Day Release Specialist Tutor

BRFC Academy, BB6 8BA. However flexibility regarding location is required.

Reports to:

Head of Education & Player Care

Hours of work:

5 hours per week over 35 weeks per calendar year, plus any additional hours necessary for the performance of duties. This may include evening and weekend work.

Job purpose:

To oversee and deliver the education sessions within the day release programme for the U13-16 age groups.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all players, promoting their well being needs whilst maintaining professional boundaries;
• To deliver formal aspects of education to all hybrid players who attend day release within the classroom based environment;
• To provide resources to assist players with school work they need to complete during their time on day release;
• To monitor progress of work completed by players in the classroom during their education sessions;
• To provide one to one support to players who may need additional guidance/support on specific school work tasks;
• To liaise with the Head of Education and Welfare on any pastoral matters that relate to any players on the day release programme;
• To provide updates to the Head of Education and Welfare as to progress in the classroom in order to help formulate the 8 weekly reviews;
• To complete weekly registers of players that attend day release, detailing the school work completed during the Education sessions; and
• To complete day release tracking documents in line with requirements in order to review and analyse specific work completed by individual players.

Skills required:

• Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team;
• Ability to work independently;
• Good communication and key internal stakeholders;
• Good level of analytical skills;
• Competent use of IT programmes including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• Ability to solve problems;
• Innovative in thinking and moving the department forward;
• Professional manner; and
• Ability to deal with complex issues in a confidential and discrete manner.

Knowledge / Experience required:

• Subject specialist knowledge in Maths or Science;
• Good knowledge of how schools grade/show academic progress of their students;
• Safeguarding policies and procedures;
• Knowledge of national curriculum for specialised subjects; and
• Knowledge of key education documentation at DFE Level and how this may impact.