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We are looking for four highly experienced Link Tutors to join our pastoral support team and work alongside our current Link Tutors supporting students in KS3 and KS4. The role of Link Tutor is hugely rewarding and the successful candidate would find themselves working within a team of highly motivated and creative staff. The role has a pastoral focus, providing support to enable our students to access educational provision whilst they are with us, and to aid transition back to their main school or other identified setting. The role is peripatetic and county wide. Regular contact and visits to the home of our students is fundamental to the role.
Job Responsibility
Provide support to enable our students to access educational provision whilst they are with us
Aid transition back to their main school or other identified setting
Liaising with Social Care, medical professionals, parents, the mainstream schools, and the academic teachers at GHES
Attendance at TAF, CIN, CP, PEPs and Graduated Pathway meetings
Facilitating carefully planned and supported reintegration or transition
Requirements
Experience of working with children with additional needs and professionals involved in the education system
Understand the graduated pathway and the need for a student-centred approach
Experience of, or a good working knowledge of the other professional agencies who provide support for young people of school age
Place high value on the importance of safeguarding
Be well organised, able to work on their own initiative and manage their time well
Be flexible and creative to achieve successful outcomes for all of our students
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with students, parents, staff at GHES and professionals
Good ICT skills, especially with Microsoft and SIMS
What we offer
Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
Cycle to Work scheme
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network