Personal Tutor - Adult Care (Kent/Maidestone)

Paragon Skills is a top 5 training provider as rated by our apprentices and a Top 100 best places to work in the Times Top 100 list, and we have a true dedication to the Care and Education Sector!

Location: Remote with travel for in-person learner observations, team meetings and 1:1s around Kent and Maidstone

Salary: Up to £31,000.00 plus performance based bonuses

Working Hours: 36.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) with flexible working options

We are expanding our team of Personal Tutors (PTs) and looking for energized, engaging, and experienced professionals to support learners on their Health and Social Care Levels 2 and 3 qualifications. As a PT, you'll play a key role in providing exceptional teaching, fostering learner progression, and ensuring that our learners receive the highest quality of education through our Elevate programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage, motivate, and inspire learners to achieve their work-based qualifications.
• Deliver innovative and impactful teaching and learning, tailored to the needs of each learner.
• Manage a diverse caseload of learners across HSC Levels 2-3 providing regular visits, observations, and progress reviews.
• Offer valuable feedback to stretch learners, enhance their professional development, and support them in achieving their full potential.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with employer partners, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Champion and promote the use of Elevate Workshops to maximize learner success.
• Monitor and track learner progress using our sophisticated Learning Management System (BUD).
• Work in collaboration with Learning Support for learners requiring Functional Skills or Additional Learning Support.
• Provide detailed feedback following review meetings and observations, ensuring clear and actionable insights.
• Adhere to GDPR regulations and maintain data security protocols.

We have some fantastic teams in place to support our learners from our central support teams who will help with contacting learners after breaks in learning, or through EPA, or our team of Development Coaches who will support learners in their initial journey. We also can't forget our team of Quality Improvement Coaches who are there for you as a PT and your learners throughout their learning journey!

So whilst you'll be doing a lot of great things with your learners, like managing them effectively to timely completion, there is a lot of these that as a PT with us you won't be doing.

What you won't be doing in this role:

• Delivering Functional Skills, we have a fantastic Functional Skills and Additional Learning Support Team that does that
• Generating new learners, as our growing BDM teams bring on all the learners we need so you can focus on progressing your learners to success
• Enrolling learners onto their chosen qualification, this is all picked up by our enrollment team
• Delivery Workshops - our Workshop Tutors and Elevate programme delivery amazing content on your behalf!

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum Level 3 Assessor qualification (CAVA, TAQA, D32, A1, V1).
• A Teaching qualification (AET, PTTLS, etc.).
• Level 3 or 5 qualification within the Health & Social Care sector.
• Proven experience in delivering outstanding teaching and learning.
• Experience in managing a diverse caseload of learners.
• A solid understanding of End-Point Assessment (EPA).
• Access to a car and the ability to travel for in-person learner observations, 1:1s, and team meetings.

We are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits alongside our core benefits below!

25 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays

• Holiday purchase scheme
• Up to £5,000 in performance based bonuses

Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives

Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'

Perkbox - a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tools

• 3% matched Employer Pension contribution
• In person team meetings and 1:1s
• Enhanced Maternity leave after 2 years of service
• Income protection and Life Assurance
• Recommend a colleague incentive schemes, where you can benefit £500 for referring great people to work with us
• CPD and training opportunities
• 4pm Friday finish with flexible working opportunities available
• Flexible and supportive team and with a great culture
• Employee Assistance Programme, with a dedicated People Team to support all colleagues

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.