Residential Childcare Tutor

National Skills Agency; Ringway; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization is seeking a CYP Tutor to support learners in residential childcare settings. This hybrid role involves enrolling learners, providing guidance, and managing their progress. The ideal candidate will possess a level 3 teaching qualification and assessor qualification. You will work to ensure learners meet their milestones through effective planning and constructive feedback.

Qualifications

• Minimum level 3 teaching qualification is required; must be willing to achieve level 5.
• Relevant vocational qualification in the area of occupational competence is necessary.
• Experience in engaging learners with technology is essential.

Responsibilities

• Enroll and induct learners onto programs according to company procedures.
• Provide ongoing advice and guidance to learners and employers.
• Manage a caseload of learners to ensure performance targets are met.
• Deliver commercial training courses based on personal expertise.
• Assess work submitted by learners and provide feedback in a timely manner.

Skills

Assessment skills

Coaching

Communication

Planning

Education

Assessor qualification

Level 3 teaching qualification

Job description

Home based with ad-hoc travel to see learners. Our client is looking for a CYP Tutor to assist learners up to level 5 in residential childcare settings. To provide experience of working in setting to all apprentices. The role is hybrid. Expectation to see a learner face to face once a quarter.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To fully enrol and induct learners onto the correct programme in line with company procedure and/or compliance with applicable funding rules.
• To provide appropriate ongoing information, advice & guidance to learners and employers within remit of own role and area of expertise.
• To complete skills scans prior to commencing learning and at key milestones during the learner journey. Appropriately plan, sequence and evidence learning to ensure that knowledge, skills and behaviours are embedded and built on throughout the qualification and prepares the learner sufficiently for end point assessment.
• To be responsible for and effectively manage a caseload/cohort of learners, ensuring key performance targets are achieved and learners complete their programme of learning and/or qualification(s) within agreed timescales.
• To ensure each month that the learner has been engaged with learner and is making sufficient progress to ensure that they are supported to meet key milestones and achieve timely.
• Attending teaching and learning sessions and work towards the related training plan and knowledge, skills and behaviours.
• Completing assessments with you as the skills coach where detailed and constructive feedback has been provided.
• Completing observations where detailed and constructive feedback has been provided.
• Assessing and providing detailed and constructive feedback to any submitted learner work.
• Work in partnership with the employer and learner to review learner progress every 8 to 10 weeks and set SMART objectives.
• To liaise with the learner and employer to ensure that the learners' training and development needs are met. For apprenticeship learners, at least the minimum off-the-job training is delivered throughout the practical training period of the apprenticeship programme.
• To provide learner progress updates to the learner's manager to promote effective communication and positive working relationships.
• To effectively plan and carry out holistic assessment and sign off units and/or areas of competence on an ongoing basis as knowledge, skills and behaviours are demonstrated.
• For learners that have been identified as having additional learning support needs, plan and adapt delivery following the cognassist individual learning plan to help individuals perform at their best in education and work.
• Provide learners with developmental constructive feedback, ongoing throughout the learner journey to stretch and challenge all learner to achieve and celebrate their accomplishments.
• Support learners to engage with technology (e-portfolio, Zoom, teams, emails, skype), ensure learners have been provided with sufficient support/teaching/guidance to enable them to fully access the course content and resources and maximise learner experience.
• To assess work submitted by the learner in a timely manner (maximum of 5 working days) and provide detailed and constructive feedback to the learner on achievements and areas for further development. Ensure feedback links and references prior learning to support the learner to understand where prior learning links with new knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
• To deliver commercial training courses to employers and their staff in subjects you are occupationally experienced and competent in.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• An assessor qualification.
• Minimum level 3 teaching qual (ideally higher) but must be willing to work to a level 5.
• Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement or equivalent (TAQA, A1/A2 or TDLB Units D32/33).
• Relevant vocational qualification in area of occupational competence.
• A recognised Level 3 teaching qualification (PTLLS, L3 Award in Education & Training) or above.