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Flexible part time, Pay rate: GBP28 per hour plus the holiday pay
Are you an experienced tutor looking for a flexible and rewarding position? If you are passionate about empowering students to succeed, Randstad may have the perfect role for you.
Randstad Student Support is currently seeking dedicated SpLD (Specific Learning Difficulties) Tutors for the upcoming academic year, September (2026/2027) at the University of Nottingham.
All successful candidates must be able to travel to the university and flexibly offer both in-person and online sessions to meet student preferences. As a Specialist One-to-One Study Skills Support Worker with Randstad, you will provide learning support and academic guidance. This includes creating an individual learning plan tailored to the students' needs that encourages them to become an independent learner.
As a Specialist One-to-One Study Skills Support Worker, you are required to support students to:
- Develop independence, build on strengths and learning strategies.
- Create strategies for organisation and time management.
- Create action plans to stay on track with studies.
- Build on research skills: widening knowledge by using a variety of sources.
- Distinguish appropriate sources and how to correctly use references.
- Build on comprehension skills in reading and writing.
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While working for Randstad, the needs of individual students should be considered case by case, and you must ensure any concerns are addressed in a timely manner. It is expected that you act professionally and maintain confidentiality in your role at all times, sharing all relevant information with Randstad to ensure the best possible service to your students.
Requirements For The Role
As this is a specialist role, you must hold membership with one of the below relevant professional bodies. All students you will be supporting are funded by the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA), meaning all candidates providing this role must adhere to the qualification framework set out by the DfE:
- British Dyslexia Association (BDA), Dyslexia Guild
- Professional Membership The Association of Dyslexia (ADSHE)
- The Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties (PATOSS)
You can find a list of all accepted memberships here (pages 17) along with the required membership level.
practitioners.slc/media/1987/final:nmh:qualifications:matrix:july2023.pdf
Desirable Skills Include
- Experience of working with clients with specific learning difficulties
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to identify ways of helping students to build on their learning strengths whilst maintaining a confidential and professional working relationship
- Punctuality and reliability
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to manage a caseload of students
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Benefits Of Working With Randstad
- We offer flexible working hours: you can select your own schedule
- GBP28 per hour plus accrued holiday pay at GBP3.38 per hour
- Working for the UK's leading provider of non-medical help support
- Access to an online timesheet system: meaning quicker turnaround on student approvals
- Engaged on a pay as you earn PAYE contract, weekly payment for all approved timesheets
- Join our Support Worker meetings and best practice sessions
- Free CPD/elearning upon included within the registration and Free Employee Assistance Helpline
- Access to online discounts hub
- Workplace Pension Scheme
- Entitled to maternity, paternity, adoption and sick leave
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If you are shortlisted for the role, we will contact you for a short informal chat about the role followed by a formal interview. If you are successful following the interview stage, you will then be taken through the registration process.
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