Trainee Personal Tutor - Health and Social Care

Do you want a change of direction? Are you ready to inspire success and share your knowledge and experience with others and help shape the future of Health and Social Care industry professionals? Do you want to learn new skills, become a qualified trainer/assessor and embark on a journey of personal and professional development resulting in a rewarding career? Paragon Skills are within the Top 10 Best Places to work, an Ofsted Grade "Good" provider and voted as the UK's number 1 training provider for the last two years by Rate My Apprenticeship, with a true dedication to the Care and Education sector supporting learners and employers nationally. We are committed to our 5 E's and proud to live by our pledge to deliver an outstanding teaching and learning experience to every learner, every time.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we are embarking on a journey of exceptional growth and we are looking for passionate, energised and experienced industry professionals from Adult Care and Health and Social settings to be part of our Graduate Personal Tutor programme and be one of our outstanding Personal Tutors.

Position

Location: Remote based opportunities - with occasional travel for learner observations and meetings

Vacancy Locations: South West, Devon, Hampshire, Surrey, Cambridge, Yorkshire and Midlands

Following the success of our first cohort of Trainee Personal Tutors, we are looking for our second cohort to join us at the end of summer 24, so why not apply now to be part of the next group of trainees. As Graduate/Trainee Personal Tutor, you will develop your training knowledge by completing our training programme and learn the skills to effectively deliver innovative and impactful learning to all learners. Whilst using your industry experience, knowledge, and passion for your chosen sector you will support a growing diverse caseload of learners as they progress through their qualifications.

Key elements of this role involve:

• Participating in the Graduate Personal Tutor training programme and complete professional qualification including AiET and TAQA
• Motivating and driving learners to achieve their work-based qualifications through outstanding teaching and learning
• Maintaining a growing caseload of learners
• Encouraging further progression for our learners onto high level qualifications
• Completing impactful and consistent progressive visits and reviews with learners and employers
• Ensuring learners are fully ready with a completed portfolio
• Supporting learners to feel confident at the EPA Gateway
• Continuously develop own capability and share best practice with your peers
• Adhere to GDPR regulations and all internal information and data security policies and procedures

Requirements

What we need from you:

• Minimum of Level 2 Functional Skills in English, Maths, and ICT
• Minimum of Level 3 in vocational area for role and relevant occupational experience
• Full UK Driving Licence, access to a car and ability to travel and conduct learner observations
• Ideally Level 5 qualification in Health and Social Care
• Experience of working within industry e.g. Health and Social Care at a senior or managerial level
• Experience of delivering or engaging in training activity or knowledge sharing with colleagues
• Experience of achieving targets and deadlines set without close supervision
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills – both verbal and written
• Knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding
• Strong personal drive and the ability to manage own time and meet challenges in a positive way
• Flexible and adaptable to change with the ability to learn new skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to plan own workload and diary effectively

We will be reviewing applications for this exciting opportunity regularly so please apply early to avoid missing out.

Other information

We have a number of benefits available as part of our Paragon Choices and all colleagues benefit from our standard benefits including; 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme, 3 Paragon Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays, Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives, Perkbox – a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools, Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues’ Going for Gold incentive scheme.

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. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

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.