Home Tutor

**Home Tutor
Wrexham
£25 per hour**

In partnership wth Wrexham County Borough Council and local schools, Excell Supply provide home tuition for primary and secondary aged pupils in the Wrexham area who are long term absent from school due to illness. Due to increased demand, we are lookingto increase our pool of home tutors to join the current team.

The ability to travel in and around Wrexham is essential.

Whilst the role is only offered on a temporary contract basis, all of our current tutors have been working with us for a number of years.

The amount of tuition you deliver is flexible. Some tutors provide 5 hours per week whilst others provide up to 20 hours per week.

In addition to an hourly rate of £25, Excell Tutors receive holiday pay.

**Job Purpose**

To provide students who are long term absent from school with 1:1 academic tuition in line with learning programmes established and provided by the student’s school.

**Home Tutor Responsibilites**
- To follow the agreed learning programme established by the student’s school.
- To be flexible in providing an appropriate learning programme for a range of pupils.
- To liaise with a range of agencies for example: schools, Educational Psychology Service, the Locality team.
- Provide young people with a safe and supportive environment to encourage a positive learning experience.
- To develop and maintain positive relationships with families/carers.
- To participate in reviews where necessary.
- Where directed, to take an active role in pupil reintegration programmes.
- To contribute to and implement whole service policy and practice.
- To undertake any training as appropriate with the aim of increasing professional skills and expertise.
- To liaise with base school in order to gain learning programmes and planned re-integration.
- To oversee allocated pupils with basic responsibility towards their Pastoral Care.
- To collate and present the monthly report summary.
- To assess, record and report pupil achievement and progress in accordance with arrangements agreed within the school (to include learning and behavioural records).
- To have particular regard for the behavioural, social and emotional development of each child taught.
- Inform the interventions manager WCBC, of any concerns relating to a pupil’s engagement, progress or welfare concerns
- Be committed to developing an awareness of Child Criminal Exploitation, Child Sexual Exploitation the Prevent agenda, and contextual safeguarding.
- To follow Excell policies in relation to:

- Safeguarding / All Wales Child Protection 2008 inclusive of substance use.
- Drugs Policy
- Health and Safety - Accident Recording Process
- Behaviour contract
- Social media and e safety
- GDPR
- Ensure that information shared about individual pupils is kept safe and complies with GDPR

**Working Conditions**
- Tuition will take place during the school day, term time only
- Laptop and Desktop PC user
- Working with children in the family home, in a local community resource centre or, where agreed with the family, online
- People with special needs
- Lone Working
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post, e.g. travelling in and around the Wrexham County Borough

**Skills**
- Ability to write clear reports
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of people
- Clear strategies for working with challenging pupils

**Interpersonal skills**
- Ability to work constructively with pupils with complex needs
- Ability to negotiate with mainstream school staff

**Background**
- Evidence of successful work with disaffected and emotionally vulnerable pupils

**Job Demands**
- Ability to cope with emotionally demanding pupils and situations
- Ability to resolve conflict

**Special Circumstances**
- Ability to teach (disaffected and emotionally vulnerable) pupils effectively across a wide ability range
- Qualified teacher status
- Membership of the Education Workforce Council for Wales (EWC)
- Enhanced DBS clearance

Excell Supply is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure all our recruitment and selection practices reflect thiscommitment.