Tutor - Felting

Based in Sheffield

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**Job Description**:
Colleague Benefits

**Tutor - Felting**

**24 hours per week, 37 weeks per annum**

Grade MS1: MS4

We are seeking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic and professional tutor to work as part of our college crafts team.
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of teaching and learning within a practical skills environment.
The role will include teaching students to work predominantly with wet felting and needle felting and encouraging them to create artefacts that are both aesthetically pleasing and have practical use. Examples of work to include table mats, hangings, phone covers, hats and slippers.

Applicants must have experience of working with learners with learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities and have experience of teaching / training in felting.
- Create simple felt work using wet and dry techniques
- Design and fabricate 3-dimensional felted objects that are practical and useful
- Be able to create a pair of felted slippers
- Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to complete appropriate paperwork within agreed timescales.

You must be able to instill enthusiasm and enjoyment into the learning process in such a way that can lead to increased self-esteem and enhanced engagement in learning for our students.

Applicants are expected to hold, be working towards, or prepared to work towards relevant teaching qualifications.

Successful applicants will be expected to complete our Pedagogical Potential of Craft Course and spend time at other Ruskin Mill provisions with other Felting Tutors to ensure a full understanding of our method.

Working at Freeman College is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries, with progression in pay once qualified and an auto-enrolment pension scheme.

In addition, staff receive;
- Staff will receive a comprehensive induction, extensive training and development plan to include Autism,

Attachment, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE), CPI Safety Intervention training and much more.
- Organic Healthy Lunches provided when eating and socialising with students.