Subject Tutor (Nottingham Campus - Woodborough Road)

We are outstanding, you can be too

Are you passionate about empowering young people with complex behavioural needs? Our Woodborough Road – Nottingham campus provides a nurturing, sensory-rich, and person-centred learning environment for learners aged 16-25. As a key member of our team, you will deliver personalised study programmes, ensuring each learner’s journey aligns with their Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) outcomes.

The successful candidate will deliver engaging individual and group sessions focused on emotional resilience and self-regulation as well as working closely with our multi-disciplinary team, including therapists and learning mentors, to provide holistic, wraparound support.

You will guide Learning Mentors in embedding therapeutic teaching practices, with a strong focus on high-quality, person-centred teaching and learning tailored to the individual needs of learners with complex behavioural challenges.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need patience, creativity, and a deep commitment to inclusive education. If you’re ready to make a real difference in a dynamic and rewarding environment, we’d love to hear from you!

*Please note that we will not accept any applications submitted after the campaign has been closed. We may close campaigns early if we have a high volume of applications.

As part of our pre-employment checks, we will be required to carry out an enhanced with barred lists DBS check as this role will involve regulated activity.

You can see more about what we do at Portland Charity by looking at the Who We Are and Choose Your Future pages on our website

Working at Portland Charity

At Portland Charity, our learners, citizens and staff are at the heart of what we do. We are passionate about our vision that all people with disabilities will have a lifetime of opportunity, and you could help us to achieve that. Our priority for staff is to create an outstanding place to work where the rewards of a job well done can be seen in the faces of our learners and citizens.

There are lots of great benefits to working at Portland Charity

A rewarding career and working towards positive outcomes for our learners and citizens

-Enhanced holidays of 33 days per year when you join us (pro rata) and you are able to buy up to 10 additional days of holiday

-You are eligible for a Blue Light Card with access to lots of great discounts

-Free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme

-Everyone has an opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills on the job through training, mentoring and qualifications.

-Free life assurance – your family will benefit from a payment of 4x your annual salary if the unthinkable should happen

We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections the community.

Qualifications needed

-A recognised teaching qualification at Education and Training Level 4 (or equivalent) or willingness to work towards this within an agreed timeframe.

-English and Maths Level 2 qualification or willingness to achieve this within an agreed timeframe.

-TAQA Level 3 (or equivalent assessment qualification) or willingness to work towards this within an agreed timeframe.

-To be trained in Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical Intervention (NAPPI) at Level 3 or willingness to work towards.

-Qualifications in Positive Behaviour Support or willingness to achieve this within an agreed timeframe.

Working Hours

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week – Core hours 8:45am – 4:45pm.

Applying to work at Portland Charity

There are some other important things you need to know before you apply to work with us at Portland Charity.

Portland Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its learners, citizens, customers, volunteers and staff. We expect all our staff to be aware of their responsibilities to protect learners, citizens, customers, volunteers and staff from abuse or harm and to promote Fundamental British Values.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are included in the child and or adult barred list. This role involves regulated activity.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.

Please note – We need you to complete an application form to fulfil our Safer Recruitment responsibilities, but you can submit a CV, and we will consider it alongside your application form.

In order to apply for this role, you will need to apply using our online recruitment portal, SAM People Recruit.

Please click on the “apply” button, and this will take you to the link to access the platform.

If you have any questions or need some help when completing your application, you can contact View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or call the recruitment team on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or 205, and we will be happy to help.

Many of our staff have a disability, and we’re proud to hold Disability Confident and Mindful Employer status which recognises our positive approach to physical and mental health and wellbeing at work. If you would like to speak with us before completing an application, you can contact our recruitment team on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or via email at View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk who will be happy to support you with your application or answer any questions.

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Disability Confident

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .