Trainee Personal Tutor - Residential Childcare

Paragon Skills; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Trainee Personal Tutor - Residential Childcare

Paragon Skills
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Graduate Group

Company Description

Do you want a change of direction? Are you ready to inspire success and share your knowledge and experience with others and help shape the future of Residential Childcare industry professionals? Do you want to learn new skills, become a qualified trainer/assessor and embark on a journey of personal and professional development resulting in a rewarding career?

Paragon Skills are an Ofsted Grade 'Good' provider and voted as the UK's number 1 training provider for the last two years by Rate My Apprenticeship, with a true dedication to the Care and Education sector supporting over 7000 learners nationally. We are committed to our 5 E's and proud to live by our pledge to deliver an outstanding teaching and learning experience to every learner, every time.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we are embarking on a journey of exceptional growth and we are looking for passionate, energized, and experienced industry professionals from Residential Childcare settings to be part of our Graduate Personal Tutor program and be one of our outstanding Personal Tutors.

Position

Following the success of our first cohort of Trainee Personal Tutors, we are looking for our second cohort to join us at the end of summer 24, so why not apply now to be part of the next group of trainees.

Location: Remote based opportunities - with occasional travel for learner observations and meetings

Vacancy Locations: North East, North, Midlands, South East, and South West

As a Trainee/Graduate Personal Tutor, you will develop your training knowledge by completing our training program and learn the skills to effectively deliver innovative and impactful learning to all learners. While using your industry experience, knowledge, and passion for your chosen sector you will support a growing diverse caseload of learners as they progress through their qualifications.

Key elements of this role involve:

1. Participating in the Graduate Personal Tutor training program and completing a professional qualification including AiET and TAQA
2. Motivating and driving learners to achieve their work-based qualifications through outstanding teaching and learning
3. Maintaining a growing caseload of learners
4. Encouraging further progression for our learners onto high-level qualifications
5. Completing impactful and consistent progressive visits and reviews with learners and employers
6. Ensuring learners are fully ready with a completed portfolio
7. Supporting learners to feel confident at the EPA Gateway
8. Continuously developing own capability and sharing best practice with your peers
9. Adhering to GDPR regulations and all internal information and data security policies and procedures

Requirements

• Minimum of Level 2 Functional Skills in English, Maths, and ICT
• Minimum of Level 3 in the vocational area for the role and relevant occupational experience
• Experience of working within the industry aligned to the subject area e.g. Residential Childcare at a senior or managerial level
• Experience of delivering or engaging in training activity or knowledge sharing with colleagues
• Experience of achieving targets and deadlines set without close supervision
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills – both verbal and written
• Knowledge of Equality, Diversity, and Safeguarding
• Strong personal drive and the ability to manage own time and meet challenges in a positive way
• Flexible and adaptable to change with the ability to learn new skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to plan own workload and diary effectively

We will be reviewing applications for this exciting opportunity regularly so please apply early to avoid missing out.

Other information

• 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme
• 3 Paragon Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays
• Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
• Perkbox – a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools
• Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues’
• Going for Gold incentive scheme

We are 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.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Depending on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.