Lead Alternative Provision Tutor

The Role

This is a combination of a field based role and working in hubs across Oxfordshire supporting post 16 learners that are on roll with The Foundation. This role is central to ensuring quality of provision and securing outcomes.

This role will support the foundation's mission of enhancing the wellbeing and life opportunities of children and young people by providing a bespoke education, supporting personal development and social and emotional needs.

This role requires a certain degree of autonomy, therefore an organised approach that is child centred is needed.

Tutor

As a Tutor, you will play a crucial role in educating and supporting students to achieve qualifications including Functional Skills, Asdan and Vocational Qualifications. This position offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on children's learning and development.

Purpose

The purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality teaching, learning and assessment support and to engage with learners and employers.

Tutor Responsibilities:

· Work closely with learners to increase their skill level

· Teaching Maths and English at Functional Skills level

· Teaching of other qualifications and courses according to individual learning plans

· Plan and deliver teaching, learning and assessment with learners through various methods, supporting the development and production of teaching and learning materials and resources in both manual and electronic formats

· Ensure learning programmes meet the required criteria

· Create and maintain professional working relationships with employers, learners and other key stakeholders

· Monitor learner attendance and review the learner's progress

· Create reports for all programmes

· Set targets with learners and work with them to achieve these

· Engage support teams with learning programmes, ensuring they are involved in progress reviews

· Actively participate in all quality improvement processes, including observations of teaching, learning and assessment

· Ensure all learner records are kept up to date and meet internal quality standards

· Ensure that all correspondence from the organisation is of the required standard and tone

Accountabilities and other responsibilities of the role

As a lead tutor you will also support staff by:

▪ Coaching & upskilling staff members

▪ Act as an exemplar - modelling best practice

▪ Quality assurance of sessions (through practical observations/support)

▪ Session planning support

▪ Supporting with risk assessments

▪ Motivate, challenge and inspire colleagues

▪ Seek out best practice

▪ Support and guide staff with safeguarding

▪ Demonstrating strategies used

▪ Contribute and deliver targeted training

▪ Effectively communicating and reflecting progress.

▪ To ensure that policies and procedures are complied with

▪ To contribute to staff recruitment and training activities

▪ To attend regular meetings with Dare2Dream management and provide regular reports to line manager

▪ To attend meetings with professionals around the child, and parents/carers

▪ To maintain records (via Et Aims System) ensuring it is aligning with Dare2Dream’s Quality Assurance Policy

▪ To ensure that all records are kept confidentially

▪ To manage and keep accurate records of Dare2Dream’s delivery and resources at the central venue

▪ To support designated staff with Dare2Dream processes and procedures

▪ Build good relationships with staff within designated team to ensure they feel supported in the role

▪ Practical support staff session delivery where required

▪ Conduct reflections and observations with designated staff

▪ To promote equal opportunities and an open approach in all areas, maintaining appropriate confidentiality at all times

▪ To undertake an annual, formal review of the service delivery model

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Essential

▪ Experience of working in social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties settings (SEBD)

▪ Demonstrate suitability to work with children and an understanding of working with children in need, including children in need of emotional and therapeutic support

▪ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to confidently build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders

▪ Qualification in a relevant field (minimum Level 3) – mental health, counselling, youth work, education, childhood studies etc.

▪ The ability to manage referrals and maintain an accurate and confidential system of records within GDPR guidelines

▪ Excellent report writing skills – ensuring progress and key outcomes are demonstrated clearly and concisely

▪ A full clean driving licence with the ability to travel across the county and further if required

▪ A strong desire to support and enhance the lives of vulnerable children and young people

▪ Experience in planning, delivering and assessing academic support at secondary/post 16 level

Desired

▪ Experience of supporting staff

▪ Over 2 years’ experience working with children and young people who are considered vulnerable and have complex needs

▪ Level 4 + relevant qualification and above

▪ Teaching qualification

▪ Experience in delivering Maths and English

Hours of Work:

This is a term time position of 37.5 hours per week within the hours of 8:30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday + 2 weeks