Teaching Assessor - Children Young People and Families (Residential Childcare)

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Teaching Assessor - Children Young People and Families (Residential Childcare), London

Client:

Shaw Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

9472935125ac

Job Views:

3

Posted:

30.03.2025

Expiry Date:

14.05.2025

Job Description:

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

Purpose

As a Children, Young People and Families Assessor, you will play a vital role in assessing and evaluating the competence and knowledge of our learners working within residential care settings. You will work closely with our learners and employers, guiding and supporting them throughout their qualification journey.

The successful candidate will deliver the Level 4 & Level 5 Children, Young People & Families Apprenticeship Standards to individuals employed across Levy and Non-Levy paying employers.

The successful candidate must have experience of working and delivering training in a residential care setting, supporting 6–25-year-olds either within looked after care experience, supported accommodation or within a residential special school.

You will need experience of providing a varied programme of delivery in line with the required programme/qualification specifications to offer an integrated programme of learning, training, coaching and assessment on work related programmes to meet the needs of employers and learners, to the standards set by awarding bodies or end point assessment organisations and ensure timely achievement of learner goals and qualifications as per Company and Regulating Bodies.

Delivery of these programmes will be a combination of 121 face to face and remote visits and may also include group teaching and learning sessions.

This is a peripatetic role which will require delivery of skills contracts which will be geographically assigned to the role by sector competence.

The successful candidate will need experience of working and delivering training in a residential care setting supporting 6-25 year olds either within looked after care experience, supported accommodation or within a residential special school.

You will have:

• Minimum of L4 in residential care or L5 or above sector based professional qualification
• D32/33/A1 or equivalent training/assessment related qualification
• At least level 4 Teaching qualification or equivalent
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working as a deputy manager or manager role within a residential care setting
• Experience and knowledge of End Point Assessment for Apprenticeship standards
• Self-management. Effective management of workload and caseload
• A customer and employer focused approach – committed to understanding learner aspirations, supporting learner and employer needs

Location:

You will be homebased with nationwide travel required

Employee Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network), MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one