Tutor

There is no better time to start a career within Teaching than now!

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Arden College is recruiting a Tutor to join our Teaching team now! We are looking for an ambitious, energetic and committed tutor who will expand the learning experiences and provide tuition for small groups of young people, which allows for full engagement and ensures that the program of learning meets the needs of the individual. You will have experience teaching in the primary, secondary, or further education sector within Special Educational Needs. The successful candidate will be teaching and supporting our young people who have autism and associated complex needs.

Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!

Arden College is specialist college providing education to students with autism aged 16 to 25. We also offer specialist residential care to some of our students on a 38- or 52-weeks basis and we seek to employ a proactive and enthusiastic individual with experience of teaching English up to level 2. You will teach small groups of learner's essential skills.

Responsibilities will include:

• Plan engaging lessons tailored to the interests and aspirations of your students
• Promote students’ enjoyment of learning
• Follow and update schemes of work as necessary
• Maintain organised, coherent academic plans
• Work closely with classroom support staff, directing and guiding them to ensure highly effective support and challenge for our students
• Maintain records of academic and independence achievement for each student
• Provide evidence of students’ progress
• Liaise with other staff members to plan and organise teaching
• Regularly advise and consult the principal, discussing any concerns that arise and acting on any agreed decisions
• Maintain a tidy, organised teaching area that is an inviting place in which to learn
• Record significant incidents, accidents, behaviour and hazards

At Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress!

The successful candidate will have previous experience of teaching the national curriculum, as well as teaching and supporting young people within SEN schools, along with the following characteristics:

Resilience – We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged. 

Communication – Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.

Organisation – You will have experience of organising, planning and teaching well-structured lessons tailored to the needs of the pupils as well as monitoring each students learning needs, adapting teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of each pupil.

Caring – Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.

Attentive – No two tasks will be the same so being attentive to understand the needs of the young people we support is vital

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want residential childcare to be a job for life, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools