The Role
Are you passionate about education and making a positive impact in people’s lives? We are seeking a creative and enthusiastic Learning Facilitator to join our prison education programme. In this role, you’ll support both learners and educators, helping to deliver engaging educational activities and enrichment sessions that foster personal development and build essential skills.
As a Learning Facilitator, you will work one-on-one and in groups with learners, assisting them in consolidating their understanding and motivating them to pursue educational and personal growth. You’ll also play a key role in creating a positive, inclusive, and well-managed learning environment that encourages participation and helps reduce reoffending through education.
Our 15 Learning Facilitators work a shift pattern of 3 x 12 hour days 8am-8pm Monday - Friday with some flexibility to cover Saturday between the team.
Key Responsibilities:
* Assist in delivering educational activities that support both academic and personal skill development.
* Provide individual and group support to help learners engage with course materials and improve self-confidence.
* Help maintain a positive and effective learning environment.
* Monitor and record learner attendance and progress.
* Collaborate closely with teaching staff, prison officers, and other stakeholders to meet learners’ educational needs.
Requirements:
* A Level 3 teaching qualification is preferred but not essential.
* Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
* Experience in a teaching assistant role or similar is advantageous.
* Experience in prison education or adult learning is an asset.
This role is a unique opportunity to inspire learners and support their rehabilitation, helping them develop skills for successful reintegration into society. Join us and make a lasting difference.
For full details of the role and the person specification please review the job description or If you would like to speak to the recruitment team before you apply, please email any questions to careers@peopleplus.co.uk and one of the team will come back to you. If you wish to apply, please ensure this is done via the apply now button.
Who We Are
Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people’s lives – every single day.
As part of The Staffline Group, we use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year.
Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, independent living, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow.
To put it simply, we:
* Support people to find and keep jobs
* Help people to set up their own businesses
* Deliver skills training to further people’s careers
* Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce
* Rehabilitate people with convictions
* Tackle the root causes of offending
* Help people to live independently
* Support carers
We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there’s real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.
Our Benefits
A paid PeoplePlus Life Event Day each year
25 days annual leave
Cycle to Work scheme
Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to online wellbeing centre
Enhanced Wedding leave
A paid volunteering day each year
Testimonials
"I have worked within PeoplePlus for 6 months now, my team is amazing and full of support. I have been given many opportunities to expand my role and learn new skills, always supported by management and my colleagues."
"PeoplePlus is a great place to work as they care about and support their employees whilst challenging them to grow within the company. The core values contribute effectively to the company culture of honesty, communication and self-improvement enabling staff to be heard and feedback and share opinions in a progressive way. Staff are always empowered to perform and motivated by achievement thereby creating a positive environment within which to support the well-being of others."
"I have loved my time since joining PeoplePlus as an Administrator for the Restart Scheme in Stockton. After a few months I enrolled onto Level 3 HR Support apprenticeship through the internal apprenticeship programme. Since then, I have joined the Contract Assurance team as Compliance officer for the Northeast. I have a great support system within the organisation and have been given many fantastic opportunities to help progress my professional development. "