Personal Tutor - Adult Care (North West)

Paragon Skills; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave (plus bank)

Performance bonus up to £5,000

4pm finish most Fridays

Flexible working options

CPD and development opportunities

Job summary

Paragon Skills is seeking a Personal Tutor to support learners across the North West, delivering Health & Social Care qualifications at Levels 2 and 3. You will travel within a two-hour radius of home, supporting learners and employer partners, with a full-time schedule and flexible options.

The role includes delivering high-quality teaching, coaching and assessment, managing a caseload, and contributing to learner progression and attainment. A strong commitment to safeguarding and GDPR applies.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Assessor qualification (CAVA, TAQA, A1, D32/33 or equivalent).
• Teaching qualification (AET, PTLLS or equivalent).
• Health & Social Care qualification at Level 3 or above.
• Experience delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment.
• Experience managing a learner caseload.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, motivate and support learners to achieve Health & Social Care qualifications.
• Deliver engaging teaching, learning and assessment tailored to learner needs.
• Manage a caseload across Leeds, Newcastle and Hull with regular reviews and observations.
• Provide constructive feedback to drive learner development and achievement.
• Build relationships with employer partners to ensure a first-class learner experience.
• Promote engagement with Elevate workshops and resources.
• Monitor learner progress using the LMS and maintain documentation.

Skills

Assessor qualifications

Teaching qualification

Health & Social Care level 3+

Curriculum delivery

Caseload management

Learner support

Travel willingness

Driving licence

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

At Paragon Skills, demand for our Health & Social Care programmes continues to grow, and we're looking for a Personal Tutor to support learners across Leeds, Newcastle and Hull studying towards their Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications. With more learners and employer partners joining our programmes across the region, we're growing our Personal Tutor team to meet increasing demand and maintain the high levels of support and learner experience we're known for.

Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum; plus performance-related bonuses of up to £5,000 per year

Location: Home-based with travel across the North West for learner observations, employer visits, team meetings and 1:1s.

You'll typically support learners across Manchester, Liverpool and surrounding locations within a two-hour travel radius of your home address

Hours: Full time, 36.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) with flexible options available.

As one of the UK's Top 5 training providers, as rated by our apprentices, and a three-time Times Top 100 Best Places to Work winner, we're proud of the difference we make to learners, employers and the wider Care sector every day. We're looking for engaging, supportive and experienced professionals to join our growing Personal Tutor team, delivering Health & Social Care qualifications at Levels 2 and 3 across the North West.

As a Personal Tutor, you'll guide learners throughout their programme, helping them develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to achieve their qualification and progress in their careers. You'll support both frontline care professionals and those progressing into leadership and management roles within the sector.

Through our market-leading Elevate programme, you'll provide high-quality teaching, coaching and assessment, ensuring every learner receives an exceptional learning experience from start to finish.

What You'll Be Doing

• Inspire, motivate and support learners to achieve their Health & Social Care qualifications.
• Deliver engaging and effective teaching, learning and assessment tailored to individual learner needs.
• Manage a caseload of learners across Leeds, Newcastle and Hull, providing regular reviews, workplace observations and progress support.
• Offer constructive feedback that drives learner development and achievement.
• Build positive relationships with employer partners across the region, ensuring a first-class learner experience.
• Promote and maximise engagement with our Elevate workshops and learning resources.
• Monitor learner progress through our Learning Management System, BUD.
• Work collaboratively with our specialist Functional Skills and Additional Learning Support teams.
• Produce clear, accurate and meaningful review and observation documentation.
• Maintain compliance with GDPR and safeguarding requirements.

The Support You’ll Receive

At Paragon Skills, Personal Tutors are genuinely supported to focus on learner success.

Alongside your manager and wider team, you'll have access to dedicated support functions that help learners at every stage of their journey, including:

• Development Coaches who support learners at the start of their programme.
• Quality Improvement Coaches who support both tutors and learners throughout delivery.
• Specialist Functional Skills and Additional Learning Support teams.
• Central learner engagement teams who support with attendance, breaks in learning and learner retention.
• Dedicated EPA support teams to help learners prepare for successful completion.

This means you can focus on delivering high-quality teaching, coaching and learner progression.

What You Won’t Be Doing

Unlike many similar roles, you won't be expected to manage everything yourself.

You won't be responsible for:

• Delivering Functional Skills qualifications.
• Recruiting or generating your own learners.
• Enrolling learners onto programmes.
• Delivering workshop content, as this is provided through our dedicated Workshop Tutors and Elevate delivery teams.
• Managing learners through EPA administration processes.

We’ve built specialist teams around our Personal Tutors so you can concentrate on supporting learners towards successful, timely achievement.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Level 3 Assessor qualification (CAVA, TAQA, A1, D32/33 or equivalent)
• Teaching qualification (AET, PTLLS or equivalent)
• Health & Social Care qualification at Level 3 or above
• Experience delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment
• Experience managing a learner caseload
• Strong understanding of apprenticeship or vocational qualification delivery
• Experience delivering Health & Social Care qualifications across Levels 2 and 3
• Experience supporting learners undertaking leadership and management responsibilities within Adult Care settings
• Experience coaching managers, senior care staff, team leaders or aspiring leaders through vocational qualifications and apprenticeships
• A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential for this role
• Ability and willingness to travel across Leeds, Newcastle and Hull for observations, learner visits and team meetings

Desirable

• Experience delivering Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3
• Understanding of End Point Assessment requirements
• IQA qualification or experience supporting quality assurance activities

Whether your background is as a Personal Tutor, Trainer Assessor, Apprenticeship Coach, Skills Coach, Development Coach or Health & Social Care Assessor, we’d love to hear from you if you’re passionate about helping learners develop and progress their careers within Adult Care.

Why Join Paragon Skills?

Core Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (this includes a Christmas Shutdown and your birthday off).
• Additional annual leave with length of service.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Up to £5,000 performance-related bonus.
• 4pm finish every Friday.
• Flexible working options.
• Up to 3 days paid volunteering leave.
• Perkbox discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellbeing tools.
• 3% matched employer pension contribution.
• Enhanced maternity benefits after two years' service.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• £500 employee referral scheme.
• Ongoing CPD and development opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• A supportive and collaborative culture where people genuinely enjoy working together.

Why This Role?

Because demand for Health & Social Care training across Leeds, Newcastle and Hull continues to grow.

With learners joining our programmes across the region every month, we’re investing in growing our Personal Tutor team to ensure every learner receives the support, guidance and encouragement they need to succeed.

This role offers the opportunity to work with learners at every stage of their career journey, from those entering the sector through to experienced practitioners and managers completing higher-level qualifications.

The Knovia Group is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of learners, children, young people and vulnerable adults. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

We expect all colleagues to share this commitment and to contribute to a culture where people feel safe, respected and able to achieve their potential. As part of our safer recruitment processes, appropriate pre‑employment checks, including DBS, right to work, reference and social media checks where required, will be undertaken.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

If you’re passionate about developing the future workforce of the Care sector and want to join an award-winning training provider that puts learners and colleagues first, we’d love to hear from you.