice College

Skills and Abilities

• Awareness of learners needs and expectations and the ability to value these in your teaching support
• Ability to plan individualized support strategies for interns
• Awareness of the additional non educational needs with which the student may present and which need referral
• Excellent skills to communicate with students and work within a team
• An ability to use ICT in the development of resources, materials and administration related to teaching including eportfolios

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.