Foundation Tutor (Maternity Cover)

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Plan, prepare and teach lessons on personal, social and development, including life skills.
• Create engaging schemes of work that demonstrate sequencing of learning and progression.
• Create engaging lessons that are full of learning and development.
• Plan for learners’ needs through the use of initial assessment, previous learning and EHCPs
• Differentiate lesson plans and resources in line with learner needs as outlined in EHCP documents or through observations
• Track the progress of learners using the appropriate and provided tracking systems
• Provide and deliver engaging sessions meeting the individual needs of all learners
• Plan and develop SMART-appropriate learning plans for individual learners alongside monitoring their EHCP outcomes.
• Monitor and assess learner progress, ensuring timely achievements through the year, record and report the development, progress, and attainment of learners in accordance with TCHC’s assessment policies and line with the principles of assessment for Learning.
• Conduct pastoral responsibilities as required
• Conduct a 1:1 progress review of qualifications and personal skills
• Manage any behaviour issues that arise in line with TCHC policy, with support from the Centre Manager
• Implement TCHC’s inclusion and equal opportunity policies.
• Ensure that learning support assistants and visiting speakers are used effectively in the learning environment.
• To cover other subject areas as appropriate if required
• Organise and implement trips and events for learning
• Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance, and support to learners to help them progress
• Participate in events/open days as required
• Support for absent colleagues as required
• Participate in OFSTED inspections as required
• Attend team meetings

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.
• Be a reflective practitioner, evaluating and improving your own practice in order to take teaching and learning forward as well as ensuring learner success and progress

Commitment to Safeguarding

TCHC is committed to Safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All staff are expected to adhere to our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and the safeguarding responsibilities outlined in their job description.

We conduct Safer Recruitment Checks on all staff prior to confirming a start date, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. An online search of information within the public domain is conducted on all candidates who are invited to interview,

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Please see our Recruitment with Safer Recruitment Policy for further information or contact the Safeguarding Manager on 07732 684738 or by emailing Safeguarding@TCHC.net