Functional Skills Tutor - Ipswich, United Kingdom - DT Resourcing Ltd

DT Resourcing Ltd

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Ipswich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client is a national first-choice provider for exceptional delivery and development of programmes to support both young people and adults to learn, achieve and progress to greater opportunities.

They are an organisation that believes in creating opportunities for all, through an all-encompassing ethical, friendly, and considerate approach to all their services and operations.

Most of all, they believe in working together as a team to create opportunities for individuals that they work with to grow, to help them recognise and achieve their aspirations and goals and attain a positive outcome.

Our client offers a wide range of training and workforce development solutions for individuals and employers across industry sectors.

We are committed to continuously improving with several recognised accreditations and our current portfolio includes a mixture of commercially available training courses as well as publicly funded training and advice services.

Our client is learner centric and want to make a real difference to the people that they work with, enabling them to improve their employment situation, some of whom will have had poor experiences of learning and employment in the past.

Some may have complex needs ad require signposting to other organisations who can help.

Their staff are valued and recognised for the contribution they make towards the organisation's vision and goals and effective support they provide to the individuals they engage with.

Through a strong belief that success is created together, this is on the reasons why they are a great employer to work for.

They are currently looking to recruit an
Functional Skills Tutor based in Ipswich. Working hours will be from 8:30am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 5:30pm - Full time

Purpose of Job

My client are seeking a tutor that can bring a fresh perspective to our existing team, to support learner engagement, engender the life-long learning ethos, and provide solutions to the barriers that learners might face throughout their journey.

You will be responsible for planning and teaching the Functional Skills curriculum, as well as differentiation, and will be required to ensure work is marked, recorded, and assessment is on-going, ensuring all learners are ready for examinations.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

Create effective schemes of works that clearly supports the learning process of individuals
Prepare and develop innovative lesson plans, designing and delivering group activities
Deliver training to individuals and groups following the programme curriculum, setting objectives and targets for achievement
Provide one to one support to learners where necessary
Hold a manageable caseload of learners
Diagnose learner's literacy, numeracy and ICT needs and requirements by using various diagnostic testing and mock tests
Liaise with relevant team members to ensure learners achieve their targets and progress into appropriate outcomes
Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance and support to learners to help them progress
Prepare and submit uptodate assessments of learners, across all relevant activities
Monitor and maintain appropriate paperwork, reviews, records of progress tracking and to report all cases of learner behavioural issues, sickness and absence
Prepare for and attend monthly caseload review meetings with your line manager
Provide learners with all relevant policies and regulations to clarify what is expected of them and to ensure their safety
Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with other external organisations involved with the service and learners
Actively participate in continuous improvement and selfassessments and the implementation of subsequent action plans
Complete all required documentation accurately and within agreed timescales to ensure that contract requirements are met and funding is maximised and revenue is secured
Ongoing management and administration tasks, including but not limited to session planning, logging results and providing feedback to learners
Work alongside the Quality Assurance team to ensure that delivery meets the high expectations of client and prepare for and attend standardisation meetings
Take proactive approaches to ensure Safeguarding and Prevent is embedded into the delivery and ensure issues are raised accordingly in line with client Safeguarding Policy using the appropriate recording and reporting tools.
Any complaints are raised accordingly in line with clients Complaints Policy
Act as an ambassador for client at all times, providing key information to all parties involved within the learner journey
Create conducive learning environments to optimise learners' journey and support positive outcomes
Actively ensure own CPD is kept up to date as per the requirements for Functional Skills
Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding (including Prevent) the welfare of all learners for whom you have responsibility for or