Functional Skills Tutor - Stourbridge, United Kingdom - Ruskin Mill Trust

Ruskin Mill Trust

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Stourbridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Functional Skills Tutor (Literacy)

Based at Glasshouse College (Stourbridge)

40 hours per week, 37 weeks per year
Actual Salary Range
£20,171 - £24,995 per annum (which is pro rata on FTE of £24,717 to £30,628)

Glasshouse and Argent Colleges are exciting and innovative post-16 colleges run by Ruskin Mill Trust, which is a leading independent provider of specialist care and education for young people and adults with learning and complex needs.

Ruskin Mill Trust provides innovative and experiential education and training for young people marginalised by disadvantage, exclusion or special learning needs.

Inspired by Rudolf Steiner, William Morris and John Ruskin, the colleges actively promote the industrial heritage of each local area, craftsmanship and entrepreneurship in traditional and contemporary industry and crafts.

Within Birmingham and the Black Country settings these include core crafts of glass and jewellery.

Our colleges provide an innovative and diverse Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and our students benefit from an extensive range of nutritional, therapeutic and medical support.

Each core element of the educational cycle is designed to establish active and positive relationships with nature and the community through a holistic approach to human development.

This supports three key stages:
overcoming barriers to learning; becoming skilled and being ready to engage and give back to the community.

The post holder will be working with a
team of experienced functional skills tutors to provide excellent development of literacy skills for leaners.

You will be required to deliver high quality functional skills tuition, which meets the needs of the individual students, both in line with external requirements our unique method of Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

To undertake this position successfully you will have:

A teaching qualification such as, Cert Ed, PGCE, DTLLS or above
Ability to teach functional skills English ideally from Preentry
Level 1 to Level including GCSE
Knowledge and practice of assessing functional skills and supporting people with Dyslexia and musthave skill in working with learners with special educational needs and disabilities.

Applicants for this role must have significant experience of working in an education or other public sector environment and possess a high degree of personal resilience and emotional and social intelligence.

Main Duties:

To assess, plan and deliver functional skills in literacy, and where required, GCSE English to students on an individual or small group basis according to their individual learning needs and requirements.
To work as a part of the functional skills team to develop a highquality functional skills programme within the college.
To be a part of ongoing assessment of students learning needs and to make reasonable adjustments as required minimising barriers to learning and achievement.
To deliver the education remit to students as defined by the Assessment Recording Framework.
Some crosssite working at Argent College may be required from time to time

Working with us is extremely rewarding.

Our holistic approach extends to the staff body and we achieve a strong sense of community within our exceptional educational settings.

We offer competitive salaries with progression in pay once qualified, and an auto-enrolment pension scheme.

In addition, staff:

Receive a comprehensive induction, an excellent personal development plan and extensive training to include Safeguarding, Autism, Attachment, Emotional Resilience, Holistic Support, _Practical Skills Therapeutic Education _(PSTE), CPI safety intervention training
Benefit from working in a beautiful, unique setting, with free organic, healthy and nutritious lunches during term time

INDHP

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£20,171.00-£24,995.00 per year

Benefits: