Cheshire College - South & West
Personal Development Tutor - Team Leader (EL416)

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Salary: £32,579 - £36,656 pro rata per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
Location: Crewe Campus
Do you have great communication skills, enjoy helping young people and supporting them?
We are seeking an inspiring individual to join our Personal Development Tutor Team at our Crewe Campus as the Team Leader. This role involves line managing a team of Personal Development Tutors, delivering high quality and effective tutorials, monitoring and ensuring attendance is high, undertaking group tutorials and 1:1s, and working closely with curriculum areas and other departments to ensure good outcomes for all learners. This position will also play a key role providing pastoral, welfare and initial safeguarding support for learners and supporting the College to provide wrap around care for learners.
Do you have experience of leading a team?
This could be through:
- Previous work experience
- Previous line management experience
- Youth / community groups
- Voluntary group work
- Charity work
And have the following skills or experience?
- Leading, guiding, coaching and mentoring
- Chairing meetings
- Planning and implementing
- Setting and reviewing targets
- Working to deadlines
- Reviewing with a view for continuous improvement
- Forming working relationships which result in positive outcomes
- Managing difficult situations such as safeguarding concerns, with a calm approach
Key Responsibilities:
- Line manage and support a team of Personal Development Tutors within the campus area in the delivery of a high quality, engaging, relevant tutorial programme and effective 1:1 reviews;
- Overview and ensure attendance are robustly challenged and monitoring arrangements are in place to support learners to attend;
- To carry a small case load of learners and support them in group tutorials and 1:1s;
- Undertake a key role providing pastoral, welfare and initial safeguarding support for learners and support the College to provide wrap around care for learners;
- Act as a point of contact for referrals and to make appropriate referrals; and
- To work closely with curriculum and other departments to oversee the support and the quality assurance for attendance, progress and progression.
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Key Person Specification Requirements:
- Level 4 qualification in a relevant subject (or equivalent);
- GCSE Grade C (4/5) in Maths and English (or equivalent);
- PGCE/Cert Ed/Level 3 Education and Training (or equivalent) or actively working towards one of the qualifications;
- The ability to lead a team and ensure that departmental outcomes are achieved;
- Good understanding of the personal development themes covered in group tutorials;
- Ability to deliver effective group tutorial sessions, including those on more sensitive topics;
- Awareness and understanding of what constitutes excellent pastoral, welfare and academic support;
- A clear understanding of the importance of student target setting, monitoring and reviewing to ensure achievement and a positive outcome for students; and
- Enhanced DBS check.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Benefits:
- Access to world-class facilities
- Access to new qualifications to support your career in education such as short online courses in the areas below. If you’re interested in learning more about this, please email recruitment@ccsw.ac.uk.


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Financial support offered to obtain your teacher qualification
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Extensive upskilling and professional development opportunities
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Competitive salary
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Pension scheme with generous employer contributions (28.68% for TPS and 20% for LGPS)
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Up to 51 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, Christmas closure, and a dedicated Wellbeing Day
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Onsite fitness and childcare facilities
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Employee benefit platform
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Onsite Costa, café, shop, restaurants and hair and beauty salon
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Free onsite parking
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Employee Referral Scheme
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Staff Awards
How to apply:
If you’re interested in this excellent opportunity, you can apply by completing the application form by the closing date.
We are unable to accept CVs.
Please note that applications submitted via recruitment agencies cannot be considered.
Cheshire College South and West is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful applicants will be required to provide a DBS Disclosure, Right to Work evidence and original qualification certificates. Online checks will be carried out and references will be sought.
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