Job 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 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.
Main duties of the job
- 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.
About us
The NLFS provides forensic care for a wide catchment area, namely Camden, Islington, Haringey, Barnet and Enfield. The Occupational Therapy team and Vocational Service team cover a wide spectrum of services including admission, acute and intervention inpatient care, hostels, outreach, aftercare as well as healthcare provision including HMYOI Feltham and HMYOI Aylesbury, HMP Pentonville, HMP Wormwood Scrubs, HMP Grendon and HMP Brixton. The catchment area is exceptionally ethnically diverse with an extremely high level of psychiatric morbidity and social deprivation. The post holder will therefore may be required to work on occasion with interpreters.
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 which may present itself at times in episodes of violence to others or the environment. This will include routinely working with distressing forensic material in the context of a severe and enduring mental illness. Specialist skills and 'forensic awareness' are required of all staff working in the NLFS, which includes vigilance at all times on issues of safety and security, the capability to de-escalate the risk of violence, and the ability and capacity to deliver clinical care in locked, sometimes volatile, and sometimes distressing circumstances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ManagerialResponsibilities
- To assist the Kingswood Manager and Vocational Service Manager in implementing and maintaining departmental/service policies/procedures by writing initial drafts, identifying areas that require clearer procedures and policy and presenting draft protocols to the directorate clinical governance group for ratification.
- To support good departmental communication via relevant systems (formally and informally).
- To promote awareness of the OT service / Kingswood Centre services and facilities, negotiating priorities, developing publicity material and ensuring that the centre displays service user work at all times.
- To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service developments within your team, leading on delegated projects
- To ensure departmental equipment and resources are safely maintained and to be responsible for the reporting of and actions related to the security or risk related concerns to Security and the Kingswood Manager. Wherever possible to ensure that risk and safety issues are resolved immediately and the appropriate service contacted and recruited to solve any problem areas.
- To advise the Vocational Services Manager of requirements regarding resources and equipment and to order equipment accordingly.
EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
- To undertake in-service mandatory training within the NLFS
- To participate in staff professional development via teaching sessions (departmentally or more broadly).
- To instruct in and ensure health and safety, fire, emergency and security procedures are adhered to, with particular focus on the Kingswood Centre.
- To ensure that new OT department staff and new outside agency staff are inducted into the NLFS service in term of policies and procedures and good practice and that they are able to operate in a supported environment, particularly within the Kingswood Centre.
- To maintain a professional practice portfolio through maintaining clinical work and to ensure the opportunity for reflective practice.
Professional Responsibilities
- To participate in the departmental supervision and appraisal scheme.
- To demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio
- To be aware of and keep up-to-date with current literature and best practice within specialist field
- To undertake formal or informal research and/or audit projects relevant to OT and/or service areas, disseminating findings at a local level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ManagerialResponsibilities
- To assist the Kingswood Manager and Vocational Service Manager in implementing and maintaining departmental/service policies/procedures by writing initial drafts, identifying areas that require clearer procedures and policy and presenting draft protocols to the directorate clinical governance group for ratification.
- To support good departmental communication via relevant systems (formally and informally).
- To promote awareness of the OT service / Kingswood Centre services and facilities, negotiating priorities, developing publicity material and ensuring that the centre displays service user work at all times.
- To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service developments within your team, leading on delegated projects
- To ensure departmental equipment and resources are safely maintained and to be responsible for the reporting of and actions related to the security or risk related concerns to Security and the Kingswood Manager. Wherever possible to ensure that risk and safety issues are resolved immediately and the appropriate service contacted and recruited to solve any problem areas.
- To advise the Vocational Services Manager of requirements regarding resources and equipment and to order equipment accordingly.
EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
- To undertake in-service mandatory training within the NLFS
- To participate in staff professional development via teaching sessions (departmentally or more broadly).
- To instruct in and ensure health and safety, fire, emergency and security procedures are adhered to, with particular focus on the Kingswood Centre.
- To ensure that new OT department staff and new outside agency staff are inducted into the NLFS service in term of policies and procedures and good practice and that they are able to operate in a supported environment, particularly within the Kingswood Centre.
- To maintain a professional practice portfolio through maintaining clinical work and to ensure the opportunity for reflective practice.
Professional Responsibilities
- To participate in the departmental supervision and appraisal scheme.
- To demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio
- To be aware of and keep up-to-date with current literature and best practice within specialist field
- To undertake formal or informal research and/or audit projects relevant to OT and/or service areas, disseminating findings at a local level.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised teaching or training qualification at level 3 or above
- Experience of working in an educational or healthcare setting
- Maths and English Functional Skills up to level 2, or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of managing own time effectively to meet clinical and administrative tasks
- Experience of motivating people to attend sessions or take part in activities
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Ability to carry out assessments of clients within specialist area and design programme of activity accordingly.
- Ability to sustain demands of working with potentially challenging client group
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Able to complete full PMCB course.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised teaching or training qualification at level 3 or above
- Experience of working in an educational or healthcare setting
- Maths and English Functional Skills up to level 2, or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of managing own time effectively to meet clinical and administrative tasks
- Experience of motivating people to attend sessions or take part in activities
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Ability to carry out assessments of clients within specialist area and design programme of activity accordingly.
- Ability to sustain demands of working with potentially challenging client group
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Able to complete full PMCB course.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
