Have you ever considered working in a prison?
This is an excellent opportunity to educate and rehabilitate adult learners.
If you would like a unique and challenging non-teaching role, where you can genuinely make a difference, enhance the prospects of learners, and ultimately change people's lives for the better - then this could be the opportunity for you.
Like any educational setting, Prisons come with their challenges. In this environment, learners are locked up for large periods of the day, away from their families and for some, their children. Most are at rock bottom, having to live with the regret of what they have done - education gives them a focus. And hope.
Education provides prisoners with an opportunity to upskill, increasing their future employment prospects which directly reduces the likelihood of reoffending. Many prisoners will arrive without having basic Maths or English skills. Prison Education ensures all learners are put through Functional Skills Maths & English, which then puts them on the pathway to vocational learning courses, such as Carpentry, Bricklaying, Painting & Decorating, Plastering & Tiling, Industrial Cleaning, Barbering, Catering and Horticulture.
Prisons have a dedicated education department, with classrooms and fully functioning workshops, where teaching and learning can take place. You will be fully supported by an experienced education department. Training and development opportunities are available.
Details of this position:
This position is for a full time Painting and Decorating Tutor in prison education.
You will be required to deliver Painting and Decorating (and eventually tiling and drylining) courses to offenders as per the education providers curriculum.
This role will be based in one home site, with travel (paid for) to 3 other sites in London.
No teaching experience required, you will be funded through a teaching qualification after passing probation.
Other responsibilities include:
* Playing a pivotal role in delivery of contracts by organising and delivering training.
* Contributing to developing new initiatives and new resources for education and training and ensuring a safe working environment in line with existing policies.
* Planning engaging and challenging sessions with course material that meets the needs of individual learners and providing development feedback to help learners progress and actively engage them in their own evaluation and assessment.
* Maintaining group profiles, individual learning plans and additional learning support records.
* Invigilating examinations and ensuring that portfolios and written records are up to date to satisfy internal and external quality assurance criteria.
Work schedule: Full time 37 hours per week
Salary scale: 28,000 up to 36,500 per annum, salary scale varies based on experience/qualifications.
To be considered, suitable candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
* Level 2 Vocational qualification.
* A Degree, or professional qualification, which is appropriate to the work.
* Teaching Qualification (or willingness to work towards).
* Knowledge and experience of current teaching and learning strategies.
* Excellent team working, communication and interpersonal skills.
The successful candidate will be required to obtain the appropriate prison clearance before starting the role and maintain this throughout employment.
Suitable candidates will need to be enthusiastic, resilient and have a humanistic approach. This role will not be for everyone, but anyone with a slight interest is encouraged to apply and if suitable, you will have the opportunity to have a discussion with the hiring manager directly over the phone, who can provide more detail and an insight into life working in a prison.
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