Makaton Trainer

**Job description**

**Skills Tuition Centre**

Skills Tuition Centre is the UK’s only Skills Centre run by a Teaching Qualified Nurse. Caring for each student’s learning is our No. 1 priority.

We expect our staff to adhere to the following company vision, values, and culture.

**Our Vision**

Our vision is to put an end to the “postcode lottery effect” within education.

**Our Mission**

To bring skill-focused courses to our local area and beyond, upskilling our people to improve their socio-economic status and health, thus supporting the end of educational inequalities. We do this by focussing on the student’s welfare and academic needs by ensuring we employ highly skilled teachers/trainers who adhere to our company culture.

**Our Culture**
- Caring for each student’s learning is our No. 1 priority.
- We believe in making every educational contact count.
- We believe in care, compassion, empathy, well-being, and perseverance.
- We believe in a people-focussed persona.
- We believe in a safe and comfortable student journey.
- We believe in a jargon-free learning experience.
- We never rush; we believe in in-depth knowledge delivery.
- We believe we exist for our community, improving people’s lives.
- We believe that at our core, every learner will be in line to advance their socioeconomic status.

**Freelance Tutor (All Subjects and Levels)
- job description and personal specification**
- Skills Tuition Centre
- Telford

**Job details**

**Pay**

Industry-standard rates depending on experience and qualifications £20-£22 per hour.

**Job type**
- Part-time
- Freelance

**Benefits**
- Flexible schedule
- Work onsite and from home
- Supporting team
- Loyalty benefits

**Qualifications**
- Makaton recognised training

**Experience**:

- teaching: 1-year minimum
- tutoring: 1-year minimum
- Online and face-to-face

**Schedule**:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Full Job Description**

This job can be done around your full-time job. This is an on-site job in Telford. Only Applicants located in Telford and surrounding areas will be considered. In-house Makaton trainers are wanted.

**If you are a tutor, teacher, former teacher, or work part-time and are looking to tutor at the same time, please contact us.**

**The Role**

We are currently recruiting tutors experienced in five main areas:

- ** Primary** - English (literacy, handwriting, spelling, phonics). Ideally, the tutor can help with Maths at KS1 and KS2 as well
- ** Secondar**y - English, maths, Science
- ** GCSE**- English, Maths, Science
- ** Special Education Needs **- Makaton trainer, dyslexia, dyspraxia, autistic, ADHD and students with speech and language delays

**Skills and attributes**
- Understanding - empathetic, genuinely cares for others, easy to connect with
- Curious - a life-long learner, inquisitive, interested
- Ingenuity - imaginative, creative, forward-thinking
- Ownership - accountable, responsible, dependable
- Grit - dedicated, flexible, up for a challenge

**Responsibilities**
- Treat students with dignity, build relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observe proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position
- Committed tutors to conduct small group sessions with students and participate in creating and delivering bespoke tutoring programmes
- Participate in creating and delivering bespoke tutoring on a one-to-one basis on-site or in the convenience of their own homes and/or online
- Liaise with the students’, parents, colleagues, and the management team to understand students’ needs and goals
- Plan sessions accordingly and prepare material for session work, homework, assessments, exams
- Complete timely session reports and termly reports for parents.
- Ensure you are accessible and reliable, maintaining clear communication with clients and the management team
- Address student learning gaps and regularly recap learning elements to deepen student knowledge.

**Our expectations of tutors who work with us**
- Timely submission of tutoring session summary reports and any other reports
- You should commit to completing the tutoring programs to ensure learning continuity
- Deliver great tutoring lessons
- Have excellent communication skills
- Skills Tuition Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all contractors to share this commitment.
- Carry out any other ad hoc duties to assist this role.
- Perform care, compassion, empathy, and perseverance to all students. Support/monitor their wellbeing, finding the reason behind any failures and addressing them appropriately.

**Job Types**:
Part-time, Freelance

**Salary**:
£250.00-£260.00 per day

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

**Schedule**:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Supplemental pay types**:

- Loyalty bonus

**Ability to commute/relocate**:

- Telford, Shropshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

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