Lecturer/Tutor in SEN in Worcester

Job Title Lecturer/Tutor in SEN Closing Date 06/08/2026 23:59 Pay £35,610 - £41,413 - starting salary is dependent on experience and qualifications. Hours 37 Hours x 52 Weeks Type Full Time

Please note: HoW College reserves the right to extend the advertising period for this vacancy or close the vacancy early in line with volume of applicants. We would therefore advise interested candidates to apply promptly.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

To become a Lecturer in our SEN department, we need someone who is experienced, supportive and has a passion for teaching.

The successful candidate will have the chance to acquire new skills and develop their abilities in a wide range of activities.

We have a variety of students from the surrounding area; we are a welcoming and inclusive community that champions diversity and equality across our college.

Our departments collaborate to establish and uphold the inclusive HoW culture, we keep this in mind as we manage interactions with the public, fellow employees, and nearby schools.

Although this position is based at our Worcester campus, all applicants must be prepared to travel to our other campuses or surrounding areas as required.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

To find a more detailed list of your day-to-day responsibilities, please refer to the key roles and accountabilities section on our Job Description. You will support in many aspects, to name a few:

• Plan, prepare and deliver engaging learning programmes that meet curriculum requirements and support learners with a wide range of learning difficulties and disabilities.
• Develop lesson plans, schemes of work and learning resources that promote learner progress and achievement.
• Monitor, assess and track learner progress, providing regular assessment opportunities, constructive feedback and individualised support.
• Maintain accurate learner records, including individual learning plans (ILPs), attendance registers and progress documentation.
• Lead and contribute to assessment and internal quality assurance activities, ensuring compliance with awarding body and college requirements.
• Support learners to achieve their educational, personal and career goals, acting as a personal tutor and referring students to specialist support services where appropriate.
• Contribute to quality improvement activities, course reviews, curriculum meetings and the ongoing development of learning programmes.
• Liaise effectively with colleagues, parents/carers and other departments to support learner success and review Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outcomes.
• Participate in learner recruitment, interviews, parent evenings and reporting processes as required.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, and college policies, promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times.

ABOUT US.

Heart of Worcestershire College, the county's largest further education institution, offers a diverse range of academic, vocational, and community courses throughout its campuses. In all we do, our principles of diversity, integrity, partnership, and trust come through, enabling us to offer timely and knowledgeable services both within and outside of our immediate neighbourhood. By 2030, we also intend to be 90% green!

Our goal is to advance, innovate, and inspire. We're looking for people who want to come along for the journey because our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS.
A career with us entails much more than a pay cheque, because we know our employees are our most valuable resource. You can look forward to the following perks with us.

• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7, 365 days a year); giving access to free confidential counselling
• Regular Continuing Professional Development
• Opportunity to gain further qualifications and enhance professional development through our Awards process
• Agile and Flexible working (Dependent upon role)
• Employee discounts & benefits package including high street and travel discounts
• Fantastic progression opportunities
• A mentor to support you in your new role
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free onsite parking (Certain Campuses only)
• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

WE HIRE PEOPLE.
Every person we hire has a different mix of experiences, cultures, and identities, as well as a unique background and physical make-up. Together, we strengthen HoW.

The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

We want you to know that HoW is an equal opportunity employer as you are probably applying for or considering applying for a job with us if you are reading this. This College expects everyone to share its commitment to promoting and protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults' welfare and equality of opportunity.

For us, this means that we always work to be as inclusive as possible in all areas of employment and that we will not allow any form of discrimination.

BIT MORE INFO.

All successful applicants will be required to complete and pay for a Disclosure & Barring Service check. Along with online verification to ensure the safety of our pupils.

Closing date for this post is: 6th August 2026

For further information on the role, please contact our HR Department on 01527 572592 or hr@howcollege.ac.uk .

If you are viewing this advert on Indeed, Total Jobs or another job board, it is worth noting there is more information about the position on the Heart of Worcestershire website, this will include the role profile.

• Job Description

  AIM AND PURPOSE OF THE JOB

  • To plan and deliver high quality teaching, learning and assessment activities to learners with SpLD who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and disabilities. Will be responsible for developing schemes of work and teaching main qualification, English and Math, tutorial and RARPA aims to special educational and high needs learners across a range of programmes within SEN and associated areas.
  • To complete all the necessary administrative and developmental duties associated with the teaching role and that contribute to improving standards and achievements and the learner experience
  • To take an active part in the recruitment of learners, providing appropriate advice and guidance.

  KEY ROLES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality learning programmes that meet curriculum requirements and support learners to achieve their full potential.
  • Develop and maintain schemes of work, lesson plans, assessment schedules, and learning resources that are inclusive, engaging, and accessible to learners with a wide range of abilities, learning needs, and disabilities.
  • Create a positive, supportive, and stimulating learning environment that promotes learner participation, independence, confidence, and achievement.
  • Deliver effective teaching, learning, and assessment activities, using a variety of teaching methods and digital learning technologies to enhance the learner experience.
  • Regularly assess and monitor learner progress through both formative and summative assessment methods, providing timely, constructive feedback and setting clear targets for improvement.
  • Support learners to develop the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to successfully achieve their qualifications and progress to further education, employment, or independent living.
  • Act as a Personal Tutor for a designated group of students, providing ongoing pastoral, academic, and developmental support to maximise attendance, engagement, wellbeing, and achievement.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of learner progress, attendance, performance, assessments, and Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), ensuring compliance with college procedures and quality standards.
  • Work closely with curriculum colleagues, support services, parents/carers, and external agencies to identify and respond to individual learner needs and remove barriers to learning.
  • Lead and contribute to assessment, internal verification, moderation, and quality assurance processes, ensuring that awarding body and college requirements are consistently met.
  • Participate in course reviews, self-assessment reports (SARs), curriculum evaluation activities, and continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance learner outcomes and programme effectiveness.
  • Support the recruitment, induction, enrolment, and progression of learners, including conducting interviews, attending open events, preparing reports, and contributing to parent/carer meetings.
  • Contribute to Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) reviews, target setting, and the ongoing review of learner support needs and outcomes.
  • Promote high expectations of behaviour, attendance, punctuality, and learner conduct, implementing effective strategies to address concerns and encourage positive engagement.
  • Refer learners to appropriate support services, including counselling, careers guidance, learning support, and safeguarding teams, when additional intervention is required.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development, maintaining current subject knowledge, teaching practice, and awareness of awarding body and curriculum developments.
  • Collaborate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary curriculum team, contributing to meetings, curriculum development, college events, and strategic initiatives.
  • Ensure compliance with all safeguarding, health and safety, equality, diversity, and inclusion requirements, promoting a safe and supportive learning environment for all learners.
  • Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, in line with statutory and college policies.

  GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
  

  • To commit to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
  • To participate in the College’s Performance Management Scheme and attend such training events as are necessary to enable him/her to carry out the duties of the job description
  • To continually improve teaching, learning and assessment through proactive CPD and sharing best practice
  • To actively participate in the College’s Quality System, including quality improvement strategies and initiatives
  • To undertake such other duties as may be assigned commensurate with the grade and purpose of the post
  • To take reasonable care for the health and safety of self and for others affected by his/her work
  • To actively support College Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity policies
  • To operate/conduct all HR tasks and functions within the principles of GDPR

  This Job Description is current at the date shown below, and is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake. In consultation with the post holder, it may be changed from time to time by the College to meet changing circumstances.

  CONDITIONS OF SERVICE – Academic staff

  The appointment is subject to the Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. The work pattern of a Lecturer is not necessarily linked to the traditional academic year.

  All successful applicants will undergo the following checks:

  • Enhanced DBS
  • 2 x References, one of which must be your current or most recent employer
  • Qualification validation check.

  SALARY

  SEN Tutor

  Salary for the SEN Tutor role will be aligned to the College Lecturing Pay Scale up to Lecturer Scale Point 30 starting at £35,610 - £38,382, dependent upon qualifications and experience. Staff appointed to the SEN Tutor role will progress through the agreed salary scale on an annual incremental basis, subject to satisfactory performance and successful completion of probationary requirements.

  SEN Lecturer

  Salary for the SEN Lecturer role will be aligned to the College Lecturing Pay Scale, dependent upon qualifications and experience. Staff appointed to the SEN Lecturer role will progress through the full lecturing pay scale on an annual incremental basis up to point 33 at £41,413, subject to satisfactory performance and successful completion of probationary requirements.
  

  All appointments will be made in line with the College’s approved pay and grading arrangements.

  TEACHING QUALIFICATION

  Applicants are required to hold an appropriate teaching qualification or be willing to undertake and gain the Certificate in Education and Training within 2 years of their appointment.Successful applicants will be required to attend the course on-site as the College delivers the course in-house.

  Please note – whilst obtaining a teaching qualification is a contractual requirement, the College reviews its CPD budget on an annual basis regarding availability of funds, and cannot therefore guarantee that newly appointed staff will receive either part or full funding for the course fees. However, student loan facilities are available.

  MATHS AND ENGLISH

  All staff are required to have a minimum level 2 qualification in both English and Maths.If you are not already in receipt of one or both of these qualifications, you will be expected to obtain it (them) during your employment at the College.

  SAFEGUARDING

  The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
  

  All newly appointed staff will be required to undertake safeguarding training following their appointment.
  

  Heart of Worcestershire College adheres to the Department of Education’s guidance on ‘Keeping children safe in Education’.As part of your induction, you will be required to read and understand part 1 of this document.

  ONLINE CHECKS

  Candidates shortlisted for interview and then subsequently become successful in the recruitment process and prior to a formal offer of employment being made will be subject to online checks being carried out by a neutral party not directly involved in the recruitment process.Consent for these checks was requested at application stage.

  VALIDATION OF QUALIFICATIONS

  The College will undertake qualification validation by writing to the appropriate educational institute.Only those qualifications which are essential for the post will be followed up.

  HOURS OF WORK

  The hours of work will be based on 37hours per week. Actual hours of work and delivery are to be agreed with the manager.

  ANNUAL LEAVE

  The post carries 37 days of bookable annual leave, plus 8 public bank holidays and 6 efficiency days.
  

  Please note that only in exceptional circumstances, with your Directors permission, will staff be able to take more than 3 consecutive weeks of leave in any leave year.

  PENSION SCHEME

  The post is eligible for membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS).

  PROBATIONARY PERIOD

  All newly appointed staff have to serve a 9-month probationary period.During the probationary period you will have to complete the Corporate staff induction, a Teaching and Learning Induction session if you deliver learning and additional mandatory courses on: Equality & Diversity session, Keeping Children safe in Education, Safeguarding Training session, Prevent, GDPR, Cyber Securityand Health & Safety training session. Failure to complete these will prevent you from successfully completing your probation.

  FIRST AID & FIRE MARSHALL

  As defined in the person specification of the job description, those staff with these responsibilities are required to undertake first aid and or fire marshal duties across the College, when called upon to do so.Staff must ensure they are up to date with the relevant training.

  REFERENCES

  All candidates have to have 2 satisfactory references.

  LOCATION

  The successful applicant will be based at our Worcester campus but may be required to travel to our surrounding campuses.

  RECRUITMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS

  The College is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.
  

  As an organisation we use the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to assess the suitability of all prospective appointments. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.
  

  Applicant/employees are required to declare any unspent conditional cautions or convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 or any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020’. The only exception to this requirement is that applicants/employees do not need to disclose any ‘protected’ cautions, or convictions as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013.
  

  Please read the ‘Guidance Note to applicants on disclosing information about cautions and convictions in their application’ document before you complete your application form.
  

  Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of any offences.

  DISCLOSURE & BARRING CHECK

  All successful applicants will be required to complete and pay for a Disclosure & Barring Service check.The costs of this check will be deducted from the applicants first salary payment from the College.The College adheres to the DBS Code of Practice and has policies covering the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and the Secure Storage, Handling, Use, Retention and Disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure Information. Copies of these are available on request.

  TRAINING

  All successful applicants will be required to undertake all mandatory training and update sessions and any appropriate training and development as required, including Health and Safety.

  NO SMOKING POLICY

  HoW College is a Smoke Free environment from the effects of direct/indirect contact with smoking, including using the following:

  Cigarettes

  E-cigarettes

  Vaporisers

  Pipe smoking

  Cigars

  And all other associated smoking products.

  APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES

  Candidates with a disability should contact the HR Department before interview if they require any adjustments to be made for the interview and/or selection tests.

  APPLICATIONS

  A completed application form should be submitted. Curriculum vitae will not be accepted as a substitute.
  

  It would greatly assist the shortlisting panel if the information submitted on your application clearly identifies and demonstrates how your qualities match those listed under the essential requirements on the person specification.
  

  Please remember that it is not sufficient to merely repeat what is in the specification – you must show how you meet each requirement. You must also provide details under ‘previous employment’ which must include all employment undertaken since leaving full time education.

  Completed application forms should be submitted by 6th August 2026 via our website at www.howcollege.ac.uk

  INTERVIEWS

  The Interview date for this post is; TBC, short-listed candidates will be notified with the details for interview.In view of the high cost of postage, it is not our intention to notify unsuccessful applicants.If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful and accept our thanks for your interest in applying. College reserves the right to withdraw a position before the closing date if the appointment has beenarranged or no longer required.

  DATA PROTECTION/GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

  Please be aware that HoW College complies with the current Data Protection Act.GDPR is a European wide update to the Data Protection Act, with more requirements and stronger enforcement.As such we expect all staff to fully comply with the requirements of these legislation. Failure to do so will lead to formal disciplinary action.
  

  Members of staff will be provided with guidance in relation to GDPR to ensure that full compliance is achieved and maintained within the College.
  

  Further information can be obtained by using the following link:

  https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/