Brickworks Tutor

Dovetail and Slate; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Dovetail and Slate is recruiting a Brickworks Tutor to join our team in Hemel Hempstead, working within a prison education setting. You will deliver practical brickwork lessons, helping learners build skills and progression towards employment, with a strong focus on rehabilitation and safeguarding.

You will assess learners, adapt your teaching to diverse backgrounds and ensure a safe workshop environment while supporting learners’ rehabilitation journey and progression into constructive futures

Qualifications

• Trade background in bricklaying or brickwork.
• Level 3 NVQ required.
• Excellent communication and ability to engage learners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver brickwork qualifications to groups of learners.
• Conduct initial assessments and diagnostics to identify learners' starting points and needs.
• Plan and adapt lessons to meet a diverse range of abilities and learning needs.
• Maintain a safe, well-organised practical workshop environment.
• Monitor and record learner progress against qualification requirements.

Skills

Bricklaying experience

Strong communication skills

Rehabilitation focus

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Bricklaying

Job description

Brickworks Tutor- HMP

Permanent

Location: Hemel Hemsptead

Salary: From £30,000 per annum

About the Role

We are seeking an inspiring Brickworks Tutor to join an employer in the justice sector, delivering meaningful vocational learning within a prison education setting. This is a unique opportunity to support learners on their rehabilitation journey, helping them build the practical skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress into employment and shape brighter futures.

You’ll deliver engaging and inclusive brickwork lessons to learners with a wide range of educational backgrounds, learning needs and abilities. Many of your learners will have had difficult experiences of education, so patience, empathy and a genuine belief in each individual's potential will matter as much as your technical knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivering brickwork qualifications to groups of learners.
• Conducting initial assessments and diagnostics to identify learners' starting points and needs.
• Planning and adapting lessons to meet a diverse range of abilities and learning needs.
• Maintaining a safe, well-organised practical workshop environment.
• Monitoring and recording learner progress against qualification requirements.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• A recognised trade background in bricklaying or brickwork
• Level 3 NVQ
• Strong practical, hands-on industry experience
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage learners with varying needs
• A genuine commitment to supporting learners’ rehabilitation and progression

Desirable (but not essential):

• A teaching or assessing qualification
• Previous experience delivering training or instruction
• No teaching qualification? No problem. Full support and funding will be provided to help you achieve the required teaching qualification.

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is a specialist justice and rehabilitation recruitment company.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS check and HMPPS security vetting, in line with the requirements of the Ministry of Justice.

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Because rehabilitation matters.

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