Early Years Tutor - South Yorkshire

Early Years Tutor
- South Yorkshire

Department: Youth, Community & Wellbeing

Employment Type: Permanent
- Full Time

Location: South Yorkshire

Reporting To: Laura Colley

Compensation: £27,000 - £30,000 / year

We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time if we receive suitable applications for the role.

To deliver high-quality teaching, training, coaching, and assessment for learners on a range of Early Years programmes, including adult learning and Skills Bootcamps. The postholder will support learners to achieve successful outcomes and progression through tailored, engaging, and compliant learning experiences. This includes responsibility for planning, delivery, assessment, and learner support aligned to sector, funding, and awarding organisation requirements.

• Responsible for an agreed caseload of learners, providing them with high-quality training, coaching, mentoring and assessment to achieve their associated qualifications, in a timely manner.
• Design and deliver individual and group-based learning across a range of delivery models (face-to-face, online, hybrid), ensuring training is aligned to Early Years sector standards, awarding organisation expectations, adult learning principles and contractual requirements.
• Undertake robust initial assessments to inform personalised learning plans, adapting delivery to meet the needs of adult learners with diverse backgrounds, learning needs, and starting points.
• Plan and sequence training sessions that are learner and employer responsive and progression focused, ensuring learners are equipped with sector-relevant skills to enter or advance in Early Years employment.
• Collaborate with employers to develop meaningful, outcome-focused training plans and ensure active involvement in supporting learner progress and workplace application of knowledge and skills.
• Provide high-quality IAG throughout the learner journey, including pre-course advice, support with progression planning, and guidance to sustain employment or further learning.
• Ensure that all learners and employers are provided with a comprehensive induction programme, confirming that employers know their roles and responsibilities in the collaborative relationship to support the progress of their learner.
• Develop and implement effective training and learning strategies and activities, including resources to support learners in making progress towards successful completion of their learning programme.
• Provide training, coaching and assessment ensuring training meets standards set by Acorn Training assessments’ that meet the quality standards of Awarding Organisations and ensuring alignment with Ofsted expectations and Early Years sector standards.
• Plan, record and track Guided Learning Hours, assessment opportunities, and learner progression, maintaining clear records and reporting in line with awarding organisation, funding body and internal audit standards.
• Actively support and encourage the continuous development of learners’ English, maths, and digital skills, and communication skills relevant to Early Years practice, including maintaining effective relationships with parents and carers.
• Ensure all learners have access to pastoral support, including ensuring a good understanding of Safeguarding, Prevent, Radicalisation, Equality, Diversity and Fundamental British values.
• Organise and plan assessment opportunities and regular review meetings with learners and their employer to set and review targets and progress, and ensure constructive feedback that is developmental, is documented and provided to enhance learners’ progress.
• Provide information, advice and guidance to learners and employers throughout their programme, ensuring that all learners are aware of Guidance and Wellbeing available to them to support their progress.
• Effectively manage timescales and be clear in setting and agreeing objectives and deadlines, monitoring training and assessment outcomes and achievement.
• Carry out employer health and safety risk assessment reviews, where necessar
• Maintain an electronic diary of sessions and visits to the learners in their workplaces,…