Job Description – Personal and Social Development Tutor

Reports to:
Hours:
Type:
Salary:

Campus Manager
8.30am – 4.30 pm (52 weeks per year)
Permanent
£34,216.18 - £42,198.63 DoE (Qualified Tutor)
£26,807.55 - £29,853.86 DoE (Unqualified Tutor)

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children,
young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share
this commitment.

Landmarks is an independent specialist day college for young people with learning
disabilities and difficulties. The college offers a wide range of programmes that are
tailored to each individual’s needs.

Landmarks  operates  from  several  sites  across;  Nottinghamshire,  Derbyshire  and
South Yorkshire, with our main site located in Eckington, S21 4EF.

Landmarks has several satellite provisions in Rotherham, Nottingham city Centre and
a  “real-life”  hospitality  and  catering  facility
in  Rainworth,  Mansfield.  These
environments  enable  us  to  provide  a  range  of  personal  and  vocational  training
opportunities including:

▪  Music
▪  Animal Care
▪  Work Experience
▪  Art
▪  Employability
▪  Performing Arts
▪  Life in Modern Britain
▪  Duke of Edinburgh
▪  Creative Media

▪  Horticulture
▪  Hospitality & Catering
▪  Travel Training
▪  Personal and Social

Development
▪  Functional Skills
▪  Enterprise
▪  Supported Internships
▪  Community Access

Our  staff  are  required  to  work  on  a  range  of  different  sites,  including;  college
campuses,  employer’s  premises  or  communities  local  to  your  learners  home  -
therefore willingness to travel is essential. There may be a requirement to transport
learners  in  your  own  car,  insurance  implications  are  reimbursed.  Mileage  and
expenses are provided for travel during the working day.

Job Description – Personal and Social Development Tutor

Job Purpose:
Our personal tutor is employed to exhibit exemplary teaching skills, have the ability
to deliver a range of qualifications and ensure that all learners are progressing
across all curriculums. These skills will be transferable to a variety of real-life
situations and contexts in preparation for adulthood. The right candidate must have
the following:

•  Possess good organisational skills;
•  Be good communicators;
•  Be flexible and adaptable;
•  Need to be creative and innovative with good specialist and subject

knowledge;

•  Be capable of managing a challenging workload, with good time

management skills and an ability to deliver to deadlines.

Main Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include, but are not restricted to:

•  Modelling outstanding planning, assessment and teaching in order to achieve
high quality teaching, effective use of resources and the highest standards of
learning and achievement for all learners.

•  Demonstrate high quality teaching for learners with complex and profound

needs.

•  Deliver high quality Personal and Social Development sessions in line with our
‘Life in Modern Britain’ curriculum, to ensure that all learners are supported to
keep themselves safe at home, online and within their local communities.

•  Manage all aspects of the learner experience; RARPA, accredited & non-

accredited learning outcomes;

•  Manage the learner journey process; Induction, Baseline Assessment and

summaries, set appropriate long- and medium-term goals, monitor progress
and achievement of targets linked to goals, produce termly review of progress
reports to show progression and outcomes.

•  Responsible for maintaining and updating personal learner files and our

systems.

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•  Liaise with parents/carers on learner issues and build effective relationships

and to professional manage and resolve learner issues and concerns.

•  Attend moderation meetings for all qualifications to ensure the sharing of

good practice.

•  Utilise to good effect the specialist support of SaLT and OT services and our

health and well-being services.

•  Provide detailed and accurate information about learner’s progress and

performance.

•  Responsible for classroom management and direction of learning support

staff.

•  Deliver personal care and support which meet or exceed learners’

requirement, promoting independence throughout.

•  Participate in the observation process for the college that is linked to quality

improvement.

•  Promotion of English, mathematics and Digital Technology throughout all

sessions.

•  Undertake training as and when necessary for your job role

•  Participate in the staff appraisal and supervision process.

•  Attend internal meetings, briefings and other forums as required.

•  Support the curriculum managers in the development and implementation of
a holistic curriculum that meets the needs and aspirations of all learners.

•  To liaise effectively with colleagues to ensure consistency of approach in

teaching and learning across the whole college.

•  To promote the vision, culture and ethos of the college.

This list of duties should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as the post
holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and
responsibilities.

Job Description – Personal and Social Development Tutor

Person Specification
The selection process will involve assessments being made on the extent to which
applicants meet the criteria listed in the table below:

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

•  Level 4 Award in Education &
Training, PGCE or Cert Ed
•  Minimum Level 2 (or equivalent)

Maths and English

•  A degree in an appropriate
discipline/QTS/QTLS

•  A fully qualified and

outstanding practitioner

•  A competent 'signer' to
support learners with
communication difficulties

•  To have additional

qualifications pertinent to the
field of SEND

Experience

•  Experience as a teacher of

•  Experience of working in a

college setting

learners with autism, SLD and
PMLD within a special education
setting

•  Significant experience teaching a
vocational curriculum in a similar
organisation (Pre-Entry – Level
2)

•  Significant experience of

teaching functional skills (Pre-
Entry – Level 2)

Skills

•  Effectively show their ethos for

education

•  Able to work independently and
in a team and to motivate others

•  Motivate, inspire and effectively

support learners

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•  Driven to achieve results and

succeed

•  Excellent organisational skills

and the ability to solve problems
and use initiative

•  Contribute to the overall

development of teaching and
learning throughout the whole
college

•  secure and consistent subject
knowledge in a functional
skills/work-related education
environment

Knowledge

•  knowledge of how

accreditation and RARPA can
be used to evidence learner
progress

•

In-depth understanding of
Ofsted's Education Inspection
Framework (EIF)

•  Knowledge of transition

planning and outcomes for
LLDD

•  Evidence of high-quality practice

relating to students with
complex needs

•  Knowledge of assessment
processes in an LLDD
environment

•  Understanding of the ways in
which students with learning
difficulties learn and having
practical knowledge of
appropriate strategies to support
their learning

Personal
Attributes

•  Flexibility is essential to enable

Landmarks to meet the needs of
our learners

•  To be an inspiring Tutor

•  Enthusiastic with ability to

motivate learners

•  Willingness and ability to

challenge

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•  The ability to maintain

confidentiality regarding
sensitive issues

•  strong interpersonal skills and
the confidence to represent the
college positively in a public
forum

In return we will offer:

•  Westfield Health Scheme following a successful probation.
•  Life cover following a successful probation.
•  Standard life pension.
•  30 days holiday – plus bank holidays (pro rata – 52-week employees) -
addition of 1 extra day’s holiday after your third anniversary, up to a
maximum of 5 additional days.

Landmarks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners
and to ensure our learners are protected from abuse. Landmarks is therefore exempt
from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All  offers  of  employment  will  be  subject  to  enhanced  DBS  checks,  which  it  deems
satisfactory  (you  will  be  viable  for  the  cost  of  a  DBS  if  you  leave  within  your
probationary period).

Where a post is eligible, a check against the barred lists will be undertaken. There are
different types of regulated activities that employees will need to undertake as part
of their role to qualify to be checked on the adult and child barred list.

It is an offence to apply for a role that involves regulated activity  to children, if the
applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

To  find  out  what  makes  Landmarks  a  remarkable  place  to  work,  visit  our  website
www.landmarks.ac.uk,  and  follow  Landmarks  Specialist  College  on  Facebook  for
more information.

If you have any further queries or would like to arrange a discussion regarding the
terms and conditions of employment at Landmarks please contact a member of HR
– 01246 433788 or HR@landmarks.ac.uk.