Tutor

Main Responsibilities

Tutor

HM Prison Oakwood, Nr Wolverhampton

Salary £28,125.46 per annum

Full-time (40 hours per week)

As the world’s leading security solutions group with operations in over 120 countries and more than 625,000 employees worldwide, G4S is a truly unique company. We’re bigger, more diverse and involved in more fascinating, cutting-edge projects than many people would imagine and we now have an opportunity for a Tutor to join our team at HMP Oakwood.

At HMP Oakwood we aim to inspire, motivate and guide prisoners to become the best they can be. We offer state of the art facilities, full time employment, programmes and access to Physical Health and Wellbeing initiatives.

It is located next to the existing HMP Featherstone and HMP Brinsford near Wolverhampton. HMP Oakwood will be one of the largest prisons in England and Wales, providing places for up to 1,605 Category C male prisoners.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake delivery of employability related subjects throughout the wider prison.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the curriculum relevant to specialist
• Assist in the development of learning materials to ensure quality and consistency of teaching materials.
• Undertake assessments so that prisoners have the opportunity to achieve recognised qualifications.
• Complete all documentation as required to meet the requirements of the Company, the contract and relevant external bodies.
• Monitor student progress so that students receive appropriate support to achieve their goals and contractual requirements are fulfilled.
• Manage the teaching environment ensuring security of tools and equipment and maintenance of equipment to contractual requirements.
• Assist in maintaining a positive Health & Safety culture
• Ensure the maintenance of security within the prison environment by compliance with security instructions.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills

• Appropriate teaching qualification and/ or a commitment to gain the specialist level 4 qualification relevant to the subject area

Desirable Skills

• Experience of project/ work planning, monitoring and reviewing

At G4S, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. We are seeking to recruit a caring, pro-active and confident professional to help make a real difference to their lives.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us. Our benefits are as you would expect from a large global organisation and include a company pension, comprehensive training, career development, generous holiday entitlement, uniform and access to our on-site gym.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 5 years. You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 10 years as part of the security screening process for this role.