Employability Skills Teacher

Role: Employability Skills Teacher (Post-16)

Location: Plymouth

Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 per annum

Contract: Full time, permanent, term time only (37.5 hours per week)

Start: As soon as possible

Are you passionate about empowering young people with employability skills and supporting them with their future? Long-term Teachers is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Employability Skills Teacher to join a forward-thinking organisation supporting post-16 learners. This role involves delivering high quality education, mentoring unqualified teaching staff and working closely with employers, local authorities and partner agencies to maximise student outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver engaging employability skills lessons to ensure positive learner outcomes

• Mentor and support Instructors (unqualified teachers) and Learning Support Assistants

• Develop engaging learning resources and support curriculum planning

• Foster relationships with employers, parents and external stakeholders

• Provide pastoral support, ensuring a positive and inclusive learning environment

• Support learners with SENF and contribute to their Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)

• Track student progress, administer assessments and maintain accurate records

• Ensure compliance with safeguarding, health and safety and educational standards

Essential Requirements:

• Level 5 DET, DTLLS, PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification

• Minimum of 2 years’ teaching experience, ideally including GCSE curriculum delivery

• Experience working with SEND learners and embedding core skills (English, ICT and Maths)

• Strong communication, organisational and ICT skills

• Ability to engage, inspire and retain learners

• Flexibility to travel for work as required

• Enhanced DBS on the update service (or willingness to obtain one)

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of young people, helping them to gain confidence, experience and employability skills. If you’re an enthusiastic educator with a passion for student success, apply today!

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

• Permanent job roles

• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process

• Working to Agency Workers Regulations

• Interview preparation, advice and support

• Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay