Generalist Lecturer – Prison Education – HMP Winchester Location: HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Hampshire, SO22 5DF
Hours: 20 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Flexible Working: We welcome applications from those seeking flexible hours
Salary: Up to £18,666 pro rata (£35,000 FTE) Subject to experience
Reporting To: Education Manager
IN SHORT HMP Winchester have an exciting opportunity for a lecturer to cover classes, in our prison-based Education Team on a part time basis. Working pattern to be discussed at interview. This position also has the opportunity to facilitate our Distance Learning provision. As a part-time Generalist Tutor, you will be covering tutors’ leave. Mainly in the subjects of maths, English and ICT; we are seeking a creative and inspiring lecturer who is flexible and proactive. This role could entail delivering to small groups of learners in the classroom, or supporting learners one-to-one in the prison workshops, working closely with prison service instructors, to develop learners’ maths and English skills and where possible, to gain accreditation. This position is also about building confidence and skills of learners to be able to apply for employment upon release while delivering an enhanced curriculum through the delivery of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion activities to enrich our learners’ experience. MK College Group works to reduce re-offending by providing learners with opportunities to learn and develop skills. We would like you to be part of the learner’s journey, providing them with a positive learning experience. If you are as passionate as we are about reducing re-offending and ensuring learners have a positive learning experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for you! MK College will treat all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability or any other individual characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from people with backgrounds which are currently under-represented within Milton Keynes College. All offers made to successful candidates are subject to satisfactory outcomes to a range of pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In addition, security clearance is required for all prison services positions up to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level. OUR BENEFITS
35 days annual leave, 3 additional company closure days and UK Bank Holidays (entitlement will be pro-rated for part-time employees)
Generous Pension Scheme
Professional development opportunities, including professional qualifications
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) accessible 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
A variety of amazing discounts with NUS Card and our reward and recognition platform Encore
Employee wellbeing platform
ABOUT HMP WINCHESTER HMP/YOI Winchester is a busy Category B/C Local prison housing both sentenced and remand prisoners from the age of 18. The Education Department delivers relevant short courses that help prepare learners for employment upon release in three different Education areas in the prison. Courses include: English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 1 to Level 2), ESOL, ICT, Art, Cookery, Employability Skills, and Barbering. We also work closely with our prison colleagues to provide embedded Employability skills in the prison workshops for Carpentry, Recycling, Textiles and Enterprise Services. The Education department runs morning and afternoon lessons, Monday to Thursday, and Friday mornings. Lessons start at 8:15am and 1:45pm respectively and tutors are expected to be in the department at least 15 minutes before the start of the lesson. Morning lessons last 3.25 hours (until 11:30) and afternoon lessons are 2.75 hours (until 16:30). ** For further information about this opportunity, please refer to the attached document