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Functional Skills Tutor | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2025 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 8JL |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7154461/455-NLFT-0009 |
Summary
The role of Functional Skills Tutor is to deliver maths and English skills from entry level to Level 2 as well as to provide support for learners in preparation for entering further education or the workplace. You will achieve this through delivering classroom sessions as well as through small group, individual and tailored 1-2-1 support. The work will be based in the Kingswood Centre, which is a vocational and recreation facility shared by the various wards. The post holder will be working in a locked environment with patients detained under The Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007), many of whom suffer from a severe and enduring mental illness and / or learning disability / autism.
The post holder will work as part of the Vocational Services and Kingswood Team and closely with the Occupational Therapy Department providing therapeutic activities for patients within North London Forensic Service based at Chase Farm Hospital.
• Identify the individual needs of learners ensuring that all learners have an individual learning plan which links to their long-term employment goals.
• Continually review learner’s progression to ensure that the training continues to meet their identified needs.
• Preparing, delivering and reviewing lesson plans for all sessions that address the training needs of the group including basic literacy, numeracy, language and other social/employability barriers to employment.
• Working with colleagues / hosts to assist learner’s progression towards qualifications, and movement into employment.
• To work autonomously with patients and referring Occupational Therapists to identify goals for patients attending art related sessions as part of the overall care-plan.
• To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve educational goals.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
• Identify the individual needs of learners ensuring that all learners have an individual learning plan which links to their long-term employment goals.
• Continually review learner’s progression to ensure that the training continues to meet their identified needs.
• Preparing, delivering and reviewing lesson plans for all sessions that address the training needs of the group including basic literacy, numeracy, language and other social/employability barriers to employment.
• Actively gaining feedback from learners and other sources, reviewing & improving curriculum content accordingly.
• Engaging and motivating both individuals and learner groups to increase retention in sessions
• Working with colleagues / hosts to assist learner’s progression towards qualifications, and movement into employment.
• To work autonomously with patients and referring Occupational Therapists to identify goals for patients attending education sessions as part of the overall care-plan.
• Plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve educational goals.
• Be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive service to a highly complex and specialised patient group within the forensic mental health service.
• Undertake daily risk assessments and to actively contribute to the MDT risk assessment process:
• Assess the therapy and ward environments in relation to risk when running treatment sessions
• Ensure appropriate staffing is available to run treatment sessions safely
• Advise OT team members on the management of risk
• Be aware of and ensure the team follows service protocols around risk
• Alert the Vocational Services Manager of outstanding risk issues to be raised at service level
• Plan, facilitate and evaluate group and individual work with the client group.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties
This advert closes on Thursday 15 May 2025