23436 - Neurodiversity Support Manager - HMP Humber

The Methodist Church in Britain; South Cave; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Civil Service pension

Annual leave + holidays

Flexible working options

Season ticket loan

Training & development

Guaranteed interview for veterans

Job summary

The Neurodiversity Support Manager sits within education, skills and work at HMP Humber, part of the Ministry of Justice. The role centers on helping neurodivergent prisoners progress through education, skills and work during their sentence and building a shared approach among prison staff and probation partners.

Hybrid working may be possible, and suitability requires teaching qualifications or extensive neurodiversity experience.

Qualifications

• PGCE/Cert Ed or Level 5 in Education & Training required.
• Level 4 Certificate in supporting learners with SEND/ALN required or advantageous.
• DBS Standard check and Civil Service nationality eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Lead neurodivergent prisoners to engage with education, skills and work pathways.
• Develop and maintain the prison's neurodiversity strategy with stakeholders.
• Assess the quality of neurodiversity support and drive improvement to outstanding.
• Develop systems so education, skills and work delivery suits all cohorts.
• Collect and analyse local neurodiversity data, including hard-to-reach prisoners.
• Track progress and close participation/achievement gaps.
• Case manage prisoners needing extra support to access education, skills and work.
• Share neurodiversity information lawfully with prison teams.
• Ensure activities meet neurodivergent prisoners' needs with campus managers.
• Raise awareness across the prison and through staff briefings.
• Provide guidance so all staff share the neurodiversity vision.
• Prepare neurodivergent prisoners for release into the community.

Skills

Communication

MS Office

English proficiency

Civil Service behaviours

Education

PGCE/Cert Ed or Level 5 in Education & Training

Level 4 Certificate in supporting learners with SEND/ALN

Job description

The Neurodiversity Support Manager sits within education, skills and work at HMP Humber, run by the Ministry of Justice. The post centres on helping neurodivergent prisoners progress through education, skills and work during their sentence, and on building a shared approach among prison staff and probation partners. It is non-operational with no line management, and hybrid working may be possible. Fit depends on a teaching qualification or extensive neurodiversity experience in a custodial or multi-agency setting.

What the job involves

• Lead support for neurodivergent prisoners to engage with education, skills and work pathways across their sentence
• Develop and maintain the prison's neurodiversity needs strategy with key stakeholders
• Assess the quality of neurodiversity support and drive an improvement plan towards outstanding
• Develop systems so education, skills and work delivery suits all cohorts, aligned with whole-prison improvement
• Collect and analyse local neurodiversity data, including for hard-to-reach, vulnerable and non-English-speaking prisoners
• Track neurodivergent prisoners' progress in education, learning and work, and close participation and achievement gaps
• Case manage prisoners who need extra support to access education, skills and work
• Share individual neurodiversity information lawfully with relevant prison teams
• Ensure activities, adaptations, reasonable adjustments and places meet neurodivergent prisoners' needs, working with learning, activities and industries managers
• Raise awareness of neurodiversity across the prison, including through staff briefings, internal communications and one-to-one processes
• Provide support and guidance so all staff and stakeholders share the neurodiversity vision and ethos
• Work with stakeholders to prepare neurodivergent prisoners for release into the community

What’s required

Qualifications

• PGCE, Cert Ed or Level 5 in Education and Training
• Level 4 Certificate in supporting learners with SEND or ALN

Experience

• Extensive experience with complex needs in a neurodiversity specialist role in a custodial or multi-disciplinary setting (may replace the qualifications above)

Skills & knowledge

• Strong written and excellent verbal and non-verbal communication
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint
• Confident spoken English for all aspects of the role
• Civil Service Success Profile behaviours: Changing and Improving, Working Together, Managing a Quality Service

Checks & eligibility

• DBS Standard check
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules
• Declaration of any membership of a group HMPPS considers racist

Nice to have

• Experience in a specialist neurodiversity role
• Experience in the SEND or ALN field
• Detailed knowledge of Ofsted/Estyn inspection frameworks and further education and skills criteria
• Substantial teaching experience developing accessible resources for individual and cohort needs
• Track record of building effective partnerships internally and externally, including in complex multi-agency settings
• Experience setting goals, achieving targets and implementing change with innovation and impact, preferably in education
• Level 4 TAQA internal quality assurance qualification or equivalent, or Level 7 Diploma in teaching learners with dyslexia and specific learning differences

What’s offered

• Annual leave plus 9 bank, public and privilege holidays (66 hours 36 minutes) added to leave
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Hybrid working where business need allows, and flexible working after probation
• Part-time, flexible and job-share patterns considered
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and development, promotion programmes and individual induction
• Guaranteed interview for eligible veterans who meet minimum criteria