Tutor – SETPD & Functional Skills

Tutor – SETPD & Functional Skills (Aylesbury)

Salary: from £24,246 FTE Salary is negotiable and based on experience

If you understand young people, we can teach you the rest. In Aylesbury New Meaning Training has an enrichment centre that is a warm, welcoming place where young people aged 15–25 come to build their confidence, routine, and skills for life. We’re looking for a tutor who gets what makes young people tick — and who wants to help them thrive at their own pace, in a setting that feels different to school.

You may be a Teaching Assistant ready for your next step, a youth worker, mentor or coach who’s supported young people with additional needs, or someone who’s delivered small-group interventions in an education or alternative provision setting.

What’s essential is that you bring empathy, adaptability, and a strong commitment to helping learners grow — whether that’s in literacy and numeracy, digital skills, communication, or simply self-belief. We’ll support you with training (including your Level 3 Award in Education & Training) so you can confidently deliver Functional Skills and life skills sessions as part of our SETPD (Supported Employment, Training and Personal Development) programme.

If you want to be part of a calm, creative centre that meets young people where they are — this could be the role you’ve been looking for.

• Deliver Functional Skills English and Maths (Entry 1–Level
  2) in a creative and supportive way
• Plan and lead SETPD sessions covering topics such as emotional wellbeing, communication, independence, digital skills, budgeting, and workplace preparation
• Create engaging, differentiated sessions for small groups of learners, tailoring your approach to a wide range of needs and learning styles
• Work collaboratively with other tutors and support staff to design and deliver schemes of work and session plans
• Build positive, trusting relationships with learners using trauma-informed and relational approaches
• Track and record learner progress and engagement against EHCP and programme goals
• Contribute to learner onboarding, induction, and regular reviews
• Support learner progression across flexible pathways (e.g., building confidence to transition from small group settings to more structured classroom or work environments)
• Travel between the Milton Keynes, High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Thomley centres may be required to support delivery.

New Meaning Training (NMT) offers education with a difference. We are an alternative education provider dedicated to helping young people aged 15–25 discover their strengths and develop the confidence and skills to earn their own living.

For the 2025–2026 academic year, around 300 young people from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Berkshire will join one of our programmes. Many of these students are referred by secondary schools, pupil referral units, and Special Education Needs settings.

Our journey began in 2015 with the opening of our first centre in High Wycombe, originally known as “Toolshed.” Ten years on, NMT continues to grow, with new centres opening in September 2025 in Nuneaton and Milton Keynes.

We have a range of programmes at New Meaning Training Bucks & Herts:
Construction Multiskills, Motor Mechanics, Sports, Hair & Beauty, Computing, Childcare, Catering and Boost Work skills. Not all programmes are available at every location, but all incorporate functional skills qualifications in Maths and English, along with tutorials to support our well‑rounded approach. We also provide a ‘Transition Support’ programme for young people with EHCPs who are not yet ready for a learning setting.

NMT tailors its programmes to meet the needs of its learners, considering Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. We comprehensively apply the principles of a Loving Care Approach (Trauma‑Informed Practice) to ensure all young people receive the support they need to thrive.

• A full UK driving licence and access to a business‑insured vehicle, with the ability to travel between our Buckinghamshire centres if needed.
• Experience…