Functional Skills Tutor (English and Maths) - Talkback

Overview

Functional Skills Tutor in English and Maths required at Talkback

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours, 5 days a week

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 31st March 2026, 3pm

 

About us

At Talkback, our passion is to provide constant personal growth. Because this allows the members to embrace new opportunities, no matter what their age. Therefore, we ensure that every single person who walks through our door has the tools to thrive. And that’s in any aspect of their life they choose.

Website: https://talkback-uk.com/ 

About the role

Key responsibilities

• Take responsibility for English and Mathematics for all Talkback learners using a combination of accredited and non-accredited methods of delivery relevant to meeting individual needs.
• Oversee planned activities to ensure robust and accurate ‘starting points’ are established at the start of each leaner’s programme.
• Deliver a weekly timetable of high-quality sessions to learners in small groups, modelling good practice to support staff and other tutors and demonstrate how to effectively engage SEND learners in English and Mathematics.
• Responsible for analysing outcomes from baseline assessments and taking decision relating to accredited learning and then building effective relationships with relevant awarding bodies, including external verifiers and ensure registrations, reasonable adjustments, documentation and portfolio evidence is of a high quality, up to date and actions completed.
• Take a leading role in setting of all English and Mathematics ‘core’ and ‘subject’ targets for all learners and monitor progress.
• Oversee the production and distribution of bi-annual reports on learners’ progress to parent/carers relating to English and Mathematics
• Produce and present written reports and/or data analysis to the leadership team as requested
• Participate in relevant local and national events
• Qualified teacher status (QTS/QTLS)
• Specialist qualification in English and/or mathematics
• Minimum level 3 in English and/or mathematics e.g. A-level
• Degree or equivalent
• Working with SEND learners (entry level 1 to level 2)
• Success as an FE FS/GSCE tutor/leader (minimum 2 years)
• Working knowledge of initial and baseline assessment processes
• Implementing innovative delivery methods to engage SEND learners
• Leading on QA activities for English/ mathematics
• Working knowledge of accreditation processes e.g. registration, IV & EV
• Evidencing non-accredited progress
• Training and mentoring teaching staff in English/ mathematics delivery
• Planning a curriculum to enhance learners
• Establishing and maintaining high quality standards and expectations
• Ensure the programmes adhere to robust safeguarding practices
• Excellent communication skills with a passion for skills development
• Ability to inspire and mentor other staff to help with FS delivery
• Monitoring progress for accredited & non-accredited learning
• Understanding RARPA incl. baseline assessment & target setting
• Ability to produce written reports and analyse outcomes data
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to drive improvements & implement strategies for subject
• Lead by example and act as a role model for professional behaviours.

 

 

About you

Required skills/qualities

• Qualified teacher status (QTS/QTLS)
• Specialist qualification in English and/or mathematics
• Minimum level 3 in English and/or mathematics e.g. A-level
• Degree or equivalent
• Working with SEND learners (entry level 1 to level 2)
• Success as an FE FS/GSCE tutor/leader (minimum 2 years)
• Working knowledge of initial and baseline assessment processes
• Implementing innovative delivery methods to engage SEND learners
• Leading on QA activities for English/ mathematics
• Working knowledge of accreditation processes e.g. registration, IV & EV
• Evidencing non-accredited progress
• Training and mentoring teaching staff in English/ mathematics delivery
• Planning a curriculum to enhance learners
• Establishing and maintaining high quality standards and expectations
• Ensure the programmes adhere to robust safeguarding practices
• Excellent communication skills with a passion for skills development
• Ability to inspire and mentor other staff to help with FS delivery
• Monitoring progress for accredited & non-accredited learning
• Understanding RARPA incl. baseline assessment & target setting
• Ability to produce written reports and analyse outcomes data
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to drive improvements & implement strategies for subject
• Lead by example and act as a role model for professional behaviours.

Other information

Contact details for applicants: [email protected] 01494 434448.

Please send completed application forms to [email protected]

Our organisation 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.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions, which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act.

We are committed to carefully screening all applicants who will work with our vulnerable members, including children, young people and adults with care and support needs. All applicants are expected to undertake employment checks, a Disclosure & Barring Service check and provide previous employment references.

We expect all staff to have a knowledge, understanding of and demonstrated commitment to, Safeguarding Children and Young People (Every Child Matters) and Vulnerable Adults.

All staff must be able to demonstrate the values and behaviours suitable to work with children and young people and provide demonstrable commitment to Equality & Diversity, Child Protection, Safeguarding and Prevent. They must show a desire to challenge inequality, promote diversity and adhere to Talkback’s Policies and Procedures.

Employee

Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding requirements within the area of responsibility. Work complies with all safeguarding policies and procedures that apply to the role. Behavior’s and actions support the safeguarding of children, young people or adults with care and support needs as appropriate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.