Residential Childcare Tutor Assessor

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: NSG Business and Professional

Reporting to: Apprenticeship Manager

Annual Leave: 30 days per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)

Contractual hours: 35 hours per week

Basis: Full time, Fixed Term for 7 months

Pension: NEST Pension

Join Our Team

We are delighted to announce an opportunity for a fixed term Residential Childcare Tutor Assessor to join our NSG Business and Professional department. This is a fantastic chance to play a key role in delivering high-quality education and assessments, ensuring that learners acquire the knowledge, skills, and qualifications needed to excel in their chosen fields, while contributing to our thriving academic community.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Residential Childcare Tutor Assessor, you will:

• Plan, conduct and participate in induction and initial assessment of learners to identify realistic learning priorities and, in liaison with the employer, develop individual learning plans and agree realistic completion targets. This will include ensuring that employers have a full understanding of the requirement for Apprentices to complete off the job training.
• Develop, manage and maintain good relationships with external partners, local employers and appropriate agencies to recruit learners.
• Be responsible for the planning, delivery, and assessment of skills, knowledge, and behaviours to ensure the successful achievement of the Apprenticeship Standards.
• Support and deliver assessing/teaching and learning.
• Establish a purposeful learning environment, where learners feel safe, secure, confident and valued.
• Meet targets, whether they are locally or contractually agreed and support the organisation in the delivery of its’ corporate strategy and annual business plan.
• Monitor and review learners’ progress in the workplace to ensure the achievement of qualification standards.
• Provide information, advice and guidance to learners and employers to promote learning and timely achievement of the agreed learning aims and SMART objectives.
• Maintain a minimum caseload of learners. Assist them to achieve NVQ qualifications and the Apprenticeship Standard and prepare them for End Point Assessment.
• Develop business with existing employers and identifying new opportunities.

What We’re Looking For:

We seek candidates who:

• Hold a minimum Level 3 professional qualification in residential childcare.
• Possess Assessor awards or an equivalent qualification - Essential.
• Have achieved Grade C/4 or higher in Maths and English or equivalent.
• Have experience working in residential childcare settings - Essential.
• Hold a valid driving licence - Essential.

What’s in it for you?

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Generous Annual Leave (30-45 days per annum (pro rata), depending on role)
• Excellent Training and Development Opportunities
• Dedicated Teaching & Learning Coaches for New Staff.
• On-site staff parking available
• Contributions to a variety of role-based pensions schemes including Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme and NEST Pension
• On site restaurant and food outlets including Costa Coffee
• Extensive wellbeing provision including but not limited to:
  
  • 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff and their immediate family)
  • Occupational Health
  • Free Flu jabs
  • Free Gym Membership for all staff.
  • Discounted hair and beauty salon treatments

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit our Work For Us page.

For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Christina Hutton, Apprenticeship Manager on [email protected]

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early!

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

SAFEGUARDING

At Middlesbrough College, we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff 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, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. 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.

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to ensuring equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination, and fostering good relations among all members of its community, and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Please see attached job description - Residential Childcare Tutor Assessor