Overview
Food and Nutrition Tutor – HMP Fosse Way, Leicestershire, LE18 4TN
Permanent (Full-Time, 40 hours per week). Salary: £28,000 to £33,635 per annum (depending on experience).
Join Serco to develop, administer and deliver all aspects of your specialist subject in line with the core curriculum and awarding body specifications. You will assist Education Managers / Head of Learning and Skills in delivering an education provision that increases employability, reduces reoffending and prepares prisoners for a successful return to the community.
Responsibilities
* Planning agreed programmes of education activities to meet course aims and objectives, including syllabi and schemes of work; reviewing and revising as continuous quality improvement.
* Preparing individual lesson plans, planning learning activities, using high quality learning materials, equipment and resources to maximise productive and effective learning opportunities for learners.
* Administering all aspects of the accreditation process for learners enrolled on the courses.
* Maintaining accurate records, including learner attendance, records of work, progression routes and levels of achievement. Presenting reports for recruitment, retention and achievement and other performance reports as required.
* Establishing and maintaining positive and professional relationships with learners to create an appropriate environment for learning.
* Teaching lessons of 2 hours 45 minutes in duration AM and PM as required by the Learning and Skills Department.
* Maintaining effective and thorough ILPs for each learner, setting targets and giving constructive feedback.
* Covering lessons as required in the absence of colleagues to meet contractual requirements.
* Managing resources within budget; carefully managing the use of equipment and resources and actively encouraging learners to value them.
* Regularly evaluating own work and encouraging learners to evaluate constructively the programmes they attend, to contribute to continuous development of the service.
* Ensuring certification for learners participating in the course; providing feedback and guidance to support their learning on a regular basis.
* Actively promoting all programme activities and ensuring that current, accurate and appropriate promotional material is available.
* Working with education and training colleagues and other departments to enhance programme delivery and promote education and training.
* Working in accordance with all statutory, Home Office, company and department requirements; reporting security and/or intelligence information as required and making referrals to the designated person/professional service providers.
* Developing links with other disciplines within the programme area and maintaining information exchange with appropriate partnerships.
* Sharing responsibility for ensuring good standards of learner behaviour and taking appropriate disciplinary action as required.
* Carrying out rub-down searching of prisoners to support security aspects of the Tutor position as required.
Qualifications
Minimum
* Level 3 Award in Education and Training (QCF)
* Level 3 - subject specialism
* Level 3 Training, Assessing and Quality Assurance (TAQA) or willingness to work towards
Desirable
* Level 4 Award in Education and Training (QCF)/Certificate in Education/PGCE
* Level 5 - subject specialism
Experience
* Proven experience in an environment requiring strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
* Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure; flexibility in workload.
* Recent experience and knowledge of teaching Food and Nutrition.
* Experience in a custodial environment would be an advantage.
* Skills and Abilities: Able to form good working relationships; self-directed learning and research; establishing internal/external links as required.
About Serco
At Serco, we are committed to delivering essential public services and supporting the needs of all our employees. We are open to discussing flexibility and hybrid working where applicable and are committed to diversity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
We operate a Ban the Box policy to support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions, with some role exemptions due to security clearance requirements.
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