LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT -
Prison Education
Location: HMP Erlestoke, Erlestoke House, Devizes, SN10 5TU
Hours: 21 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Flexible Working: We welcome applications from those seeking flexible hours
Salary: Approx. £14,200 Pro Rata (£25,497 FTE – subject to experience)
Apprenticeships: Development opportunities are available through Apprenticeship standards
Reporting To: Education Manager
IN SHORT
Do you have SEN knowledge and/or experience, either personally or professionally?
Do you like working with small groups or 1:1?
Are you interested in supporting prison based adult learners, to help them develop and achieve, both in their formal education and ongoing rehabilitation.
Milton Keynes College have an exciting opportunity for a Learning Support Assistant to join our Prison Education team at HMP Erlestoke on a part time basis. The working hours would be Monday and Thursday all day (08:00-17:00 and Tuesday afternoons (12:00-17:00)
As a successful Learning Support Assistant, you will provide inspirational learning support to small groups of prison based learners and sometimes also on a 1:1 basis. This will require a holistic approach to highlight specific learning needs and improving learner skills. Your focus will be on additional learning support (ALS), Maths and English support, leading to employability outcomes, with effective target setting to meet individual needs.
You will be passionate, creative and empathetic towards our learners and be able to offer knowledge and guidance. As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be working across the whole prison estate, on all wings where education is delivered.
MK College will treat all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability or any other individual characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from people with backgrounds which are currently under-represented within Milton Keynes College. All offers made to successful candidates are subject to satisfactory outcomes to a range of pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In addition, security clearance is required for all prison services positions up to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level.
OUR BENEFITS
- 30 days annual leave, 3 additional company closure days and UK Bank Holidays (entitlement will be pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Professional development opportunities, including professional qualifications
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) accessible 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
- A variety of amazing discounts with NUS Card and our reward and recognition platform Encore
- Employee wellbeing platform