Painting and Decorating Tutor

Dovetail and Slate; City Of London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative opportunity awaits in the realm of prison education, where you can make a significant impact on the lives of adult learners. As a Painting and Decorating Tutor, you'll deliver essential skills training to individuals seeking to improve their future prospects. This role not only offers the chance to educate but also to inspire change in a challenging yet rewarding environment. With a supportive education department and opportunities for professional development, you will play a key role in helping learners regain hope and focus through education. If you're enthusiastic and resilient, this could be the perfect position for you.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a Level 2 vocational qualification.
• A degree or professional qualification relevant to the role is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Painting and Decorating courses to offenders as per the curriculum.
• Plan engaging sessions and maintain individual learning plans.

Skills

Communication Skills

Team Working

Teaching Strategies

Interpersonal Skills

Resilience

Education

Level 2 Vocational Qualification

Degree or Professional Qualification

Teaching Qualification

Job description

Have you ever considered working in a prison?

This is an excellent opportunity to educate and rehabilitate adult learners.

If you would like a unique and challenging non-teaching role, where you can genuinely make a difference, enhance the prospects of learners, and ultimately change people's lives for the better - then this could be the opportunity for you.

Like any educational setting, Prisons come with their challenges. In this environment, learners are locked up for large periods of the day, away from their families and for some, their children. Most are at rock bottom, having to live with the regret of what they have done - education gives them a focus. And hope.

Education provides prisoners with an opportunity to upskill, increasing their future employment prospects which directly reduces the likelihood of reoffending. Many prisoners will arrive without having basic Maths or English skills. Prison Education ensures all learners are put through Functional Skills Maths & English, which then puts them on the pathway to vocational learning courses, such as Carpentry, Bricklaying, Painting & Decorating, Plastering & Tiling, Industrial Cleaning, Barbering, Catering and Horticulture.

Prisons have a dedicated education department, with classrooms and fully functioning workshops, where teaching and learning can take place. You will be fully supported by an experienced education department. Training and development opportunities are available.

Details of this position:

This position is for a full time Painting and Decorating Tutor in prison education.

You will be required to deliver Painting and Decorating (and eventually tiling and drylining) courses to offenders as per the education providers curriculum.

This role will be based in North London.

No teaching experience required, you will be funded through a teaching qualification after passing probation.

Other responsbilities included and are not limited to:

• Playing a pivotal role in delivery of contracts by organising and delivering training.
• Contributing to developing new initiatives and new resources for education and training and ensure and promote a safe working environment in line with existing policies
• Planning engaging and challenging sessions with course material that meets the need of individual learners and provide development feedback to help learners progress and actively engage them in their own evaluation and assessment
• Maintaining group profiles, individual learning plans and additional learning support records
• Invigilating examinations and ensure that portfolios and written records are up to date to satisfy internal and external quality assurance criteria

Work schedule: Full time 37 hours per week

Salary scale: 28,000 up to 36,500 per annum, salary scale varies based on experience/qualifications

To be considered, suitable candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Level 2 Vocational qualification
• A Degree, or professional qualification, which is appropriate to the work.
• Teaching Qualification (or willingness to work towards)
• Knowledge and experience of current teaching and learning strategies
• Excellent team working, communication and interpersonal skills

Suitable candidates will need to be enthusiastic, resilient and have a humanistic approach. This role will not be for everyone, but anyone with a slight interest is encouraged to apply and if suitable, you will have the opportunity to have a discussion with the hiring manager directly over the phone, who can provide more detail and an insight into life working in a prison.

The successful candidate will be required to obtain the appropriate prison clearance before starting the role and maintain this throughout employment.

If you are interested in this position, then please apply via the link. Alternatively, you can contact Izzy to discuss the role in further detail. (phone number removed)/(phone number removed)

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is a market leading education recruitment company. We specialise in hiring across the entire spectrum of education, including positions in student support and support services. With our extensive range of roles, we are confident we can find the right match for you, so if the current vacancy does not seem relevant to your expertise, we welcome you to upload your CV or give us a call to discuss your ideal position, with our dedicated team.

Dovetail and Slate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, applicants, and clients to share this commitment.

This role may involve work with under 18's or vulnerable adults. Any appointment will be made subject to strict vetting and screening checks and receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. Dovetail and Slate ltd acts as an Employment Agency (perm) and an Employment Business (temp/contract).

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