Preparing for Adulthood Tutor

Preparing for Adulthood Tutor – Aurora Foxes

Location: Minehead, Somerset

Salary: £26,941.60 - £31,406.21 (FTE £29,120.00 - £33,945.60)

Hours: 40 hours per week, Term Time Only

Contract: Fixed term contract until August 2025

Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.

We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.

The main purpose of the role:

As a Preparing for Adulthood Tutor at Aurora Foxes, we expect you to plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate inspiring, engaging and individualised sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student. It is an absolute priority is to safeguard the students in our care. You must work professionally, effectively and sensitively with your team to ensure that all students are safe and feel safe with any concerns listened to and acted upon appropriately and immediately

Key duties:

• Effectively and professionally plan, prepare and resource highly individualised sessions of the highest quality, including those sessions where you may be absent, according to the scheme of work.
• To effectively and sensitively support the students in their learning.
• Deliver professional, inspiring and engaging sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student, and in which all students are motivated and engaged throughout. We expect every tutor to be fully engaged in the session at all times without exception.
• Prepare, direct and lead Learning Support Practitioners within your session, and to actively promote a professional attitude and approach at all times. Ensure that LSP’s contribute throughout the session including session evaluation and Student assessments.
• Contribute professionally and constructively to any review and development of any course, scheme of work, quality assurance processes and procedures.
• Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team Adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Successful candidate qualities:

• Qualified to at least a Level 2 in English and Maths.
• Level 4 Certificate in Teaching or working towards.
• A track record of working towards outcomes in an education setting - desirable
• Knowledge and  understanding of EHCP plans and how these relate to individual learner need.
• Experience of working with young adults with disabilities.
• Experience of working with formal assessment or a willingness to learn.
• Staff will have an understanding of Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework and the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers in Education and Training.

What’s on offer?

• Full training and continued support 
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• 10% off accommodation, hot drinks and food at Foxes Hotel
• Life assurance and pension
• Health cash back plan
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme 
• Perk box
• Free parking

Apply/Enquiries 

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact 07918 144908 / adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.