Neurodiversity Manager – HMP Fosse Way
Leicestershire, LE18 4TN
£35,000PA
Permanent (Full-Time, 40 Hrs)
Here at Serco we are looking for a Neurodiversity Manager to join us at HMP Fosse Way. The post holder will be responsible for leading on support for prison residents with needs arising from neurodivergence. Developing and implementing, through close collaboration with stakeholders, a “whole system” principle is of paramount importance, with the focus firmly on supporting individuals to achieve and progress through Education, Skill and Work pathways throughout their sentence. The Neurodiversity Support Manager (NSM) will liaise with the Head of Education, Skills and Work (HofESW) and the education provider to ensure prisoners are supported, whether engaged with education or not, and that they continue to be supported in the community, including by the probation teams.
Responsibilities
1. Focus on improving and ensuring that the quality of neurodiversity support and provision across ESW is at least good and moving towards outstanding. This includes assessment of quality to inform the prison education, skills and work improvement plan which can be applied across various learning channels, e.g. classroom, industries, work areas, workshops, gym etc.
2. Develop and maintain Neurodiversity needs strategy for the prison, incorporating and working with key stakeholders.
3. Develop and maintain the systems and structures to ensure that delivery of all Education, Skills and Work activity is appropriate to all cohorts.
4. Manage the collection and collating Neurodivergent data at local level.
5. Track the progress of prisoners with neurodiversity in education, learning and work.
6. Case manage prisoners who require additional support to ensure it is both appropriate and helpful.
7. Ensure that the needs of neurodiverse prisoners are considered in terms of availability of activities, appropriate adaptations and reasonable adjustment as required.
8. Raise awareness of Neurodiversity in the prison.
What you will need to do the role
Essential Qualifications:
PGCE, Cert Ed or Level 5 in Education and Training.
Level 4 Certificate in Supporting the learning of learners with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)/ Additional Learning Needs (ALN).
Alternatively; Extensive relevant work experience of working with Neurodiverse learners in a custodial setting.
Desirable Qualifications:
Level 4 TAQA qualifications in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes or equivalent, Level 7 Diploma in Assessing and Teaching Learners with Dyslexia, Specific Learning Differences and Barriers to Literacy.
Experience:
Experience of operating in a specialist neurodiversity role.
Experience of working within the Special Educational Needs / Additional Learning Needs and Disabilities field.
Detailed knowledge of OFSTED/Estyn’s EIF (Education Inspection Framework) and further education and skills criteria.
Substantial teaching experience that has developed a range of strategies for developing accessible and appropriate resources to match the specific learning needs of individuals / cohorts of learners.
History of developing highly effective partnerships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
Worked in a complex multi-agency operational setting to achieve mutual outcomes.
Experience of setting goals and achieving targets.
Experience of implementing change, preferably within an educational setting.
Evidence of innovation and impact in an educational context.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks).
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