About Camphill Village Trust
Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. Now in our 72nd year, our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social care and nature-based therapy and skills integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.
We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) and farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.
We continue to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges to live their best, independent lives. By applying our core values to modern social care, we ensure that our provision remains relevant to supported people and social care commissioners today.
Purpose
Severnside Skills is a campus-based training provider offering vocational skills and employment pathways for individuals with special educational needs (SEN), delivering programmes within the following subjects;
- Catering
- Retail & hospitality
- Gardening
- Cleaning & housekeeping
- Events and marketing
- Administration
The Alternative Provision Skills Tutor will support the delivery of Severnside Skills programmes for post-16 trainees with special educational needs and disabilities, providing person-centred vocational, functional skills and employability learning through 1:1, small group and work experience-based sessions.
The role will support trainees to develop confidence, communication, self-advocacy and workplace skills, enabling progress against EHCP outcomes, accredited unit achievement and individual pathways towards volunteering, employment or further learning.
Working closely with the Alternative Provision Manager, Vocational Learning & Development Manager, families, carers and wider stakeholders, the Skills Tutor will contribute to effective planning, delivery, recording, review and day-to-day operational support across the programme.
Location & Travel
Community-based
This role will be based at Taurus Crafts in Lydney.
Duties & Responsibilities
Main responsibilities:
- Support Severnside Skills trainees aged 16+ with SEND, including ASD, ADHD, dyslexia and learning difficulties to develop confidence, communication, independence and workplace skills.
- Empower trainees to work towards their aspirations, EHCP outcomes, AQA unit achievement and individual pathway goals, including progression towards volunteering, supported employment or further learning.
- Develop an understanding of each trainee’s communication needs and preferred communication style, enabling them to make informed choices, express their wishes and be listened to in a way that is meaningful to them.
- Plan and deliver accessible, person-centred vocational learning sessions, schemes of work and work experience activities that support trainees to participate fully in their subject area and prepare for future workplace roles.
- Deliver engaging functional skills, employability and vocational theory sessions at entry level and level 1, including numeracy, literacy and unit-related learning.
- Ensure sessions are structured so that learning, practical tasks, cleaning requirements, stock ordering and other operational duties can be completed safely and effectively within agreed timescales.
- Facilitate assessment and induction processes for new trainees, including individual learning plans, trial session feedback and other supporting documentation.
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Teaching qualification (PGCE, DTTLS, Cert in Education).
- A* - C GCSE English & Maths.
Knowledge & Experience
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a teaching/ training role.
- Competent with Office 365 programmes.
- Relevant vocational specialism knowledge e.g. hospitality/ catering/ retail/ admin/ cleaning.
- Full clean driving license.
Personal Attributes
- Passionate about enabling work opportunities for people with special educational needs and motivating and supporting them to succeed.
- An attitude towards others based on respect, dignity, and equality.
- Commercially aware, numerate, able to manage budgets.
- Able to work with little supervision.
- Highly organised, good planning skills and efficient.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Reliable and punctual.
- Considerate, friendly and approachable.
- Confident and capable of lone working and travelling off-site as needed.
- Solution seeking, creative and resourceful, innovative problem solver.
- Flexible attitude, willing to try new activities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Open to challenge.
- Encouraging, able to motivate others.
- Resilient, confident, able to take on responsibility.
- Team worker, hands-on, ability to problem solve.
- An ability to support the training and development of others.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Able to apply active listening.
Key Employment Terms
- Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 dependent on skills & experience.
- Location: Severnside Skills, Taurus Crafts, Lydney.
- Hours: 37.5 per week.
- Holiday entitlement: 25 days annual leave statutory plus bank holidays.
- Sick pay entitlement after 1 month.
- Standard auto-enrolment pension scheme, with the option to contribute 10% of gross salary for a 6% contribution by the employer.
- Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family.
- Death in Service benefits: payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen.
- Once you join us, you'll be eligible to benefit from "Charity Discounts" where you can enjoy reductions from lots of differing retailers and service providers.
- The appointment is subject to a 6-month probation period.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Please detail your right to work in the UK. If you are a visa holder, please tell us the type and EXACT expiry date - we can't progress without this information.
- Please ensure we have your email address and postcode. If they do not feature on your CV, please add them here.
- Please tell us about the skills, experience and qualifications you have which make you suitable for this role.
Work Location: In person
