Carpentry Lecturer (HMP Spring Hill)

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

HMP Spring Hill’s are looking for a Carpentry lecturer / tutor / teacher to join the education department. As a Carpentry Lecturer, you will deliver Level 1 -2 Carpentry to a diverse group of learners within the prison. As part of our Milton Keynes College Offender Learning team, as a Carpentry Lecturer, you will help to develop a strong Carpentry programme that meets the needs of the learners, prison and Milton Keynes College.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated lecturer / tutor / teacher to deliver high learner success, through effective teaching and delivery in Carpentry. This vacancy would suit a highly motivated Carpentry teacher, with a can do approach to education. The ideal candidate will be a passionate and creative lecturer, who can thrive upon working within a challenging yet rewarding environment, who can offer skills & knowledge to our learners and guide them throughout their courses.

Milton Keynes College Rewards:

35 days’ annual leave, 3 additional days leave for Christmas to New Year closure and UK Bank Holidays

Amazing discounts with NUS card or Blue Light Card , ranging from Eating Out, Shopping and Fashion, Health and Fitness, Music, Technology, Travel and Entertainment

Access to an employee wellbeing platform with options to book free activities such as yoga, relaxation, boot camp, personal training and a health and wellbeing news hub

Access to Teachers Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions

Tax free childcare scheme

Access to Continued Professional Development, including professional qualifications and a variety of training courses

Save up to 32% off all bikes through our Cycle To Work Scheme

24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Assistant Support Programme

Plus many more…

About HMP Spring Hill / Grendon…

HMP Spring Hill is an Open Category D (resettlement) prison, housing approximately 320 male prisoners who are at the end of their custodial sentence and working towards resettlement. Residents at Spring Hill are considered low risk and are well underway with rehabilitation and resettlement. Courses at Spring Hill are as above, with additional vocational courses such as Carpentry, Plumbing, Professional Cookery, Customer Service and Bookkeeping and CSCS. Education runs from 8:30 – 11:30 Monday to Friday and 13:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday.

HMP Grendon is a unique Therapeutic Category B national prison housing approximately 220 long term, prolific (re)offending adult males.

The Education Department works closely with our prison colleagues to deliver relevant long courses that help prepare learners for employment and positive community living upon release. Courses include: English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 1 to Level 2), IT, Business, Barista, Horticulture, Cleaning, Personal Social Development skills and Family/Parenting. Education runs 4 afternoons (Mon – Thurs) from 13:45- 16:45. During the mornings the men are involved in therapy work with a wide team of clinical and officer staff on the wings

As a successful candidate, you will:

Hold a relevant qualification (level 3 or above).

Hold a recognised teaching qualification (DTLLS, PGCE, Cert Ed) or willing to work towards

Hold relevant assessor/verifier awards.

Experience within the Carpentry industry

Have teaching/training or vocational experience in relevant subject area and relevant up-to-date knowledge.

Have a proven track record of managing and supporting diverse groups of learners through nationally accredited programmes.

Have experience of identifying, developing and sharing innovative and creative teaching resources

Have experience of working with students who may have little experience of education and training (desirable).

Have knowledge of current curriculum and accreditation developments within Further Education and specific subject area(s).

Have the ability to teach creatively, adapting to the needs of a variety of learners and willing to explore new teaching and learning strategies.

Have good IT skills and willing to develop further.

Show accuracy and precision in written presentation.

The requirement of this role is to work across the whole prison estate, on all wings where education is delivered.

More about the College:

Milton Keynes College is proud to be an open and inclusive general Further Education College welcoming learners of all levels and delivering an exceptional educational experience. The College offers a broad range of qualifications with more than 3,000 16 – 18-year-old full-time students studying traditional A Levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships and Higher Education. In addition, the College delivers employability and key skills training programmes to 3,000 people in local community learning centres and is one of the largest providers of Offender Learning in England, working with 27 prisons across the East Midlands, South Central and West Midlands.

Milton Keynes College is a committed safer recruitment employer. We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore undergo a stringent vetting process to include DBS for all positions.