Skills for Life Tutor in Basildon

• Full-time Permanent 2 plus years
• Posted 14 Jul 2026
• Description

Who are we?

This is an exciting time to join the TCHC Group.

TCHC Group was set up in August 2004.

Since then, we have continued to develop and deliver programmes to support young people to learn, achieve and progress toward greater opportunities.

TCHC is an organisation that believes in creating opportunities for all.

It is an organisation that is ethical, friendly, and considerate and encompasses these values in all its services and operations.

Most of all, we believe in working together as a team to create opportunities for the individuals we work with to grow, to help them recognise and achieve their aspirations and goals and attain a positive outcome.

TCHC is a disability confident, committed employer.

Who are we looking for?

Come and join our team at the Basildon Southgate Education Centre and be part of something special that will make a difference to young people.

Are you an inspiring Tutor with a real passion for creating engaging and creative sessions and looking for a rewarding new challenge?

Are you eager to make a difference in the lives of young people by providing them with enriching knowledge and experiences?

As the skills for life tutor, you will be responsible for planning, teaching, and monitoring your learners' progress through their journey, enabling learners with learning differences to develop their confidence, independence and skills for life and work.

You will plan the curriculum, ensuring the qualifications and enrichment activities are of a quality that enables learners to be successful.

Working with individuals who may present challenges, your delivery will be creative and engaging to ensure individuals achieve their aims in all subjects, and most of all, are able to progress to improved opportunities.

Job Title

Skills for Life Tutor

Location

Basildon (Southgate)

Working Hours

Monday to Thursday 8.45 am to 5.30 pm, 30‑minute lunch break, Friday 8.45 am to 1.15pm, 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type

Permanent

Reports to

Centre Manager

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified to PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (Essential) (or willing to work towards a teaching qualification)
• Experience of teaching learners with various abilities or learning needs (Essential)
• GCSE in English and maths at grade C/4 or above, or Functional skills Level 2 (Essential)
• Experienced working with learners who present learning differences (Essential)
• Confident with your delivery (Essential)
• Knowledge of EHCPs (desirable)

As a tutor teaching skills for life, you will be responsible for the quality of education through your planning and teaching of the subject area, as well as differentiating your lesson activities and resources.

You will be required to ensure work is marked, records are kept, and assessment is ongoing.

You will need to ensure all learners are on track throughout the year, preparing a portfolio of work to demonstrate how they meet assessment criteria, and maintaining a high level of successful pass rates.

• Main Tasks & Responsibilities
• Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Plan, prepare and teach lessons on Independence Skills and personal, social and emotional development.
• Create engaging schemes of work that demonstrate sequencing of learning and progression.
• Create engaging lessons that are full of learning and development.
• Plan for learners' needs through the use of initial assessment, previous learning and EHCPs.
• Differentiate lesson plans and resources in line with learner needs as outlined in EHCP documents or through observations.
• Track the progress of learners using the appropriate and provided tracking systems.
• Provide and deliver engaging sessions meeting the individual needs of all learners.
• Plan and develop SMART‑appropriate learning plans for individual learners alongside monitoring their EHCP outcomes.
• Monitor and assess learner progress, ensuring timely achievements through the year, record and report the development, progress, and attainment of students in accordance with TCHC’s assessment policies and in line with the principles of Assessment for Learning.
• Conduct pastoral responsibilities as required.
• Conduct a 1:1 progress review with your learners.
• Manage any behaviour issues that arise in line with TCHC policy, with support from the Centre Manager.
• Implement TCHC’s inclusion and equal opportunity policies.
• Ensure that learning support assistants and visiting speakers are used effectively in the learning environment.
• To cover other subject areas as appropriate if required.
• Organise and implement trips and events for learning.
• Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance, and support to learners to help them progress.
• Participate in events/open days as required.
• Participate in quality reviews as required.
• Attend team meetings.
• Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
• Undertake regular CPD and record it using company documents.
• Undertake qualifications where suitable as part of your own learning and development.
• Take proactive approaches to ensure Safeguarding and Prevent are embedded into the delivery and ensure issues are raised accordingly, inline with TCHC’s Safeguarding Policy, using the appropriate recording and reporting tools.
• Be a reflective practitioner, evaluating and improving your own practice in order to take teaching and learning forward, as well as ensuring learner success and progress.

benefits

For us here at TCHC, reward means far more than just pay. Our generous and competitive benefits package includes:

• The full‑time equivalent annual leave entitlement is 20 days per year in addition to 8 UK public holidays.

An additional day of leave will be added for each complete year of service, effective from the commencement of the next holiday year, up to a maximum of 5 additional days after 5 years of service, giving a maximum total annual leave entitlement of 25 days.

This will be pro‑rata for part‑time hours.

• We operate a Christmas and New Year shutdown period in which you will receive an additional 3 days of leave at full pay to cover this closure period after 1 year of service.

This will be pro‑rata for part‑time hours.

• When your birthday falls on a working day, you will receive the day off at full pay.
• Sickness pay allowance after the probationary period.
• Pension scheme after 3 months you have been employed with us.
• Bupa Cash Plan, level 1, paid by the company after the probationary period.
• Employee Assistance Programme to access help and support 24 hours a day, every day of the year for immediate family (eligibility applies).
• Discounted membership for BUPA (subject to the qualifying conditions).
• Long Service club loyalty gift upon completion of 5 and 10 years of continuous service.
• Quarterly and annual awards.
• Company tools and equipment for the performance of your duties.
• Reimbursement of travel to other locations outside of the Centre (this will exclude travelling to the usual workplace).
• Company Overview

TCHC Group Limited have been a leading provider of skills training and provision for 19 years, delivering our vision of transforming the lives of individuals by being the first‑choice provider for exceptional delivery of employment, skills and business support.

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