ART TUTOR - Prison Education - HMP Winchester
Reference: APR20254761
Expiry date: 22:59, Tue, 22nd Apr 2025
Location: HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5DF
Hours: 28 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Work Pattern: Monday and Tuesday 08:00-17:00 (1 hour lunch), Wednesday and Thursday 08:00-14:30 (30 minutes lunch)
Salary: Up to £28,480 pro rata (£38,144 FTE) Subject to experience
Reporting To: Education Manager
IN SHORT
Are you a working artist who would like the opportunity to teach part-time alongside this?
Could you lead inspiring and creative sessions for adult learners?
Milton Keynes College Group is proud to support talented and passionate learners who attend the art classes within our prison-based education departments. We are seeking an Art Tutor to join the Education Team based at HMP Winchester to deliver Art classes to diverse groups of learners.
As a successful Art Tutor, you will inspire and deliver exciting and engaging Art classes where learners can develop not only their creative skills, but also softer skills, confidence, and personal progress they can apply to other areas of their education and life upon release. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse group of learners in the prison and have a lasting positive impact on their education experience.
We would like you to be part of the learner’s journey, offering your skills and knowledge to guide them throughout their courses. If you are as passionate as we are about reducing re-offending and ensuring learners have a positive learning experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for you!
Teaching qualifications are beneficial but not essential and can be gained whilst in post.
MK College will treat all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability or any other individual characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from people with backgrounds that are currently under-represented within Milton Keynes College. All offers made to successful candidates are subject to satisfactory outcomes to a range of pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In addition, security clearance is required for all prison services positions up to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level.
OUR BENEFITS
* 35 days annual leave, 3 additional company closure days and UK Bank Holidays (entitlement will be pro-rated for part-time employees)
* Professional development opportunities, including professional qualifications
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) accessible 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
* A variety of amazing discounts with NUS Card and our reward and recognition platform Encore
ABOUT HMP WINCHESTER
HMP/YOI Winchester is a busy Category B/C Local prison housing both sentenced and remand prisoners from the age of 18. The Education Department delivers relevant short courses that help prepare learners for employment upon release in three different Education areas in the prison.
Courses include: English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 1 to Level 2), ESOL, ICT, Art, Cookery, Employability Skills, and Barbering. We also work closely with our prison colleagues to provide embedded Employability skills in the prison workshops for Carpentry, Recycling, Textiles, and Enterprise Services.
The Education department runs morning and afternoon lessons, Monday to Thursday, and Friday mornings. Lessons start at 8:15am and 1:45pm respectively and tutors are expected to be in the department at least 15 minutes before the start of the lesson. Morning lessons last 3.25 hours (until 11:30) and afternoon lessons are 2.75 hours (until 16:30).
** For further information about this opportunity, please refer to the attached document
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