Personal Tutor, Maternity Cover – Employability and Art, Rotherham
Personal Tutor, Maternity Cover – Employability and Art, Rotherham
| Reports to: | Campus Manager |
| Hours: | 37.5 hours, Monday - Friday (8.30am – 4:30pm) – 52weeks per year |
| Type: | Fixed term – Maternity cover up to 1 year |
| Salary: | £35,447.96 - £43,717.78 (Qualified)£30,928.60 (Unqualified) |
| Location: | Rotherham |
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 “reallife” hospitality and catering facility in Rainworth, Mansfield. These environments enable us to provide a range of personal and vocational training opportunities including:
Art
• Animal Care and Horticulture
• Cookery
Digital Media
• Duke of Edinburgh
Employability skills
Functional Skills
Game Based Studies
• Hospitality and Catering
• Life in Modern Britain
• Music
• Performing Arts
• Personal and Social Development
Sports
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 Purpose:
• We are seeking a passionate, adaptable and creative Teacher or Lecturer in Employability Skills to deliver engaging, accessible and industry relevant learning for learners with additional needs, working from Entry Level 2 to Level 2.
• The role will involve teaching City and Guilds Employability Skills as meaningful contexts through which learners develop their communication, life and employability skills.
The successful candidate will plan and deliver high quality, differentiated learning that supports individual progress, ensures RARPA targets are met and, where appropriate, leads to accredited Employability qualifications.
• From September 2026, the postholder will also be expected to deliver Art and Enterprise sessions with mentoring and support available where required.
The postholder will also act as a Personal Tutor for a group of learners, supporting their wider progress, personal development and preparation for adulthood. This work will be supported by a Personal Tutor Support Assistant, who will assist with pastoral duties, communication and follow-up actions.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of inclusive education, differentiated learning and the importance of delivering Employability Skills to support learners with SEND to build confidence, independence and employability.
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.
• Manage all aspects of the learner experience; RARPA, accredited & non-accredited learning outcomes;
• Manage the learner journey process; Initial Assessment, 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.
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’ requirements, 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 Campus 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.
• Undertake teaching across all curriculum areas as required to support learners and the effective operation of the college.
Allocation of PTSA support: As a guide, the College may allocate a Pastoral Tutor Support Assistant (PTSA) to a tutor group once it reaches 8 tutees, subject to learner need, timetable, and available resource. Where a tutor group has more than 8 tutees on a sustained basis, the College will allocate a dedicated PTSA. Decisions will also consider the complexity of learner needs and safeguarding requirements. The allocation of PTSA support will be reviewed at each annual staffing review.
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.
Person Specification
The selection process will involve assessments being made on the extent to which applicants meet the criteria listed in the table below:
| Qualifications | Essential | Desirable | ||
| ● | 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 support learners with To have additional field of SEND | outstanding practitioner A competent 'signer' to communication difficulties qualifications pertinent to the | |
| Experience | setting 2) Significant experience of | Experience as a teacher of learners with autism, SLD and PMLD within a special education | Experience of working in a college setting | |
| Significant experience teaching a vocational curriculum in a similar organisation (Pre-Entry – Level | ||||
| Skills | education | Effectively show their ethos for |
| Able to work independently and in a team and to motivate others | ||
| Motivate, inspire and effectively support learners Driven to achieve results and | ||
| succeed | ||
| Excellent organisational skills and the ability to solve problems and use initiative | ||
| Knowledge | Contribute to the overall development of teaching and learning throughout the whole college secure and consistent subject | knowledge of how ● |
| knowledge in a functional skills/work-related education environment | 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 Learners with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities | |
| 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 | ||
| The ability to maintain confidentiality regarding | ||
| sensitive issues | ||
| strong interpersonal skills and | ||
| the confidence to represent the | ||
| college positively in a public | ||
| forum | ||
When completing the application form, please demonstrate with clear, concise examples how you meet the requirements of the post. You will be assessed in relation to the criteria. If there are large numbers of applicants for the post, then all the criteria will be used for shortlisting. Under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), we recognise and welcome our responsibility to remove any barriers in our recruitment and selection process.
In return we will offer:
▪ 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (Westfield Health):
▪ Confidential emotional, financial and practical support whenever you need it.
▪ Education Support Helpline:Free, specialist wellbeing support for all teaching and education staff.
Access to Trained Mental Health First Aiders: On-site support from staff trained to listen, signpost and offer immediate reassurance.
▪ Comprehensive Westfield Health Package (level 2): Includes a health cash plan, virtual GP appointments, counselling options, discounted shopping and services, and a wide range of wellbeing resources.
▪ Annual Flu Vaccination Voucher: Supporting your health and reducing winter illness.
▪ Access to Additional Discount Schemes: Including the Blue Light Card and other optional staff savings programmes.
▪ Health & Wellbeing Services: Occupational Health support where necessary.
▪ Generous Annual Leave Entitlement: Up to 35 days, dependant on length of service.
▪ Long Service Recognition: Celebrating and rewarding your commitment to the organisation.
▪ Enhanced Family-Friendly Policies: Increased occupational maternity and paternity pay (subject to eligibility).
▪ Occupational Sick Pay: Enhanced sick pay that increases with length of service.
▪ Professional Development & Career Progression: A wide range of CPD, training courses and structured development pathways (role-dependent).
▪ Life Cover: Financial protection providing peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
▪ Standard Life Pension Scheme: Supporting your long-term financial wellbeing.
▪ Free On-Site Parking.
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.