Art Tutor

TUTOR - ARTS & CRAFTS (and other relevant activities)

This post is: For Holiday Clubs - Feb HT, Easter Holidays, Summer Holidays

Time of work: 7.45am-4.15pm.

Based at a Bedford School, (UK), MK42

*Extra hours for after school clubs may be available during Term Time

Contract Type: Self-Employed

Contractor Pay: £ depending on qualification/experience

TO APPLY: COMPLETE F4YP APPLICATION FORM found at where you will also find the full job description for a tutor role. Send to

Job Purpose: To plan and deliver fun, engaging, and age-appropriate sessions across a broad range of curriculum and enrichment areas for young people aged 5–16 in Bedford/Kempston.

We require an art tutor. However, tutors can specialize in a curriculum area and be adaptable to deliver sessions in other areas. The ability to teach other subjects welcome, these may include subjects such as STEM, Cooking, Drama, Sports as well as outdoor learning experiences such as Forest School and Farm based Activities.

The tutor will create a positive, inclusive, and nurturing learning environment that encourages young people to build confidence, develop friendships, explore their creativity, connect with nature, and try new things.

Sessions should be tailored to suit different ages (age 5-16) and abilities and should promote a relaxing, safe, enjoyable environment where young people can make new friends, grow in self-confidence and try new things. Tutors are role models for young people demonstrating passion and enthusiasm as well as demonstrating and enforcing our values of: RESPECT, HONESTY, FUN, and DREAM BIG.

Specific Duties:

Sessions:

Plan, prepare and deliver fun and engaging sessions. Activities should support the development of practical skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, creativity, and independent thinking.

Sessions must be age-appropriate, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of both individual young people and the wider group.

Where appropriate, design and deliver hands-on projects—such as crafting, art based-projects. Can also include where appropriate to tutor experience: nature-based exploration, science investigations, simple cooking/baking tasks, or food growing— that encourage curiosity and build confidence.

Acquire appropriate teaching materials and resources, liaising with F4YP team pre-holiday course to order resources needed in time for holiday clubs.

Motivate pupils and encourage progress as well as other key attributes such as friendship, respect and kindness etc

Assessing pupils' abilities, and engagement, and providing feedback and writing reports/evaluations. Track progress of YP, create logs and evaluations using F4YP systems.

Set up activities, ensuring they are in line with risk assessments.

Audit equipment, ensuring you are aware of what equipment has been brought and the same amount is packed up

Have an awareness of the individual needs of the group and adapting session activities and approach to enable YP to be successful in your session.

Liaise with other tutors/F4YP staff to support the development of ideas and themes to update course content to ensure activities are appealing and relevant

Pack down at end of session ensuring to log any loss or damage to equipment.

Follow all F4YP policies including Safeguarding policies. Know and follow F4YP risk assessments.

Delivery of sessions not related to the subject where a need arises, to be discussed and agreed with Head of Operations.

Complete regular training courses as directed by F4YP Head of Operations/CEO including annual Safeguarding training as directed by line manager, as well as Team Teach positive handling training

Any other duties as directed by line manager, from time to time, provided they are broadly similar to duties normally performed by the post holder or other post holder engaged in similar work.

General Duties:

Supervise and engage YP in morning and end of day check-in/out including ice breaker activities, managing tokens/rewards, managing behaviour, problem solving with YP, pastoral support/signposting.

Supervise YP break and lunch times as directed by pastoral team.

Support other tutors in their sessions.

Participate in and complete pastoral logs and tutor evaluations as directed by pastoral team.

Help the team to clean/tidy school at start and end of day and club including set down.

Person Specification

Prior Experience in teaching/coaching young people

Coaching/teaching qualifications relevant to role.

Passion for subject activity and for young people.

Alignment with charity mission, aims and values.

Enthusiasm, stamina and willingness to be flexible and work unsociable hours when necessary

Willingness to undertake on–going training

Job Types: Part-time, Freelance

Pay: £12.21-£18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• On-site parking

Experience:

• teaching/coaching: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: F4YP MT

Expected start date: 16/02/2026