EHCP Academic Advisory Tutor (Teacher, Lecturer, Teaching) BURY50654

Our client is a Further Education College offering a wide range of courses to over 5000 full time students and over 5650 part time students each year. They currently work with over 50 high school partners, welcoming students from Bury and the surrounding areas.

Joining them as an EHCP Academic Advisory Tutor, you will share best practice in supporting learners with EHCPs to ensure each individual learner has a good college experience and achieves their potential.  This is a fixed term role until August 2018.

Supporting the ALS/Course teams in identifying and employing effective support strategies for students with an EHCP, you must liaise with course teams regarding in-coming or continuing learners with an EHCP (or equivalent) to provide support for teachers and assist with activities that promote integration of ALS into curriculum.   Effectively planning, preparing, teaching and supporting students with an EHCP from a range of courses across college, you will assess student development and evaluate the student journey; making recommendations for improvements. 

You must also maintain accurate records on relevant college systems, support course teams and students to complete challenging ILP’s with an emphasis on outcomes and aspirations and offer timely CPD to course teams in relation to ALS needs presented by their students with EHCPs.

Candidates for this role must have experience of working in the post-16 setting and of planning and delivering additional learning support covering a range of the following disciplines: English, Maths, ESOL, SLDD, SpLD, MLD, etc for individuals and groups of learners. 

With an extensive background of working with young adults with additional needs and of target-setting and recording progress of students, you will ideally hold a specialist qualification for teaching students with learning difficulties or disabilities or a postgraduate Qualification in Individual Specialist Assessment/SPLD Level 7 (although these are not essential). 

Experience of working within Education and Health Care Plan guidelines and of using the RARPA quality assured process is, however, essential.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 4^th July 2017

Interviews: 12 July 2017

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