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As a Functional Skills Cover Tutor at HMP Millsike, you will play a key role in ensuring continuity of learning for prison residents. Stepping in to deliver Functional Skills Maths and English sessions during staff absences, you will help learners stay on track with their educational goals. Your work will focus on supporting residents to build vital skills in literacy, numeracy, digital literacy, and employability, equipping them for life beyond custody.
You’ll create engaging, inclusive sessions that adapt to varying learner needs, using a restorative and supportive approach to foster respect, responsibility, and personal growth.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver Functional Skills: Deliver engaging Functional Skills English and Maths lessons that motivate and support learners to achieve their qualifications.
* Adapt to Learner Needs: Provide tailored support, including one-to-one coaching, to help learners develop confidence in reading, writing, and numeracy.
* Support Progress: Track and document learner progress accurately, prepare learners for exams, and submit requests for reasonable adjustments where necessary.
* Promote Positive Behaviour: Foster a respectful, inclusive classroom using restorative practices, promoting a safe and supportive learning environment.
* Work Collaboratively: Liaise with tutors, learning support practitioners, and prison staff to ensure a joined-up approach to learning, with a focus on supporting neurodiverse learners.
What We’re Looking For:
* Essential: Level 3 qualifications in English and Maths.
* Desirable: Level 2 in ICT, Business, or Employability Skills.
* Teaching Qualification: A Level 5 teaching qualification (PGCE, Cert Ed, DTTLS) is highly desirable, or a willingness to work towards it.
* Strong adaptability, planning, and organisation skills.
* Experience working with diverse learners, including implementing reasonable adjustments.
* Familiarity with the OFSTED framework and a passion for education that makes a difference.
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