Skills Tutor

Full-time Permanent 2 plus years

Posted 14 Jul 2026

Who are we?

This is an exciting time to join the TCHC Group. TCHC Group was set up in August 2004. Since then, we have continued to develop and deliver programmes to support young people to learn, achieve and progress toward greater opportunities. TCHC is an organisation that believes in creating opportunities for all. It is an organisation that is ethical, friendly, and considerate and encompasses these values in all its services and operations.

Most of all, we believe in working together as a team to create opportunities for the individuals we work with to grow, to help them recognise and achieve their aspirations and goals and attain a positive outcome.

TCHC is a disability confident, committed employer.

Who are we looking for?

Come and join our team at the Basildon Southgate Education Centre and be part of something special that will make a difference to young people.

Are you an inspiring Tutor with a real passion for creating engaging and creative sessions and looking for a rewarding new challenge? Are you eager to make a difference in the lives of young people by providing them with enriching knowledge and experiences?

As the skills for life tutor, you will be responsible for planning, teaching, and monitoring your learners' progress through their journey, enabling learners with learning differences to develop their confidence, independence and skills for life and work. You will plan the curriculum, ensuring the qualifications and enrichment activities are of a quality that enables learners to be successful. Working with individuals who may present challenges, your delivery will be creative and engaging to ensure individuals achieve their aims in all subjects, and most of all, are able to progress to improved opportunities.

Job Title

Skills for Life Tutor

Location:

Basildon (Southgate)

Working Hours:

Monday to Thursday 8.45 am to 5.30 pm, 30‑minute lunch break, Friday 8.45 am to 1.15pm, 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type:

Permanent

Reports to:

Centre Manager

• Qualified to PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (Essential) (or willing to work towards a teaching qualification)
• Experience of teaching learners with various abilities or learning needs (Essential)
• GCSE in English and maths at grade C/4 or above, or Functional skills Level 2 (Essential)
• Experienced working with learners who present learning differences (Essential)
• Confident with your delivery (Essential)
• Knowledge of EHCPs (desirable)

As a tutor teaching skills for life, you will be responsible for the quality of education through your planning and teaching of the subject area, as well as differentiating your lesson activities and resources. You will be required to ensure work is marked, records are kept, and assessment is ongoing. You will need to ensure all learners are on track throughout the year, preparing a portfolio of work to demonstrate how they meet assessment criteria, and maintaining a high level of successful pass rates.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Plan, prepare and teach lessons on Independence Skills and personal, social and emotional development.
• Create engaging schemes of work that demonstrate sequencing of learning and progression.
• Create engaging lessons that are full of learning and development.
• Plan for learners' needs through the use of initial assessment, previous learning and EHCPs.
• Differentiate lesson plans and resources in line with learner needs as outlined in EHCP documents or through observations.
• Track the progress of learners using the appropriate and provided tracking systems.
• Provide and deliver engaging sessions meeting the individual needs of all learners.
• Plan and develop SMART‑appropriate learning plans for individual learners alongside monitoring their EHCP outcomes.
• Monitor and assess learner progress, ensuring timely achievements through the year, record and report the development, progress, and attainment of students in accordance with TCHC’s assessment policies and in line with the principles of Assessment for Learning.
• Conduct pastoral responsibilities as required.
• Conduct a 1:1 progress review with your…