Lecturer - Engage (Electively Home Educated) Programmes

Lecturer – Engage (Electively Home Educated) Programmes - DVC

Location: Dearne Valley Campus, Rotherham

Salary: £17,911 (Unqualified) or £20,363 (Qualified) per year + benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part time (22.5 hours each week, all year round)

Closing Date: 27th July 2026

This is your chance to change what happens next for a young person. We’re looking for a dynamic, resilient and inspiring educator to work with Year 11 learners who are Electively Home Educated (EHE). These young people are not in school—and they remain home educated.

Your role is to add value to their education, reconnect them with learning, and support them to progress into college rather than becoming NEET.

You’re not replacing school. You’re opening the door to what comes next.

About the Engage Programme

Engage is a specialist Year 11 programme designed for learners who are Electively Home Educated (EHE)

We provide a structured, supportive college environment where learners can:

• Build confidence and re-engage with learning
• Develop independence and study habits
• Explore vocational pathways across college
• Prepare for a successful transition into post-16 courses

What you’ll do

You’ll create engaging, practical and meaningful learning experiences that help learners take their next step.

You will:

• Deliver creative, hands-on sessions that motivate and inspire
• Support learners to build confidence, independence and routine
• Introduce learners to vocational areas across college
• Embed English, maths and digital skills in real-life contexts
• Use trauma-informed and restorative approaches to support behaviour and engagement
• Work closely with pastoral and support staff to remove barriers

Who we’re looking for:

We need someone who can connect, not just teach.

You might come from FE, schools, alternative provision, youth work or industry—but you will;

• Have experience with young people (ideally Year 11 / 14–16 / alternative provision / EHE)
• Be confident supporting learners with SEND, SEMH or barriers to engagement
• Be skilled at building relationships with reluctant or disengaged learners
• Be creative in delivering practical, vocationally-linked learning
• Believe that every young person deserves a positive next step
• Have Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE C/4 or above) or equivalent.

We understand that no candidate will perfectly match every qualification or criterion listed. If your experience differs from what we've outlined but you believe you can contribute to this role, we encourage you to apply!

Department Info

You will report to the Deputy Head of Inclusive Curriculum at your designated campus, who will oversee the day-to-day delivery of the Engage provision and wider Inclusive Curriculum programmes.

You will work alongside Lecturers, Pastoral Coaches, Job Coaches and Learning Support Assistants to support learners to successfully engage with education and progress towards meaningful next steps.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Access to the teachers pensions scheme (with employer contributions from 15.6% to 23.68%)
• Up to 50 days annual leave per year (35) including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Free Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for RNN Group, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.