Apprenticeship Assessor - Health and Social Care - Essex

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED

Romford (RM1 1SX)

Closes on Thursday 5 June 2025

Posted on 24 April 2025

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Summary

Paragon Skills are looking for new Apprenticeship Assessors in - Health and Social Care in Kent. You will be studying toward your Learning and skills teacher (Level 5) qualification & your TAQA Qualification.

Wage

£24,500 a year

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Training course
Learning and skills teacher (level 5)
Hours
Monday - Friday (08:30-17:00).

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 12 June 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

You will develop your knowledge and personal skills by completing our Graduate programme and required professional qualification to effectively deliver innovative and impactful learning to all learners. Using your industry experience, knowledge, and passion for your chosen sector you will support a diverse caseload of learners as they progress thorough their qualifications. You will support the learning process through the effective use of digital technology, learning resources and facilitating both workplace and off the job training as required.

You will learn how to effectively plan and deliver inspirational and engaging teaching and learning experiences, keeping the learners and employers in mind. You will adapt delivery through a variety of different methods to suit the needs of the individuals and providing feedback for further development to continue to deliver an outstanding experience for all.

Your role will Include:

  • Participate in the Trainee Personal Tutor training programme and complete professional qualification including AET and TAQA
  • Motivate and drive learners to achieve their workbased qualifications through outstanding teaching and learning
  • Retain or recruit learners and employers by giving consistent great levels of service in line with our Pledge, Values and Learner Promise
  • Maintain minimum caseload numbers as per our Operational Excellence
  • Encourage the further progression of learners on their work-based qualifications to further develop
  • Support the learning process through use of learning resources, Virtual College and facilitating workplace on the job training as required
  • Plan engaging, interactive and inspiring teaching and learning through a variety of methods
  • Provide impactful and constructive feedback where required, ensuring all documentation is completely accurately and in timely manner
  • Complete consistent progressive visits and reviews with learners and employers in line with ESFA requirements
  • Continually improve the quality of your teaching and learning practices and development through effective working relationships with Quality colleagues
  • Ensure learners are fully ready with a completed portfolio and feel confident at the EPA Gateway before handing over for End Point Assessment
  • Provide information, advice and guidance to all customers that enables them to make informed decisions to meet their goals and objectives
  • Adhere to GDPR regulations and all internal information and data security policies and procedures
  • Share best practice with other Personal Tutors
  • Continuously develop own skillset and capability
  • Any other duties as required by Operations Manager to support the needs of the business
  • Proactively promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people

Where you’ll work

Essex Area
Romford
RM1 1SX

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED

Your training course

Learning and skills teacher (level 5)

Equal to higher national diploma (HND)

Course contents
  • Integrate subject and pedagogic research into teaching activity to enhance teaching and support changes of practice
  • Identify, consider and take steps to minimise the impact of barriers to learning
  • Contextualise English and mathematics in a way that promotes understanding of key topics
  • Use a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environment and learners’ needs
  • Encourage learners to set challenging goals
  • Promote understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development
  • Demonstrate through their teaching the wider context (policy, economic, societal, technological, legal, cultural and environmental) of the subject, recognising the implications for professional practice
  • Design and use resources that are inclusive and add value to learners’ development
  • Engage and inspire all learners
  • Identify and set outcomes to enable each learner to achieve or exceed targets
  • Provide ongoing learner feedback
  • Use the results of initial and diagnostic assessment to plan learning and differentiated support at the start of and throughout the learners' journey
  • Encourage learners to develop: autonomy and resilience, personal and interpersonal effectiveness, social awareness and respect for others, essential employability skills, a solutions mindset, and the ability to create change
  • Use assessment data to regularly review and develop own and others’ practice and to report emerging gaps in progression and achievement amongst groups of learners
  • Support the implementation and execution of safeguarding procedures and promote the welfare of children, young people and/or adults in accordance with statutory provisions
  • Prepare learners for their transition through education, further training, and into employment
  • Comply with internal and external regulations, legislation and guidance, such as: teaching, learning and assessment, recording, storing and sharing information relating to learners
  • Adapt communication style, method, and terminology to reflect the needs of the audience including individual learners, colleagues, stakeholders
  • Engage learners to establish standards of behaviour, mutual respect and safe working
  • Challenge learners to address inappropriate behaviour or viewpoints
  • Continually update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as a teaching professional and a subject specialist as part of managing their own continual professional development (CPD)
  • Be proactive in seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources including learner voice, peers, colleagues, employers and stakeholders to improve own practice
  • Manage workload through preparation and prioritisation, time management, and responsiveness to change
  • Act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities
  • Use innovative and up to date digital and online technologies in a way that is safe to improve teaching, learning and assessment
  • Integrate subject and pedagogic research into teaching activity to enhance teaching and support changes of practice
  • Identify, consider and take steps to minimise the impact of barriers to learning
  • Contextualise English and mathematics in a way that promotes understanding of key topics
  • Use a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environment and learners’ needs
  • Encourage learners to set challenging goals
  • Promote understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development
  • Demonstrate through their teaching the wider context (policy, economic, societal, technological, legal, cultural and environmental) of the subject, recognising the implications for professional practice
  • Design and use resources that are inclusive and add value to learners’ development
  • Engage and inspire all learners
  • Identify and set outcomes to enable each learner to achieve or exceed targets
  • Provide ongoing learner feedback
  • Use the results of initial and diagnostic assessment to plan learning and differentiated support at the start of and throughout the learners' journey
  • Encourage learners to develop: autonomy and resilience, personal and interpersonal effectiveness, social awareness and respect for others, essential employability skills, a solutions mindset, and the ability to create change
  • Use assessment data to regularly review and develop own and others’ practice and to report emerging gaps in progression and achievement amongst groups of learners
  • Support the implementation and execution of safeguarding procedures and promote the welfare of children, young people and/or adults in accordance with statutory provisions
  • Prepare learners for their transition through education, further training, and into employment
  • Comply with internal and external regulations, legislation and guidance, such as: teaching, learning and assessment, recording, storing and sharing information relating to learners
  • Adapt communication style, method, and terminology to reflect the needs of the audience including individual learners, colleagues, stakeholders
  • Engage learners to establish standards of behaviour, mutual respect and safe working
  • Challenge learners to address inappropriate behaviour or viewpoints
  • Continually update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as a teaching professional and a subject specialist as part of managing their own continual professional development (CPD)
  • Be proactive in seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources including learner voice, peers, colleagues, employers and stakeholders to improve own practice
  • Manage workload through preparation and prioritisation, time management, and responsiveness to change
  • Act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities
  • Use innovative and up to date digital and online technologies in a way that is safe to improve teaching, learning and assessment

Your training plan

Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 7,000 learners annually and working with over 2000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way.

Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective. 

It has an Ofsted Grade 2 Good rating and an overall achievement rate of 71.4%, exceeding the national average of 65.6%. Using a blended approach, learners are always at the forefront of our priorities. All learners are assigned a Personal Tutor who will be their main point of contact. 

This involves regular catch-ups, check-in emails and calls. Your employer will agree to give you 20% of your working hours solely towards your study. 

This will give you every chance to achieve the highest grade possible! On completion of this 18-month apprenticeship you will have gained; Learning and skills teacher (Level 5).
 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

Other in:

  • Maths (grade Pass (GC)
  • English (grade Pass (GC)

NVQ or SVQ Level 3 or equivalent in:

  • Health and Social Care (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills

Other requirements

Working hours Please note that anyone under the age of 18 can only work a maximum of 40 hours per week. Any role which exceeds these hours should be amended accordingly, to fall in line with the legislation.

About this company

Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 7,000 learners annually and working with over 2000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way. Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective.

After this apprenticeship

Possibility of a full time role after the completion of the apprenticeship.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316929.

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Closes on Thursday 5 June 2025

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