Job Details
The Communities & Neighbourhoods Service is committed to working alongside communities to improve life chances for people of all ages through learning, personal development and active citizenship programmes. Through our staff teams and volunteers, we will work to support communities to become stronger, more resilient and inclusive. Our approach to community development is rooted in our core values; Self-determination, inclusion, empowerment, Working collaboratively and promotion of learning as a lifelong activity. Our values reflect the ethos, culture and practice principals of all staff across the service. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with people, their families and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
You will be part of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) team where you will concentrate your time working with adult learners who are developing their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills within a group context. You will be part of team working to engage adult learners, young people and families in adult learning. You will plan, deliver and assess learning needs and abilities of individuals using a range of strategies to overcome barriers and agree an appropriate learning plan with learners. You will manage learning appropriate to the individual needs and aspirations of learners, identifying causal factors in difficulties in acquisition of literacies capabilities and addressing these factors with the learners through a social practice model of learning.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
1. Experience of delivering adult literacies programmes with adult learners, young people and families using a social practice approach.
2. Awareness and knowledge of how to support learners with a range of additional support needs.
3. Good time management, organisational skills and communication and experience of working effectively with minimum supervision.
4. Flexible and adaptable in approach with experience of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with young people, families and adult learners, partners and colleagues.
5. IT skills and experience of online delivery.
6. Experience of delivering and assessing accredited learning up to SCQF Level 4 and/or willing to work towards an assessor qualification.
7. Able to travel between venues to deliver learning in local communities. Some evening work may be required.
8. Committed to the ethos of adult literacies to address the aims of the Plan 4 Fife and CLD Plan.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.