Personal Achievement Tutor
The Bedford Sixth Form
Bedford
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary from £24,000 (FTE) DOE and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 July 2024
Job overview
Role: Personal Achievement Tutor x 2 Roles
Location: The Bedford Sixth Form
Salary: Salary from £24,000 (FTE) DOE and Qualifications
Hours/Weeks: 37 hours (1.0 FTE)
Contract Type: Permanent – Term Time
Benefits:
- Peoples Pension
- Retail and leisure discounts
About the role:
We are looking for a Personal Achievement Tutor to join our Sixth Form. As Tutor you will play a pivotal role in the success of the students through:
- Student Support: Deliver tutorial support and professional skills development to help students stay on-programme and achieve their potential.
- Group and Individual Support: Provide weekly group and one-to-one support in specific vocational/academic areas, covering topics like safeguarding, resilience, health, life skills, and employability.
- Pastoral Care: Ensure attendance, retention, and progression targets by identifying at-risk students and offering appropriate intervention.
- Collaboration: Work with relevant stakeholders to maximize student progression.
- Safeguarding: Actively promote the College’s safeguarding agenda.
About you:
Essential
- Good all-round education to include qualifications at Level 3
- Maths and English to GCSE (Grade A – C) or equivalent
- PTLLS or willingness to gain within a year
- Willingness to work towards Level 2 Safeguarding and Youth Mental Health First Aid qualification
- Willingness to work towards health and safety in the work place qualifications
- Experience of working in a further education, sixth form or related setting
- Experience of working in a student support or related role
- Experience of providing advice, guidance and/or education to young people and/or adults
- Experience of delivering group sessions to facilitate aspects of the tutorial curriculum
- Previous experience of handling enquiries and contacting employers and external agencies
- Ability to communicate with a diverse range of audiences including young people, parents, managers and team members
- Excellent organisation skills and ability to prioritise own workload, work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent IT, administrative and record-keeping skills and drive to enhance learning through technology
- Ability to provide a consistently high-quality learning experience for all students
- Must have full clean driving license and use of own vehicle for work purposes with appropriate insurance
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Training/qualifications in advice and/or guidance
- Training/qualifications in teaching
- Safeguarding training
- Equality and diversity training
- Experience of coaching or motivating a diverse range of people to improve performance
- Knowledge and/or experience of aspects of the tutorial curriculum and outcomes for students, including personal social development, study skills, career learning and employability
- Previous experience of working for a Work Based learning/Training provider
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About The Bedford Sixth Form
- The Bedford Sixth Form
- Bromham Road, Bedford
- Bedfordshire
- MK40 2BS
- United Kingdom
The Bedford Sixth Form is the only institution in Bedford solely dedicated to sixth form choices – providing A-Level and BTEC study to full-time students.
At our sixth form, we aim to provide the opportunities, support and culture to help students make the most of their future – preparing them for university and beyond so that their aspirations can be realised.
Our Values
Our values reflect how we set out to achieve our aim, putting students at the heart of all we do. Our three core values are:
Student focus
We will seek to achieve a high quality learning experience for every student.
High performance
We will strive for consistently high levels of performance in all aspects of our work.
Respect, openness and honesty
We will treat everyone with respect, encourage openness and honesty, and recognise each other’s contribution and achievements.
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