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Job Description
Help Young People Discover Their Potential and Build Their Future
At Barnardo's, we believe every young person deserves the opportunity to develop the confidence, skills and experience needed to achieve their aspirations and move successfully into adulthood.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and ambitious tutor to join our Employment, Training & Skills Centre in Bradford.
This is an exciting opportunity to deliver our new Occupational Studies for the Workplace programme alongside our Work Placement and Employability Pathway, helping young people aged 16–19 (and up to 25 with an Education, Health and Care Plan) develop the skills, confidence and workplace experience required for employment, apprenticeships and further education.
Many of the young people who attend our centre have experienced barriers to learning, disrupted education, low confidence, SEND, SEMH needs or uncertainty about their future career direction. We are looking for someone who can see potential where others see challenges and who is committed to helping every learner achieve positive outcomes.
About the Role
This is a unique and rewarding role combining vocational teaching, employability development and work placement coordination.
You will be responsible for delivering engaging Occupational Studies programmes which introduce learners to a range of employment sectors including business, customer service, retail, enterprise and workplace skills. You will also oversee learners enrolled on our Work Placement Pathway, ensuring they gain meaningful workplace experience that supports their career aspirations and Preparation for Adulthood outcomes.
You will play a key role in helping learners develop:
- Confidence and resilience
- Communication and teamwork skills
- Professional behaviours and workplace expectations
- Time management and personal responsibility
- Career awareness and employability skills
- Independence and Preparation for Adulthood outcomes
- Positive attitudes towards learning and work
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality Occupational Studies sessions.
- Plan and deliver engaging, differentiated learning that meets the needs of all learners.
- Support learners to identify career aspirations and progression goals.
- Monitor learner progress, achievement and attendance.
- Conduct learner reviews and maintain accurate records.
- Support learners to develop workplace behaviours and professional standards.
- Work closely with employers, the Employer Engagement Officer and wider centre staff to secure and maintain high-quality work placements.
- Monitor learner engagement and progress whilst on placement.
- Liaise with employers to gather feedback and support successful placement outcomes.
- Support learners to overcome barriers that may impact their attendance, achievement or progression.
- Contribute to EHCP reviews and support Preparation for Adulthood outcomes where required.
- Promote safeguarding, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion throughout all aspects of delivery.
- Maintain high expectations regarding attendance, punctuality, behaviour and commitment to work placement activity.
About You
We are looking for someone who genuinely believes in the potential of young people and can motivate learners who may have previously struggled within education.
You will be able to build positive relationships whilst maintaining clear expectations and professional boundaries. You will understand that preparing young people for employment means helping them develop resilience, responsibility and confidence alongside vocational skills.
Essential Requirements
- Teaching qualification (or willingness to work towards one).
- Experience of teaching or training young people aged 16–25.
- Experience supporting learners with SEND, SEMH needs or additional barriers to learning.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Experience of planning and delivering engaging learning programmes.
- Ability to motivate and inspire young people with diverse needs and aspirations.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Understanding of employability skills, workplace expectations and Preparation for Adulthood principles.
Desirable Requirements
- Experience within Further Education, alternative provision or post-16 education.
- Experience working with employers, work placements or vocational programmes.
- Knowledge of careers education, employability and progression pathways.
- Experience supporting learners with EHCPs.
- Understanding of local labour market opportunities and employment sectors.
- Experience delivering portfolio-based qualifications.
- An Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) qualification is not essential but would be highly beneficial, enabling the successful candidate to contribute to maintaining high standards of teaching, learning and assessment across the centre.
Why Join Barnardo's?
For over 150 years, Barnardo's has supported children and young people to overcome barriers and achieve positive futures.
At Barnardo's ETS Yorkshire, you will join a passionate and supportive team that believes every learner deserves the opportunity to succeed. You will play a vital role in helping young people discover their strengths, gain valuable workplace experience and take meaningful steps towards employment, further learning and independent adult life.
Every day brings the opportunity to change a young person's future.
Changing Childhoods. Changing Lives.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.