About this role
Job summary
As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work. Why not join us as a Practice Educator - Health?
This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week.
You will join a progressive and successful team, delivering a range of full-time and part-time programmes within the Health team. The successful individual will apply their knowledge and expertise of the care and health sciences industry across a range of vocational and work-based programmes.
Curious about moving into teaching but unsure where to start? Well help you train, qualify, and grow all while gaining hands-on experience in the classroom.
Main duties of the job
Assessing upon a range of accredited programmes across Health and Social Care, as required, delivering the learning aims of students. This may be achieved through general teaching, one-toone tutorial, classroom style workshops, observation, reviews, and the assessment of students in the College or in the workplace.
To course lead vocational and work-based learning programme(s) of study for learners in the Health and Social Care division, ensuring high-levels of achievement and success. To deliver an exceptional learner experience through the delivery of outstanding teaching, learning and assessment leading to positive achievement outcomes and progression on to higher levels of study, employment, or apprenticeships. To undertake responsibilities for assisting in the course management of a designated course, being responsible for the application of awarding/validating body regulations and procedures and upholding academic standards.
About us
As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to degrees with University Centre Weston (UCW), the Weston College Group is an inspiring place to work.
We are a highly respected and dynamic organisation that is known for providing high-quality education and excellent student support services, and we are proud to have a team of skilled professionals who make it all possible.
Job description Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
You will join a progressive and successful team, delivering a range of full-time and part-time programmes within the Health team. The successful individual will apply their knowledge and expertise of the care and health sciences industry across a range of vocational and work-based programmes.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As post-holder, you will be responsible to the Curriculum Coordinator, and ultimately to the Head of Area, for the following:
High-quality, innovative teaching, learning, assessment, and internal moderation across a range of vocational and work-based learning courses.
Assessing upon a range of accredited programmes across Health and Social Care, as required, delivering the learning aims of students. This may be achieved through general teaching, one-to one tutorial, classroom style workshops, observation, reviews, and the assessment of students in the College or in the workplace.
To course lead vocational and work-based learning programme(s) of study for learners in the Health and Social Care division, ensuring high-levels of achievement and success.
To effectively support other areas of curriculum, where business need dictates, which may include adult and full-time provisions to ensure high levels of learner / apprentice success and progression.
To review and adapt curriculum offers to reflect new delivery modes and responses to agendas such as unemployment, retraining and wellbeing.
Contributing to the delivery, tracking, and monitoring of key skill performance amongst cohorts of students in the Faculty of Health.
Where required, to work with the apprenticeship on-boarding team to ensure that learners complete an effective and robust induction process.
To identify and implement new initiatives that will exploit the use of College facilities and engagement with the wider community.
To deliver an exceptional learner experience through the delivery of outstanding teaching, learning and assessment leading to positive achievement outcomes and progression on to higher levels of study, employment, or apprenticeships.
To undertake responsibilities for assisting in the course management of a designated course, being responsible for the application of awarding/validating body regulations and procedures and upholding academic standards.
Grow long-term relationships with clients and employers, within the healthcare sector, to capitalise on partnership opportunities for learners.
Assisting students in their progression to Higher Education and / or employment.
Contributing to the development and the continual improvement of courses, coordinating effectively with both staff and students.
To carry out periodic evaluation and monitoring of the quality of provision in line with the quality assurance calendar.
Being proactive in marketing / liaising with sector representatives, and employers, with the objective of developing and enhancing programmes of study, ensuring targeted levels of recruitment, establishing strong partnership links, and raising the profile of the division.
GENERIC TASKS AND DUTIES
In addition to the requirements of the post above, all representatives of the academic staff are required to meet the following responsibilities:
Liaising with external moderators and awarding bodies;
Completing all associated organisational / administrative work, preparation, and marking;
Dealing with immediate student disciplinary and welfare problems;
Keeping and maintaining specified student and class records;
Planning, preparing, developing, and evaluating courses and course materials, and supervising course provision, where appropriate;
Assisting with administration, enrolment, pre-enrolment counselling, and identification of customer requirements;
Participating in programme / school / college activities as requested, including parents evenings;
Participating and undertaking Staff Appraisals and in-service training, based upon an assessment of individual service needs;
Meeting the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Colleges Health and Safety Policies;
Undertaking individual or collaborative research and consultancy work agreed by College management as part of the lecturers current duties;
Being prepared to operate on a flexible year as required; representatives of the academic staff will normally be expected to work not more than two evenings per week on average;
Complying with Information Security requirements in line with College;
Undertaking such other duties as may be reasonably required, commensurate with the grade of the appointment.
Person Specification
Driving Licence Essential
Full UK Driving Licence, and access to own transport.
Qualifications Essential
Five GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above (or equivalent), including Mathematics and English.#
Desirable
Teaching Qualification. A degree in Health or Social Care, or Professional Qualification, which is appropriate to the work. Vocational Assessors Award.
Experience Essential
Working knowledge of the Health and Social Care industry, specifically within the Health sector. Relevant medical and/or clinical occupational experience. Understanding and experience of key health and social care practices to effectively teach and monitor student performance and progress. Setting and achieving high standards or yourself and your students. Promoting a culture of involvement, listening, and responding to students needs.
Desirable
Relevant successful teaching experience. Knowledge and experience of current teaching and learning strategies. Experience of working effectively with employers to create new and bespoke provision. Experience of working with regulatory awarding organisations or accrediting bodies (e.g., membership of a special interest group, advising bodies on policy etc.)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Weston College
Address Health and Active Living Skills Centre
Loxton Road
Weston-super-Mare
North Somerset
BS23 4QU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.weston.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)