Lecturer - Health and Social Care

Permanent, Part Time (0.6)

21.6 hours per week over 52 weeks a year.

The School of Vocational and Technical Studies (VTS) at South Thames College is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Health and Social Care Lecturer to deliver outstanding quality teaching, learning, assessment and tutorial support to students to maximise achievement and continuous improvement.

You’ll play a key role in supporting the development of the curriculum with employer engagement and learner skills development and you’ll develop, initiate, promote and sustain innovative and quality improvement intervention strategies. Selecting appropriate assessment methods and criteria, assessing the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and providing constructive feedback to students, you’ll seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery as well as obtaining and analysing feedback.

We’re looking for someone who holds a teaching qualification (or willing to work towards), a relevant degree in Health and Social Care and teaching experience in Health and Social Care in an FE College. With a successful record of tutoring and supporting learners and of setting and implementing target setting, monitoring and reviewing progress, you’ll have strong evidence of outstanding teaching, learning and assessment and of effective employer engagement in curriculum design and delivery.

You’ll have strong working knowledge of current framework for teaching, learning, assessment and quality assurance with interdisciplinary skills and working experience. With advanced level of computer literacy and general office software management skills, you’ll be an effective communicator (verbal and written) in both group and interpersonal situations, able to work under pressure and to strict validating body deadlines.

Closing date for the return of completed applications is 23rd September 2025.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 40 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. The benefits package will be pro-rated for part time staff.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to achieve and progress