Personal Tutor

**Personal Tutor College**

**Term-Time Only (38 weeks)**

**33 hours per week**
- Would you like to represent St Piers School and College, an incredible place for young people with special educational needs and disabilities to thrive?_
- St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people, and promotes the welfare of all learners._

**_As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, online searches will form part of this process._**

**_An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence._**

**About Us**

Young Epilepsy is the leading national charity, which exists to improve the lives of children and young people with epilepsy and associated conditions. With over 100 years of experience, our unique Headquarters offers world class services which include the provision of Residential Services, Education and Health Care to children and young people in the UK and nationally.

**Your role**

As a Personal Tutor in College, you play an important role in the success of our students:

- Enabling learners to take responsibility for their learning: supporting learners to set realistic targets to work towards their goals and asipirations.
- Setting, sharing and monitoring EHC targets with the learner and relevant staff.
- Providing planned and meaningful learning experiences for learners to progress and achieve their full potential.
- Creating a yearly forecast: putting together an outline of the areas of learning across the academic year. Planning course units (if applicable) with the associated Pathway Lead against areas of learning. Providing relevant evidence ensuring courses are run effectively and timely with documents that support this. Working with the therapy team to ensure a transdisciplinary approach to learning.
- Research: visiting other establishments, attending agreed training. Keeping up to date with new initiatives, current rationales and government policy within the specialist education sector. Sharing good practice and providing feedback to relevant staff and implementing new ideas/intitiatives.
- To undertake the role of personal tutor in providing pastoral care to students in line with Young Epilepsy procedures and policies

**What we need from you**
- Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training or equivalent
- Working with students in a similar SEN environment
- Experience of preparing lesson plans
- Line management/Directing support staff

**What we can offer you**
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities
- Corporate membership, which gives you access to exclusive nationwide discounts and benefits on things such as meals out, active wear, gym memberships and technology products etc.
- Free onsite parking
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Subsidised onsite staff dining
- Discounted onsite gym membership
- An occupational pension scheme
- Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales)._