Personal Tutor - Adult Care (South Coast)

Location: Remote role with travel for in-person learner observations across Hampshire, including Portsmouth, Southampton, Fareham, Eastleigh, Winchester and Basingstoke, as well as team meetings and 1:1s.

Salary: Up to £32,000 for Level 2 & 3 delivery, plus performance-based bonuses.

Working Hours: 36.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) with part-time or flexible working options available

Paragon Skills is a Top 5 training provider as rated by our apprentices and a 3 x Top 100 Best Places to Work organisation in the Times Top 100 list, with a genuine passion for supporting the Care and Education sector.

We are expanding our team of Personal Tutors (PTs) and would love to hear from experienced Health & Social Care Assessors, Skills Coaches, Apprenticeship Tutors, Trainer Assessors, Learning Coaches and Vocational Tutors who are passionate about developing others.

In this role, you'll support learners working towards Health and Social Care Level 2 and 3 qualifications, helping them build knowledge, skills and confidence throughout their apprenticeship journey. As a PT, you'll deliver high-quality coaching and support, drive learner progress and achievement, and play a key role in ensuring every learner receives an outstanding experience through our Elevate programme.

Whether you are currently working as a Health & Social Care Assessor, Skills Coach, Apprenticeship Tutor, Trainer Assessor, Learning Coach or in a learning and development role within Health & Social Care, we'd welcome your application.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage, motivate, and inspire learners to achieve their work-based qualifications.
• Deliver innovative and impactful teaching and learning, tailored to the needs of each learner.
• Manage a diverse caseload of learners across HSC Levels 2-3 providing regular visits, observations, and progress reviews.
• Offer valuable feedback to stretch learners, enhance their professional development, and support them in achieving their full potential.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with employer partners, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Champion and promote the use of Elevate Workshops to maximize learner success.
• Monitor and track learner progress using our sophisticated Learning Management System (BUD).
• Work in collaboration with Learning Support for learners requiring Functional Skills or Additional Learning Support.
• Provide detailed feedback following review meetings and observations, ensuring clear and actionable insights.
• Adhere to GDPR regulations and maintain data security protocols.
  
  

What you won't be doing in this role:

We have some fantastic teams in place to support our learners from our central support teams who will help with contacting learners after breaks in learning, or through EPA, or our team of Development Coaches who will support learners in their initial journey. We also can't forget our team of Quality Improvement Coaches who are there for you as a PT and your learners throughout their learning journey!

Whilst you'll play a key role in supporting and progressing your learners to successful and timely completion, there are several responsibilities that sit with our dedicated support teams, allowing you to focus on delivering a great learner experience.

They will support by:

• Delivering Functional Skills, we have a fantastic Functional Skills and Additional Learning Support Team that does that
• Generating new learners, as our growing BDM teams bring on all the learners we need so you can focus on progressing your learners to success
• Enrolling learners onto their chosen qualification, this is all picked up by our enrollment team
• Delivering workshops. Our Workshop Tutors and Elevate programme team deliver this content on your behalf.
  
  

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum Level 3 Assessor qualification such as TAQA, CAVA, A1, D32/D33 or equivalent, with experience assessing Health & Social Care apprenticeships, diplomas or vocational qualifications.
• A Teaching qualification (AET, PTTLS, etc.).
• Level 3 or 5 qualification within the Health & Social Care sector.
• Previous experience of working within Adult Care, Residential Care, Domiciliary Care, Supported Living or Care Management environments.
• Proven experience in delivering outstanding teaching and learning.
• Experience in managing a diverse caseload of learners.
• A solid understanding of End-Point Assessment (EPA).
• Access to a car and the ability to travel for in-person learner observations across Hampshire, including Portsmouth, Southampton, Fareham, Eastleigh, Winchester and Basingstoke, as well as team meetings and 1:1s.
  
  

What's in it for you?

We are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits alongside our core benefits below!

• 25 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Up to £5,000 in performance based bonuses
• Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
• Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues' achievements.
• Perkbox - a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tools
• 3% matched Employer Pension contribution
• In person team meetings and 1:1s
• Enhanced Maternity leave after 2 years of service
• Income protection and Life Assurance
• Recommend a colleague incentive schemes, where you can benefit £500 for referring great people to work with us
• CPD and training opportunities
• 4pm Friday finish with flexible working opportunities available
• Flexible and supportive team and with a great culture
• Employee Assistance Programme, with a dedicated People Team to support all colleagues
  
  

The Knovia Group is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of learners, children, young people and vulnerable adults. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

We expect all colleagues to share this commitment and to contribute to a culture where people feel safe, respected and able to achieve their potential. As part of our safer recruitment processes, appropriate pre-employment checks, including DBS, right to work, reference and social media checks where required, will be undertaken.

We're a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.