Personal Tutor

**APPLICATION IS BY APPLICATION FORM ONLY**

**Hours: Monday - Friday - 8:30am - 4:30pm (52 weeks)**

Landmarks is an independent specialist college for young people with learning disabilities and difficulties.

Landmarks operates from several sites across; Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, with our main site located in Eckington, S21 4EF.

Our staff are required to work on a range of different sites, including; college campuses, employer’s premises or communities local to your learners home - therefore willingness to travel is essential.

There may be a requirement to transport learners in your own car, insurance implications are reimbursed.

Mileage and expenses are provided for travel during the working day.

**Job Purp**ose**:
Our Personal Tutor is employed to exhibit exemplary teaching skills, that are used to help our learners practice skills they need to lead successful adult lives after college.

They must have the ability to deliver a range of accredited and non-accredited qualifications and outcomes.
- passion for supporting adults with additional needs to achieve life goals
- good organisational skills
- good written and verbal communication skills
- flexibility and adaptability
- creative and innovative delivery skills
- ability to manage a challenging workload, with good time management skills and an ability to deliver to deadlines.

**Main Responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities will include, but are not restricted to:

- Modelling exemplary planning, assessment and teaching in order to deliver highly successful learning opportunities
- Demonstrate high quality teaching for learners with autism and moderate learning difficulties and or disabilities
- Manage all aspects of the learner experience for your allocated tutor group
- Manage the learner journey process for your allocated tutor group; Initial Assessment, Induction, Baseline Assessment, and summaries, set appropriate long
- and medium-term goals, monitor progress and achievement of targets linked to goals, produce termly review of progress reports to show progression and outcomes
- Responsible for maintaining and updating personal learner files and our systems
- Liaise with parents/carers on learner issues and build effective relationships and to professional manage and resolve learner issues and concerns
- Attend moderation meetings for all qualifications to ensure the sharing of good practice
- Utilise to good effect the specialist support of Speech and Occupational Therapy as well as our health and well-being services
- Provide detailed and accurate information about learner’s progress and performance
- Responsible for classroom management and direction of learning support staff
- Deliver personal care and support which meet or exceed learners’ requirement, promoting independence throughout
- Participate in the observation process for the college that is linked to quality improvement
- Promotion of English, mathematics and Information and Communication Technology throughout all sessions
- Undertake training as and when necessary for your job role
- To liaise effectively with colleagues to ensure consistency of approach in teaching and learning across the whole college
- To promote the vision, culture, and ethos of the college.

This list of duties should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities.

If you have any further queries or would like to arrange a discussion regarding the terms and conditions of employment at Landmarks, please contact the Human Resources department on 01246 433788.

**In return we will offer**:

- Westfield Health Scheme following a successful probation.
- Life cover following a successful probation.
- Standard life pension.
- 30 days holiday - plus bank holidays (pro rata - 52-week employees) - addition of 1 extra day’s holiday after your third anniversary, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £30,888.00-£38,094.10 per year

**Benefits**:

- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Eckington: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- teaching qualification (preferred)

Work Location: In person