Family Learning Best Start Tutor

Warwickshire County Council’s Adult and Community Learning is a dynamic, forward-looking adult education service, judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted. We provide a wide range of adult learning courses across the county.

We are seeking a tutor to teach within the Family Learning Programme with a specific project focus of Best Start in Life. This will be focused on delivering Early Years programmes as part of BSiL focused work on raising GLD within the county. This work will specifically be centred around Family Learning’s Creating REAL Impact work, as part of the Raising Early Achievement in Literacy (REAL) evidence-based project. Knowledge of REAL is desirable, but training will be provided.

This post will be based Warwickshire-wide and there will be a requirement to travel to venues in communities in Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire, Rugby and surrounding areas, Warwick district and Stratford district.

This post is being offered on a fixed term basis, linked to funding, until the end of March 2028.

Classes mostly take place during the day, with some evening provision offered. Classes are delivered across South Warwickshire in partnership with a variety of settings.

This role is part time, term time only, plus two weeks (41 weeks)

Ideally, the candidate will be available to begin as soon mutually convenient though start dates can be negotiated where notice periods would not enable this.

Key Requirements

• You are likely to be a skilled, qualified teacher, with knowledge and experience of teaching across the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• You will hold ambitious expectations of your learners and an ability to inspire them to achieve to the best of their abilities.
• You will be able to plan and deliver high quality Family Learning programmes, independently and collaboratively.
• You will be confident to deliver and assess accredited provision, with experience of moderation processes in an education context.
• You will need to have an innovative approach to teaching and experience of working with learners with a range of abilities.
• You will have experience of working with adults and children within education.
• You must be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to supporting the rights and aspirations of under-represented groups.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Amanda Davies: AmandaDavies@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: midnight on 20th October
Interview date: Monday 2nd November

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more