Functional Skills Tutor - Campsfield IRC

Description

• Listens carefully to residents, including picking up on unspoken communication
• Work proactively with staff and residents to provide artistic support for cultural events within the Centre
• Undertake further duties to support Regimes & Activities and the delivery of relevant vocational courses as required.
• Monitor attendance, retention and achievement figures and assist in the development of strategies and procedures and make improvements to maximise these.
• Create and maintain a safe, secure, positive and friendly learning environment where residents feel welcomed and respected.
• Treats residents with respect as individuals and encourages residents to do the same to others
• Use all resources effectively to ensure quality of service and value for money.
• Provide a short induction to residents, welcoming them to the classroom to encourage their participation and ensure that the activities provided are relevant and interesting
• Develop, promote and deliver a range of workshops enabling residents to gain useful transferable skills
• To provide a safe, secure, stimulating, supportive and productive environment for residents that encourages them to attend and that enables them to learn and develop
• Explains issues clearly to residents and keeps them informed at all times of relevant issues
• Diffuses anger and worries in residents
• Support Regimes covering other areas as required to ensure continuity of service.
• To actively promote and design educational activities and, vocational courses including online learning and assessment processes.
• Support Regimes & Activities more widely, covering other areas as required, to ensure continuity of service.
• Develop and deliver core modular courses and, as appropriate, advanced teaching modules and the learning programme, supporting and encouraging all learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives with relevant and interesting teaching.
• Develop, promote and deliver a range of activities, competitions, events and projects supporting and encouraging all learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives
• Ensure the completion of all documentation and administration in line with company policies and any external agency requirements so that accurate, compliant data is maintained and provided.
• Encourages residents to express their concerns, take responsibility for their behaviour and participate in activities and programmes
• Actively promote educational courses throughout the Centre including Maths and English. Explain the available opportunities and the relevance of these skills as part of the Preparation for Release programme to ensure that residents are well-informed and that there is optimal uptake.
• Manage the learning environment always ensuring maintenance and security of tools and equipment to relevant standards.
• This tutor will conduct workshops focused on their skillset and experience, ensuring they address the needs of the residents and fulfil necessary contractual obligations.
• Deliver the OCN Vocational Skills programme maintaining standards of delivery and quality assurance.
• Advise on equipment and purchases necessary to meet contractual requirements and best practice within education.
• Undertake further duties to support the Regimes department and the delivery of relevant vocational courses as required.
• Assess the ESOL and skills level of learners who come into the classroom ensuring that they have sufficient language skills to enrol in the courses offered, making adaptations wherever possible to overcome barriers to learning.
• Makes time to understand residents and regularly helps them, working hard to meet their needs

Requirements

• Experience of working with ESOL learners would be advantageous and a patient and understanding attitude to the language problems faced by learners essential.
• Is observant
• Must be able to cover evening provision and weekend
• Experience of delivering relevant skills workshops/training
• An appropriate teaching qualification and experience is required.
• Previous teaching experience within a related subject is required
• Interacts with residents easily, quickly building rapport but maintaining professional distance
• Is impartial, fair, assertive, consistent and confident with residents
• Experience within the custodial setting
• In-depth knowledge of vocational skills in their area of specialism

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance