What are we looking for?

Are you an inspiring educator with a real passion for creating engaging and creative sessions and looking for a rewarding new challenge? Are you eager to make a difference in the lives of young people by providing them with enriching knowledge and experiences?

Can you engage and build positive relationships with young people who may have complex needs? Do you feel that young people who are vulnerable deserve an opportunity to develop their skills, and abilities and have the best chance to succeed?

Are you enthusiastic, determined and resilient with effective communication skills?

TCHC is looking for a motivational educator to join our team as a Health and Care Tutor based at our GAPS Thurrock Centre in Grays, Essex. Our GAPS Thurrock Centre provides further education for learners aged 16-18 or 19-24 with an EHCP. You will plan engaging schemes of work, set and review targets, track learner progress and assess in relation to awarding body regulations. We are eager to hire an individual who believes all young people deserve an enriching education and opportunities to better their future and prepare them for further education, employment and adulthood.

Qualifications:

• Qualified to PTLLS/ CTLLS (or equivalent)          
• Assessor qualification and experienced
• GCSE (or equivalent L2 Functional skills) in English and maths at grade C/4 or above
• Qualified to PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (or equivalent) Desirable
• Health & Social Care qualification up L3 and above 

If you do not currently hold a teaching or assessing qualification, we are able to support you through the appropriate qualifications or assessments.

As a Health & Care Tutor, you will be responsible for planning and teaching the Health & Care curriculum, as well as differentiating your lesson activities and resources, you will be required to ensure work is marked, records are kept and assessment is ongoing. You will need to ensure all learners are on track throughout the year, preparing a portfolio of work to demonstrate how they meet assessment criteria, and maintaining a high level of successful pass rates.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities  

Lesson Planning

• Create effective schemes of works that clearly supports the learning process of individuals
• Prepare and develop innovative lesson plans, designing and delivering group activities
• Diagnose learner’s literacy, numeracy and ICT needs and requirements by using various diagnostic testing and mock tests

Teaching

• 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
• Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance and support to learners to help them progress
• Manage any behaviour issues that arise
• Prepare and submit up to date assessments of learners, across all relevant activities
• Monitor and maintain appropriate paperwork and records of progress and to report all cases of learner sickness and absence
• Complete review paperwork and record learners’ progress

Monitoring and Continual Improvement

• Follow the education inspection framework.
• Undertake regular CPD and record it using company documents.
• Undertake qualifications where suitable as part of your own learning and development.
• Take proactive approaches to ensure Safeguarding and Prevent is embedded into the delivery and ensure issues are raised accordingly, in line with TCHC’s Safeguarding Policy using the appropriate recording and reporting tools.
• Prepare for and attend monthly caseload review meetings with your line manager
• Prepare for and attend standardisation meetings as instructed by Quality Assurance
• Ongoing management and administration tasks relating to TCHC’s CRM and ePortfolio systems, including but not limited to session planning, logging results and providing feedback to learners
• Work alongside the Quality team to ensure that delivery meets the high expectations of TCHC
• Ensure any complaints are raised accordingly in line with TCHC’s Complaints Policy

Teamwork

• Liaise with relevant team members to ensure learners achieve their targets and progress into appropriate outcomes
• Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with other external organisations involved with the service and learners
• Attend monthly team meetings with line manager to discuss feedback

Awarding bodies/Funders/OFSTED

• Follow all company policies and procedures.
• Be familiar with and research updates to qualification specifications and handbooks for subjects’ quality assured.
• Participate in OFSTED inspections as required.
• Be very familiar with key company policies.