About this role
To prepare, deliver and assess high-quality, inclusive teaching and learning for learners enrolled on CATCH programmes, ensuring exceptional learner experience and progression outcomes.
The role focuses on supporting young people who have previously been NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), alongside learners who may have experienced barriers to education, disadvantage, low confidence, SEND needs or disrupted educational experiences. The post holder will deliver an inspiring and responsive curriculum that develops learners' employability skills, contextualised Maths and English, preparation for adulthood, independence and personal development.
To create a structured, meaningful and engaging learning environment to support the transition from education to employment.
To plan and teach a comprehensive employability programme which equips learners for the working environment.
To assess, plan and monitor progress of CATCH learners towards individual targets and successful outcomes of the programme, working closely with parents and carers, job coaches, placement coordinators, student services and employers to ensure a holistic approach for each learner.
To facilitate regular learner progress reviews, ensuring learners can recognise and celebrate their progress, identify areas for development and understand the steps required to achieve their personal, educational and employment goals.
The candidate must be confident in the SEND Code of Practice and implementation of reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
To embed English, maths and digital skills across all areas of the programme, ensuring learners understand the relevance of these skills to their next steps, employment aspirations, independent living and future success.
To contribute, from time to time, to team teaching across curriculum areas, sharing effective inclusive teaching strategies and supporting colleagues to create accessible, engaging and ambitious learning environments for all learners.
To carry out the role of Personal Tutor and Programme Co-ordinator as required.
To assist with the operation and commercial development of the area.
To contribute to the process of programme marketing and the recruitment and selection of learners.
To liaise with local employers to ensure learner reflects their requirements.
To carry out internal verification as required.
To liaise with awarding bodies and external verifiers.
To co-ordinate the timetabling of individual learner programmes.
To participate in any cross-college working/strategy groups as may from time to time be established.