Overview
Job Title: Teacher – Tutorial (PHSCE)
Salary: Commencing at £31,916 with progression to £35,912 per annum
About the Role
What You Will Do
- Plan and deliver engaging, relevant and inclusive PHSCE and tutorial sessions to students across Study Programmes.
- Deliver key themes including safeguarding, healthy relationships, wellbeing, equality and diversity, British values, financial awareness, online safety and preparation for adulthood.
- Create opportunities for students to discuss and explore real-world issues in a safe, respectful and appropriately challenging environment.
- Support students to develop their confidence, resilience, independence, communication and decision-making skills.
- Embed careers, employability and workplace behaviours, helping students understand the skills and attitudes employers value.
- Adapt teaching to meet a wide range of starting points, including students with SEND/High Needs and those who may face barriers to learning or participation.
- Use assessment, student voice and participation to understand the impact of the tutorial curriculum and continually improve delivery.
- Work closely with curriculum teachers, pastoral teams, safeguarding, careers and support colleagues to provide a joined-up student experience.
- Identify concerns relating to students’ safeguarding, wellbeing, engagement or progress and ensure these are communicated and escalated appropriately.
- Contribute to enrichment, themed events, workshops and wider activities that make the Study Programme experience engaging, ambitious and memorable.
About You
You will be a positive, engaging and confident teacher who is passionate about helping young people develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours they need for life beyond college.
You will:
- Be an enthusiastic and engaging teacher who can bring PHSCE and tutorial topics to life.
- Have the confidence to facilitate discussions around sensitive, challenging and topical issues.
- Understand the importance of safeguarding, inclusion, equality, diversity and British values within Further Education.
- Be able to build strong, professional relationships with young people from a wide range of backgrounds and starting points.
- Understand the barriers some young people face and be able to challenge, motivate and inspire them.
- Be creative in your approach, using real-life scenarios, debate, digital resources and external speakers to make learning meaningful.
- Have high expectations for attendance, behaviour, participation and personal development.
- Be able to adapt teaching to support learners with SEND/High Needs and differing levels of confidence and ability.
- Work collaboratively with curriculum, pastoral, safeguarding, careers and support teams.
- Be organised, reflective and committed to continually improving the quality and impact of the student experience.
Above all, you will believe that education is about more than achieving a qualification. You will want to help our students become confident, informed and responsible young adults who are ready to progress, contribute and succeed.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections.
Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
