Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) is expanding its workforce whilst operating as a newly opened centre. We are looking for respectful, diligent and caring colleagues to join our growing team.
Job Objectives and Responsibilities
* To actively promote and design educational activities and, vocational courses including online learning and assessment processes.
* These initiatives are intended to meet the needs of residents and adhere to contractual requirements.
* This tutor will conduct workshops focused on their skillset and experience, ensuring they address the needs of the residents and fulfil necessary contractual obligations.
* To provide a safe, secure, stimulating, supportive and productive environment for residents that encourages them to attend and that enables them to learn and develop
Main Duties
* Promote and explain educational opportunities across the Centre; including Maths, English, ESOL and other courses, ensuring residents understand their relevance to the Preparation for Release programme.
* Assess learner skills and language levels, adapting learning approaches where needed to remove barriers and ensure appropriate enrolment.
* Develop and deliver core and advanced modular courses, providing engaging, relevant teaching that supports learners in achieving their objectives.
* Deliver accredited vocational programmes (including OCN Vocational Skills), maintaining high standards of delivery, quality assurance and learner induction.
* Create and maintain a safe, positive and well-managed learning environment, ensuring tools, equipment, resources and administrative data are secure, compliant and effectively used.
* Plan, promote and deliver workshops, activities, competitions, events and artistic projects that support learner development and build transferable skills.
* Work collaboratively with staff and residents to support cultural events and wider Regimes & Activities functions, providing cover and undertaking additional duties as required to maintain continuity of service.
* Monitor attendance, retention and achievement, contributing to the development of improvements, completing all required documentation, and advising on resources and equipment to meet educational standards and contractual requirements.
Person Specification
Essential
* An appropriate teaching qualification and experience is required.
* In-depth knowledge of vocational skills in their area of specialism
* Previous teaching experience within a related subject is required
* Must be able to cover evening provision and weekend
Desirable
* Experience of delivering relevant skills workshops/training
* Experience within the custodial setting
* Experience of working with ESOL learners would be advantageous and a patient and understanding attitude to the language problems faced by learners essential.
Our client is also providing excellent training opportunities to drive an IT division within the camp, should this be of interest.