SCIL

SCIL is part of Somerset County Council’s Support Services for Education and provides a range of high quality training opportunities for those who work or volunteer in the children and young people’s services.

Our range of courses is wide and varied and includes Continual Professional Development (CPD), Vocational and Accredited programme, Apprenticeships, Higher Education programmes – Foundation Degrees, BA Honours Top-Up Degrees, and Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Masters in Education.  Our CPD offer compliments and supports our apprenticeship, academic and accredited programmes these include Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment, Leadership and Management and can be delivered face to face or e-learning.

We deliver our training across the south west our main site is Dillington House Ilminster.

Apprenticeships

SCIL is on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) and are rated Good by Ofsted. We currently offer the following apprenticeships:

• Early Years Practitioner
• Early Years Educator
• Teaching Assistant
• Outdoor Activity Instructor
• Business Administrator
• Team Leader/Supervisor
• Teacher

The Team

This opportunity is to join SCIL’s Professional Learning Associate Tutor (PLAT) pool. The PLAT pool is a pool of occupationally competent tutors, assessors, internal quality assurers as well as employer liaisons. The benefits of being part of the pool are that you are invited to opportunities such as ensuring training and support as well as attendance at CPD and standardisation days bi-annually.

The role will have a 12 hour per week contract and will be renewable annually by mutual agreement and subject to funding being available. Working hours/ days can be flexible by mutual agreement.  Payment terms and conditions will be negotiated based on experience.

Role Specification: Apprenticeship Employer Liaison

The main tasks associated with this responsibility are:

• To manage and develop a range of working relationships across the Children and Young people’s workforce with a focus on external partnership working and promotion of SCIL apprenticeship offer with a range of partners, stakeholders, employers and employees.
• Establishing employer engagement to inform them of the SCIL offer.
• Promotion of SCIL activity particularly in relation to the workplace, employers and employees.
• Support employers with completion of relevant paperwork and Apprentice Service Account to ensure smooth and successful recruitment, registration and employment of apprentices.
• Working with SCIL project manager to ensure appropriate employer engagement such as professional advice, support, training information, communication presentations to ensure employers are fully informed regarding CPD, training and apprenticeships opportunities for themselves and staff.

Main Activities:

Establish and oversee the development of links with employers, ensuring they are aware of the SCIL offer

• Work with Project Manager and to ensure successful recruitment to SCIL apprenticeship programmes.
• Supporting marketing and recruitment i.e. attendance at careers fairs
• Attendance and reporting to Management and Governance Boards.

Development of Employer Links  

• Develop strong links with a range of employers, to provide information regarding SCIL training offer and Apprenticeship Levy.
• Recruit employers to take apprentices and placements as required.
• Act as the point of contact between SCIL and the employer.
• Undertake, and assist in, information gathering including market data and intelligence that will establish market need for training programmes being developed by SCIL.