Functional Skills Tutor

**Who we are?**

This is an exciting time to join the TCHC Group. TCHC Group was set up in August 2004. Since then, we have continued to develop and deliver programmes to support both young people and adults to learn, achieve and progress to greater opportunities. TCHC is an organisation that believes in creating opportunities for all. It is an organisation that is ethical, friendly, and considerate and encompasses these values in all its services and operations. Most of all we believe in working together as a team to create opportunities for the individuals we work with to grow, to help them recognise and achieve their aspirations and goals and attain a positive outcome.

The staff who work for TCHC are learner centric and want to make a real difference to the people they work with, enabling them to improve their employment situation, some of whom will have had poor experiences of learning and employment in the past. Some may have complex lives and require signposting to other organisations who can help.

Staff are valued and recognised for the contribution they make towards the organisation’s vision and goals and the effective support they provide to the individuals we engage with. We have a strong belief that success is created together; one of the reasons why we are a great employer to work for.

**Who are we looking for?**

TCHC is looking for passionate and qualified Functional Skills tutor to support our learners through the delivery of the Functional Skills syllabus This will include:

- Functional Skills English Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Functional Skills Maths Entry Level 1 to Level 2

As a Functional Skills Tutor you will be responsible for planning and teaching the Functional Skills curriculum, as well as differentiation, and will be required to ensure work is marked, records are kept, and assessment is on-going, ensuring all learners are ready for exams and maintaining a high level of successful pass rates.

**Job Title: Functional Skills tutor**

**Location**:Peterborough

**Working Hours**:8.30 am to 5.00 pm OR 9:00am to 5:30pm 1-hour lunch

Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week

**Salary Band**:Unqualified £23k to £26k Qualified 27k to £30k

**What are we looking for?**

**Qualifications**:

- Qualified to DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (or equivalent) Desirable
- Qualified to PTLLS/ CTLLS (or equivalent)
- GCSE (or equivalent) in English and maths at grade C or above

**Main Tasks & Responsibilities**

Lesson Planning
- Create effective schemes of works that clearly supports the learning process of individuals
- Prepare and develop innovative lesson plans, designing and delivering group activities
- Diagnose learner’s literacy, numeracy and ICT needs and requirements by using various diagnostic testing and mock tests

Teaching
- Deliver training to individuals and groups following the programme curriculum, setting objectives and targets for achievement
- Provide one to one support to learners where necessary
- Hold a manageable caseload of learners
- Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance and support to learners to help them progress
- Manage any behaviour issues that arise
- Prepare and submit up to date assessments of learners, across all relevant activities
- Monitor and maintain appropriate paperwork and records of progress and to report all cases of learner sickness and absence
- Complete review paperwork and record learners' progress

Monitoring and Continual Improvement
- Follow the education inspection framework.
- Undertake regular CPD and record it using company documents.
- Undertake qualifications where suitable as part of your own learning and development.
- Take proactive approaches to ensure Safeguarding and Prevent is embedded into the delivery and ensure issues are raised accordingly, in line with TCHC’s Safeguarding Policy using the appropriate recording and reporting tools.
- Prepare for and attend monthly caseload review meetings with your line manager
- Prepare for and attend standardisation meetings as instructed by Quality Assurance
- Ongoing management and administration tasks relating to TCHC’s CRM and ePortfolio systems, including but not limited to session planning, logging results and providing feedback to learners
- Work alongside the Quality team to ensure that delivery meets the high expectations of TCHC
- Ensure any complaints are raised accordingly in line with TCHC’s Complaints Policy

Teamwork
- Liaise with relevant team members to ensure learners achieve their targets and progress into appropriate outcomes
- Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with other external organisations involved with the service and learners
- Attend monthly team meetings with line manager to discuss feedback

Awarding bodies/Funders/OFSTED
- Follow all company policies and procedures.
- Participate in OFSTED inspections as required.
- Be very familiar with key company policies.

**Note**:These duties are a guide to the work the post holder will i