Reading Lead Specialist: In-Prison Literacy Programs

PeoplePlus; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

PeoplePlus seeks a Reading Lead Specialist to support prisoners and learners with reading needs. You will conduct screeners, develop interventions, and monitor progress to foster a love of reading within the education and prison setting.

You will collaborate with tutors and staff to deliver emergent reading groups and create profiles and resources for neurodiverse learners, helping inmates improve literacy and enjoy reading.

Qualifications

• Passion, creativity and empathy toward learners and prisoners with reading needs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct reading screeners with prisoners.
• Develop and implement reading interventions for individuals or groups using That Reading Thing or equivalent phonics programmes.
• Write and update reading profiles for prisoners who complete screeners.
• Monitor and report reading progress monthly after screening, intervention and re-screening.
• Develop resources to support prisoners with low reading ability and foster a love of reading.
• Collaborate with education and prison staff to support prisoners with emerging reading needs.
• Deliver creative support to help emerging readers progress and read with confidence.
• Develop reading groups and initiatives such as Book of the Month with libraries to sustain reading interest.
• Assist management in promoting a reading for pleasure culture within the education and wider prison community.
• Lead reading initiatives across the wider prison.

Tools

That Reading Thing (or equivalent phonics intervention programmes)

Job description

PeoplePlus seeks a Reading Lead Specialist to support prisoners and learners with reading needs. You will conduct screeners, develop interventions, and monitor progress to foster a love of reading within the education and prison setting.

You will collaborate with tutors and staff to deliver emergent reading groups and create profiles and resources for neurodiverse learners, helping inmates improve literacy and enjoy reading.