Life Skills Tutor

Job Introduction

Sodexo Justice Services is a custodial services company which runs five Prisons and six CRCs in the UK. We have a reputation for delivering high quality services through its philosophy that everyone can develop and make changes for the better.

Awarded a bronze accreditation by Investors in People, HMP YOI Bronzefield focuses on providing needs-based services and programmes aimed at rehabilitating and maintaining the well-being of prisoners.

HMP YOI Bronzefield is an all female prison that can hold up to 527 women.

The focus of the department is to provide education opportunities which will enable the residents in our care to gain skills and competences that will assist them to return into the community without re-offending.

The skills gained will enable the women to live independently once discharged. This will allow for better reintegration in to society and impact positively on recidivism rates

As Life Skills Tutor, you will work with other members of the education and regime delivery teams to promote and provide a broad range of relevant educational programmes prisoners.

You'll develop the scheme and learning materials, resources and activities, and plan, and deliver the programme.

Role Responsibility

• Establish a rapport with prisoners to encourage them to complete the pre release course.
• The pre-release course will consist of: Emergency First Aid, healthy eating/living, feeding a family on a budget, re-cycling products, personal hygiene, de-stress sessions, basic electrics, plumbing and decorating, how to open a bank account/savings, how to maintain a vegetable patch, basic textiles to repair clothes and commit to a job club.
• Work effectively and efficiently to produce innovative and stimulating lessons for female prisoners in the above subjects.
• Effectively plan course and lessons by preparing and using schemes of work and lesson plans for the benefit of the learner and for evidence at inspection/lesson observations.
• Ensure all relevant policies and procedures, such as Security, Health and Safety and Prisoner Welfare, are adhered to.
• Use the identified programme and appropriate teaching methods, taking into account that you will be working with challenging groups of learners and those with complex needs.
• Identify the needs of individuals and develop a range of teaching methods and resources accordingly - use an individual learning programme for each learner, to track their progress.
• Monitor attendance and progression of learners reporting any difficulties to the Curriculum leader.
• Provide regular feedback to learners, and to give group and individual tutorial support to enable them to achieve maximum benefit from their course or programme.
• Meet agreed prison targets which will be identified in your PDR and reviewed regularly throughout the year.

The Ideal Candidate

• Teaching qualification
• Experience of working with mixed age and ability adult groups.
• Relevant experience that can be applied to the planned topics.
• Ability to motivate and engage learners.
• Positive attitude.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all times through different mediums, including spoken and written communication.
• Ability to think on feet and adapt to situations.
• Effective organisational skills including the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Flexibility to undertake a range of very different tasks.
• Have an interest in the rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching or working with disadvantaged groups or in a young offender or prison environment.

Package Description

£22617.69 + London weighting £3453 (recurring £287.75 p/m and benefits including pension, free meals and onsite parking, subsidised Gym, season ticket loans and numerous group discounts

About the Company

Sodexo UK & Ireland employs around 36,000 people and delivers On-site Service Solutions to clients at over 2,300 locations including offices, hospitals, schools, defence sites, prisons, sporting events and visitor attractions.  Sodexo is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. All roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) and/or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland)