Lead Librarian HMP Five Wells

Job Description

Have you ever considered teaching... in a prisonThis is an excellent opportunity to educate and rehabilitate adult learners.If you would like a unique and challenging non-teaching role, where you can genuinely make a difference, enhance the prospects of learners, and ultimately change peoples lives for the better - then this could be the opportunity for you.Like any educational setting, Prisons come with their challenges. In this environment, learners are locked up for large periods of the day, away from their families and for some, their children. Most are at rock bottom, having to live with the regret ofwhat they have done - education gives them a focus. And hope.Education provides prisoners with an opportunity to upskill, increasing their future employment prospects which directly reduces the likelihood of reoffending. Many prisoners will arrive without having basic Maths or English skills. Prison Education ensuresall learners are put through Functional Skills Maths & English, which then puts them on the pathway to vocational learning courses, such as Carpentry, Bricklaying, Painting & Decorating, Plastering & Tiling, Industrial Cleaning, Barbering, Catering and Horticulture.Prisons have a dedicated education department, with classrooms and fully functioning workshops, where teaching and learning can take place. You will be fully supported by an experienced education department. Training and development opportunities are available.Details of this position:This position is for a Full-Time Lead LLRC Facilitator to work at a Category C Adult Male Prison.You will need to have a Five GCSEs at Grade C or above (or equivalent), good level of technical ability and competent user of technology, good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels, strong organisationand time management skills.Previous experience within a prison environment and library or resource centre experience is not essential, although would be a benefit.The successful candidate will beworking collaboratively with curriculum and prison staff as well as partner agencies to develop and promote the Learning Resource Centre and its services to maximise access and usage for learning, leisure, well-being, resettlementand employment progression.Salary: £25,160.00- £32,839.00Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week.*no extra work from home*Annual leave: 218.5 hours p. a. (inc bank holidays)The successful candidate will be required to obtain the appropriate prison clearance before starting the role and maintain this throughout employment.If you are interested in this position, then please apply via the link. Alternatively, you can contact Izzy to discuss the role in further detail.If this vacancy is not of interest to you at this time, but you happen to know someone who might be suitable and interested, then please kindly pass these details on to them.Important NoticeDovetail and Slate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, applicants and clients to share this commitment.This role may involve work with under 18s or vulnerable adults. Any appointment will be made subject to strict vetting and screening checks and receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. Dovetail and Slate ltd acts as an Employment Agency (perm) andan Employment Business (temp/contract).Because education matters. Dovetail and Slate Limited (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency.

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