[Hiring] Independent End Point Assessor @NCFE

Role Description

We’re seeking Independent End Point Assessors (IEPAs) to join our End Point Assessment team to deliver the following standards:

• Level 4 Children, Young People and Families Practitioner
• Level 5 Children, Young People and Families Manager

This role could be a great fit if you have a background in children’s homes, supporting looked-after children, or working as a Residential Support Worker, Senior Residential Support Worker, or Registered Manager.

In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping the future workforce by assessing apprentices at the final stage of their journey. You'll use your industry knowledge and professional expertise to:

• Evaluate performance
• Maintain quality standards
• Support learners in demonstrating their competence

Whilst this is a flexible worker role, during the period of allocated work we require availability between the hours of 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday to be able to carry out reviews. Please make sure you can commit to this before applying.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Delivering EPA in line with the Children, Young People and Families Practitioner and Children, Young People and Families Manager standard (residential childcare)
• Utilising NCFE Apprenticeship Services EPA platform to record EPAs and interact with apprentices
• Attending standardisation events to ensure quality, compliance, and consistency
• Communicating with apprentices, ITP’s and employers on EPA and grading

Qualifications

• A recognised Assessor qualification
• At least 3 years’ occupational competence within residential childcare / children’s homes
• Experience supporting children in care and working within safeguarding frameworks
• Strong report-writing skills
• Good IT skills
• A full, clean driving licence and have flexibility to travel across your region for face-to-face assessment delivery

Requirements

• Flexibility to travel for face-to-face assessments

Benefits

• Our flexible workforce provides supportive quality assurance to ensure that learners taking NCFE qualifications are getting the best education possible.
• You’ll receive full training and the materials, tools or equipment needed to ensure you’re able to complete your duties in line with NCFE requirements.
• The ability to take on flexible worker contract alongside other work, without the need to be registered as self-employed.

How to apply

Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.

Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your Cover Letter & CV if you have the expertise and commitment to excel in this position. We look forward to learning more about you.

Closing Date: Friday 4 December 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Please note that at interview stage you’ll be required to share any certificates with us as outlined in the essential criteria for the role.

If successful in this post you will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands, and final warnings that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement

We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.

We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.