Preparation for Adulthood Tutor

**Preparation for Adulthood - Bridge School Malvern Sixth Form**

Bridge School Malvern is an independent SEN school and charity, providing high-quality therapeutic and child-centred education to young people from 11 to 24 years of age, in Worcestershire. We have 35 pupils at our site near Hanley Swan and 15 at our innovative sixth form in Barnards Green, Malvern. Our team of 47 teaching and support staff are able to provide targeted interventions and support. Our sixth form offers 3 vocational areas of learning including manufacturing, retail and catering; focusing on employability skills and a curriculum that encourages personal development and preparation for adulthood. This role is based at our sixth form. Our pupils come from a wide range of backgrounds. They all have EHCPs and some have complex SEN including autism, ADHD and communication difficulties. They can also present with a range of social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH). The work we do is both varied and challenging and, as a trauma-informed school, all staff are provided training and support in our behaviour management approach. Our approach places the child at the centre of decision making, ensuring that education and therapy professionals, parents/carers, local authority teams and most importantly, our pupils, can work together to secure outstanding outcomes for all.

**Main purpose of the role**

The delivery of a comprehensive careers and employability skills curriculum and preparation for adulthood programme to give students a foundation to access future opportunities for work or further learning and live a fulfilling and valuable life.

To support students in developing an understanding of next-step opportunities through links and visits with training providers colleges and other support services.

You will work with the other tutors to assess the development needs of students in the areas of employability or personal development, suggesting strategies or areas of work for students that can be delivered across the team.

You will work with the work experience coordinator to ensure that all students have a clear career guidance and progression plan.

To be flexible and adapt to situations to support the smooth running of the centre.

**Main responsibilities**

**Teaching role**
- To deliver an Employability Skills programme in line with City and Guilds requirements.
- To deliver a preparation for adulthood programme.
- Prepare and deliver careers advice, developing action plans in conjunction with the work experience coordinator.
- To offer support and mentoring to enable young people to move forward with any difficulties they are facing be it emotional, social or work-related.
- To teach functional skills if required or deliver reading/spelling interventions.
- Identify learning needs, adapt resources and delivery as appropriate.
- Plan, prepare and put away resources necessary for the delivery of the curriculum.
- Identify individual’s pastoral needs and problematic group dynamics, resolving these where appropriate or referring back to the Assistant Head of Sixth Form.
- Support young people’s progress by keeping up to date with targets/overall aims.
- Liaise with professionals, parents/carers and Bridge business leads regarding student’s career aspirations, learning needs and welfare.
- To undertake general office tasks relating to the welfare of the young people, including records of teaching sessions and B assessments
- Keep a continued professional development record and take part in training as required.
- Produce end of term reports.
- To undertake tasks that support QA procedures.
- To attend meetings such as Annual Reviews.

**Support role**
- Support sessions across other vocational areas as required.
- Supervise young people’s behaviour/safety during breaks.
- Mentor young people as necessary.
- To prepare occasional refreshments/lunch with young people for the Bridge community.
- Purchase and collect materials, to support the role with young people.
- To provide transport to young people using own car, covered by business insurance.
- Carry out other duties as directed including covering for other staff and ad hoc support for young people who are out of sessions.

**Record keeping**
- Update the management information system to monitor support monitoring student progress.
- To produce student action plans.

**General**
- Work in accordance with Bridge School policies; particularly in relation to safeguarding, equal opportunities, bullying and harassment, health & safety and safeguarding, and to comply with confidentiality and data protection guidelines at all times.
- Keep up to date with employment, training and apprenticeship information and professional and academic developments.
- Take responsibility for your own professional development and participate in relevant internal and external training/activities.

**Applicants should have**
- An understanding of and commitment to safeguarding, health and safe