HLTA Link Tutor

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

Job Title: HLTA Link TutorJob Location: Hospital Educ Serv Outpatient Team Base Salary: £30,024 - £32,597 per annum (pro rata) Hours per Week: Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: /12/2025 Job Requisition Number: This post is not open to job share

About the Role

We are looking for two highly experienced Link Tutors to join our pastoral support team and work alongside our current Link Tutors supporting students in KS4 in Year 10 and Year 11.

The role of Link Tutor is hugely rewarding and the successful candidate would find themselves working within a team of highly motivated and creative staff.  The role has a pastoral focus, providing support to enable our students to access educational provision whilst they are with us, and to aid transition back to their main school or other identified setting.

The role is peripatetic and county wide.  Regular contact and visits to the home of our students is fundamental to the role.  The visits enable our link tutors to work with our students to identify barriers to learning, key milestones, develop strategies and skills, and work on aspects of the wellbeing curriculum. 

They have responsibility for liaising with Social Care, medical professionals, parents, the mainstream schools, and the academic teachers at GHES.  Attendance at TAF, CIN, CP, PEPs and Graduated Pathway meetings are also part of this role.  As a short-term service, re-integration back into the student's mainstream school, alternative provision or post 16 destination is a key feature. The link tutor is responsible for facilitating carefully planned and supported reintegration or transition.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working with children with additional needs and professionals involved in the education system.  The ideal candidate will:

Understand the graduated pathway and the need for a student-centred approachHave experience of, or a good working knowledge of the other professional agencies who provide support for young people of school agePlace high value on the importance of safeguarding.Be well organised, able to work on their own initiative and manage their time wellBe flexible and creative to achieve successful outcomes for all of our studentsExcellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with students, parents, staff at GHES and professionals are all important qualities for this role. A firm belief that a medical condition should not stop a child reaching their full potential is essential.

About you

We are looking for a staff member who:

Takes pride in their work and thrives in a busy environmentHas the ability to organise themselves and plan their weekEnsures student voice is at the heart of every decisionProvides the right level of support and challenge to access educationIs willing to be flexible and adaptable with tasks as they ariseIs able to confidently communicate with students, parents, professionals through the main schools in Gloucestershire and NHS professionalsHas good ICT skills, especially with Microsoft and SIMS

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the hospital education team.  You can be confident of joining a highly professional, passionate, supportive and very experienced team of teachers, pastoral and administrative team working tirelessly to ensure the best outcomes can be achieved for every individual despite the health barriers they may be facing.

Working Arrangements

The role is a term-time only role, 36 hours per week holiday weeks), at Grade 6.  This works out as being approximately 0.87FTE.  Work would be a blend of working from home, travelling to student homes or their main schools, and working from our county office space in Cheltenham.

GHES is a school and a service within GCC and as such employees are entitled to many benefits within GCC:

• Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

Applying

We would strongly recommend an informal discussion or visit prior to submitting an application.  Please contact  or phone to arrange this.

Please write in your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile.  This should include examples of why you should be considered and evidence of the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post

More details of GHES in general can be found on our website:

Further details about the Link Tutor role, can be found in the information pack along with the job description on the GCC website {PUT IN LINK TO ADVERT ON GCC SITE} Please do not complete the application form on schoolsnet.

Safeguarding

Positions are subject to an enhanced and barred (children) DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Link Tutor - Job Profile

Information About GHES

This Position is subject to a DBS check.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.  

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

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