Assessor/Tutor - Early Years and Childcare

Assessor/Tutor - Early Years and Childcare – Education and Childcare Department - Salary £25,000 - £28,000

PTS was founded in 2006 by our directors who have significant experience in government funding and training, Professional Training Solutions has continued to grow and develop, becoming a leading training provider across a range of sectors. More employers are becoming aware that investing in their staff and their development is an investment in their future. With our support, we aim to provide training and qualifications that will help employees become top performing, motivated and enthusiastic staff who are an asset to any business. Overall, Professional Training Solutions real goal is inspiring tomorrow’s workforce. Delivering quality is at the core of our business and to do this we need quality people. Is this you?

This role covers the teaching, delivery and assessment of work-based learners completing apprenticeship standards and standalone regulated qualifications along with mentoring and assessment of distance learning for Level 2 short courses. Delivery will be a blend of remote and face to face.

The Early Years/Childcare Assessor is required to use their up-to-date professional knowledge and skills to support vocational and professional development to learners undertaking Early Years programmes. As an assessor, coaching is seen as a complex set of interpersonal skills, it is more learner-centred, exploring the learner’s understanding and needs rather than simply giving advice, and will form an integral part of the role.

As an assessor you are required to carry out the following duties in the context of the PTS policies and practices, particularly Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Data Protection, and those of any host organisations, including informing learners of their obligations.

To Tutor, Mentor and Assess the following programmes;

• Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship
• Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
• Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (EYE)
• Level 2 Certificate in Introducing Caring for Children and Young People
• Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Common Childhood Illnesses
• Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Distressed Behaviour in Children
• Level 2 Award in an Introduction to Neuroscience in Early Years

The above may be subject to change, but outlines the knowledge and skills required for delivery.

• Some of your roles and responsibilities will include:
  To establish good relationships with learners assigned to you, ensuring they understand the tasks they have been set and agree the deadlines set.
• To be pro-active in communicating with learners monthly and with their workplace managers ensuring all are kept informed of progress, responding to all learners within 1 working day time frame using appropriate communication methods.
• Advise and support learners in the selection of units and levels, including specifying which aspects of the Standards must be assessed through performance in the workplace.
• Carryout skills scans and initial assessments to support enrolment and ensure suitability or course is established at the outset.
• Preparing learners for EPA throughout delivery and conducting Gateway meetings, supporting learners and employers to compile all necessary Gateway requirements.
• Attending standardisation and training meetings both sector specific and companywide.
• Conducting observations of practice within the learner workplace
• Maintaining up to date teaching, learning and assessment records and keeping audit trails of progress and communication, via online learner portfolios.
• Maintaining up to date CPD and occupational competence and providing records and evidence.
• Use effective and professional communication methods with your team and wider sectors across PTS.
• Manage caseload of learners by diarising and managing own time effectively

Qualifications:

You are required to hold a current Level 3 CAVA or equivalent and Level 3 Training and Education qualification or equivalent. If a teaching qualification is not held, you would be prepared to commence working towards this upon appointment to this role and would agree to complete this within a 4 month timescale.

What do you need to be successful?
You will be able to plan and set goals using competent organisational skills. You will have the ability to provide constructive feedback alongside reviewing assessment plans to help learners progress and develop through their programme. You will be able to record, monitor and evaluate ongoing knowledge, skills and behaviours while following PTS confidentiality policy.

Benefits of the role:
We value training and development, so all employees are offered the opportunity to undertake training CPD to further themselves in their careers. In addition to this we also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available 24 hours a day. On top of these we also offer onsite parking, sick pay, and generous annual leave.

As a learning provider, Professional Training Solutions commits itself to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. Successful applicants will therefore be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, as we do not sponsor work permits and outside work permits are not accepted as proof of a right to work in the UK.
We promote the kind of workforce we would like to create through our training, and so encourage applicants meeting the criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.
Professional Training Solutions are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments, either at application or interview stage, please contact our HR team.