| Position | HLTA Link Tutor, Fixed Term |
| Posted | 22 Jun 2026 |
| Expired | 22 Jul 2026 |
| Company | Gloucestershire County Council |
| Location | Gloucestershire | GB |
| Job Type | Full Time |
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About the Role
We are looking for four highly experienced Link Tutors to join our pastoral support team and work alongside our current Link Tutors supporting students in KS3 and KS4.
There are two permanent positions and two fixed-term positions for one year covering members of the team who are embarking on a one year secondment opportunity within the service.
The role of Link Tutor is hugely rewarding and the successful candidate would find themselves working within a team of highly motivated and creative staff. The role has a pastoral focus, providing support to enable our students to access educational provision whilst they are with us, and to aid transition back to their main school or other identified setting.
The role is peripatetic and county wide. Regular contact and visits to the home of our students is fundamental to the role. The visits enable our link tutors to work with our students to identify barriers to learning, key milestones, develop strategies and skills, and work on aspects of the wellbeing curriculum.
They have responsibility for liaising with Social Care, medical professionals, parents, the mainstream schools, and the academic teachers at GHES. Attendance at TAF, CIN, CP, PEPs and Graduated Pathway meetings are also part of this role. As a short-term service, re-integration back into the students mainstream school, alternative provision or post 16 destination is a key feature. The Link Tutor is responsible for facilitating carefully planned and supported reintegration or transition.
We are looking for individuals who have experience of working with children with additional needs and professionals involved in the education system.
The ideal candidate will:
Working in alignment with Non-Violent Resistant (NVR) principles, demonstrating a commitment to de-escalation, relational connection, and persistant, respectful support in the face of challenge.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with students, parents, staff at GHES and professionals are all important qualities for this role. A firm belief that a medical condition should not stop a child reaching their full potential is essential.
About you:
We are looking for staff members who:
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Hospital Education team. You can be confident of joining a highly professional, passionate, supportive and very experienced team of teachers, pastoral and administrative team working tirelessly to ensure the best outcomes can be achieved for every individual despite the health barriers they may be facing.
Working Arrangements
The role is a term-time only role, 36 hours per week (39 + 5.55 holiday weeks), at Grade 6. This works out as being approximately 0.87FTE. Work would be a blend of working from home, travelling to student homes or their main schools, and working from our classroom spaces in Cheltenham and Gloucester.
GHES is a school and a service within GCC and as such employees are entitled to many benefits within GCC:
Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
Cycle to Work scheme
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
Applying
We would strongly recommend an informal discussion or visit prior to submitting an application. Please contact or phone to arrange this.
Please write in your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile. This should include examples of why you should be considered and evidence of the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post
More details of GHES in general can be found on our website:
Further details about the Link Tutor role, can be found in the information pack along with the job description below. Please do not complete the application form on schoolsnet.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Link Tutor - Job Profile
Information about GHES - Link Tutor
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershires diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a customer facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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