STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Specialist Support Tutor
FTE 0.580716
26.5 hours a week, 36 weeks a year (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays)
Salary of £13,625.33 to £17,027.75 (pro rata of £23,463.00 to £29.322.00)
Basingstoke College of Technology, located in North Hampshire, is a leading and well respected further education provider. The college prides itself on its excellent links with business and the success of its learners in securing positive destinations.
Basingstoke is an expanding town with a thriving economy and excellent transport links. The college was rated ‘good with outstanding features’ in May 2016 by Ofsted and is committed to becoming an ‘outstanding’ provider. Our financial health has consistently been rated ‘outstanding’ over the last 10 years by the Skills Funding Agency.
BCoT is a significant provider of apprenticeships, the achievement rates of our apprentices are significantly above the sector average and we have set ambitious growth targets up to 2020.
Basingstoke College of Technology has a vacancy for a Specialist Support Tutor to provide one-to-one and small group Additional Learning Support (ALS) to a range of learners.
You will work closely with BCoT’s learners with declared learning difficulties and disabilities. You will be required to have a calm, unflappable approach and differentiate to meet learner needs.
Duties will involve supporting learners on a one to one or small group basis outside of their lessons. You would offer guidance with assignments, support to manage time and workload, support with literacy and numeracy skills, development of social skills and other issues as required. You would work with the learning support team to run a daily lunch time social session for students with additional needs.
You would need to liaise with departments across college about your learners and work with external partners when required.
You will possess a strong track record of working with learners who have Additional Learning Support needs (including Dyslexia, ASD and physical and sensory impairments) with demonstrable experience in supporting reading and language acquisition. Experience in an FE environment is desirable, but not essential.
We have some amazing benefits on offer:
- Membership of People's Pension Scheme
- Generous Holiday entitlement
- Retail Benefits scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Free Annual Flu Jab
- Annual Well-being Day
- Free onsite Gym
- BCoT Nursery, Restaurant and Hair & Beauty discounts
- Starbucks onsite!
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the College 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.
BCoT is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce
The college is rated Good by Ofsted, with outstanding features, has continued to improve since its last inspection and has maintained outstanding financial health for many years.
Important Notice: Summer Application Processing
Please be aware that during the summer period, the review of applications may take a bit longer than usual. We encourage you to apply promptly, as we review applications in the order they are received.