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Tutor Job Description
Location: The Quay, Sharpness Docks, GL13 9UD.
Terms: Permanent full-time contract, 40 hours per week. Holiday allowance of 12.6 weeks paid per year. Normal working day is from 8.30 am – 4:30 pm, five days per week, unless providing transport for students in which case adaptations will be made to accommodate a 40 hour working week.
Salary Scale: £32,500 – £36,000 per annum. Remuneration to be agreed when providing students with transport.
About us: All Things SEN is an alternative a provision for children with SEN not currently accessing full time education. All Things SEN prides itself on the holistic educational and therapeutic ethos that underpins our method and approach, and which all employees are asked to support and adhere to. Attention to detail, beauty, and dignity are essential, as is the idea that learning is not a punishing or onerous task but rather is joyful, supportive, enlivening, and therapeutic. We support learners of all ages, from 4 to 17, with a huge variety of needs and abilities.
Job purpose: To carry out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require and in accordance with the provision’s policies under the direction of the joint directors.
Working alongside our Lead Tutor, the successful candidate will:
•Demonstrate thorough curriculum knowledge
•Teach and assess effectively
•Take responsibility for professional development of self and others
•Assess and implement optimal pathways and approaches for learners.
Role description and duties: Under the guidance of the directors, tutors will:
•Devise and deliver a range of educational activities and lessons for individual students or groups of students, including English and Maths, in order to encourage ‘Learning to love Learning’.
•Adapt teaching in line with students’ cognitive, emotional and sensory/physical needs with reference to individual EHCP requirements and therapeutic recommendations.
•Set individual educational plans (IEPs), assess student outcomes and provide reports where required
•Risk-assess for individual students, activities and outings
•Be responsible for communicating progress and/or issues arising with parents or carers, schools and professionals on a regular basis
•Manage and guide a team of mentors to support the delivery of lessons and activities, ensuring they are clear on learning objectives and specified approaches.
•Support the delivery of all aspects of The Quay’s curriculum in line with the All Things SEN therapeutic approach and curriculum policies.
•Model positivity and high moral standards in relation to learning and social interactions.
•Be familiar with: any therapeutic guidance specified for students; educational goals and objectives for students; EHCPs for students; medical issues and required medication for students; updates from the home environment as they pertain to the provision; individual risk assessment for students.
•Be active in maintaining the site. This includes elements of cleaning and outdoors maintenance.
•Plan, teach and assess students in line with accredited courses where required
Essential Qualities and Skills
•Experience in school setting working with SEN for a minimum of 2 years
•Hold Qualified Teacher Status
•At least 2 years experience teaching children or young adults
•Competence in English and Maths to GCSE grade C (level 4) minimum
•Excellent communication skills
•Ability to lead a team and delegate jobs to others
•Experience using total/alternative communication, e.g. Signalong, PECS, IT skills
•Fitness and stamina to face challenges and challenging behaviour
•Clean UK driving license
Safeguarding Statement
All Things SEN is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to understand and share this commitment. We have a shared commitment to develop a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated. We welcome all applications, including those from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.