Learning Support Assistant

Location: HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Hampshire, SO22 5DF
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Flexible Working: We welcome applications from those seeking flexible hours
Salary: Up to £24,995 per annum (Subject to experience)
Apprenticeships: Development opportunities are available through Apprenticeship standards
Reporting To: Education Manager

IN SHORT

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you like to help others? You will be a passionate, creative and empathetic towards our learners and be able to offer knowledge and guidance to ensure they progress in their studies with Milton Keynes College.

MK College Group are recruiting for a Learning Support Assistant who has a holistic approach to highlighting learning needs and disabilities. You will be part of the Education Team based on site at HMP Winchester. Training can be provided for the right candidate.

As a successful Learning Support Assistant you will provide inspirational and creative learning support to small groups of learners and on a 1:1 basis. Your focus will be on Maths and English and improving learner skills, leading to employability outcomes, with effective target setting to meet individual needs. The ability to build good working relationships with learners is a key aspect of the role to help them overcome negative experiences that may be a barrier to reaching their potential.

As a Learning Support Assistant you will be working across the whole prison, on all wings where education is delivered. This is a varied and interesting role with the opportunity to see learners develop and achieve. The Education department runs morning and afternoon lessons, Monday to Thursday, and Friday mornings. Lessons start at 8:30am and 1:45pm respectively and tutors are expected to be in the department at least 15 minutes before the start of the lesson. Morning lessons last 3 hours (until 11:30) and afternoon lessons are 2.75 hours (until 16:30).

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

ABOUT HMP WINCHESTER

HMP/YOI Winchester is a busy Category B/C Local prison housing both sentenced and remand prisoners from the age of 18.  The Education Department delivers relevant short courses that help prepare learners for employment upon release in three different Education areas in the prison. 

Courses include: English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 1 to Level 2), ESOL, ICT, Art, Cookery, Employability Skills, and Barbering. We also work closely with our prison colleagues to provide embedded Employability skills in the prison workshops for Carpentry, Recycling, Textiles and Enterprise Services.

The Education department runs morning and afternoon lessons, Monday to Thursday, and Friday mornings. Lessons start at 8:30am and 1:45pm respectively and tutors are expected to be in the department at least 15 minutes before the start of the lesson. Morning lessons last 3 hours (until 11:30) and afternoon lessons are 2.75 hours (until 16:30).

** For further information about this opportunity, please refer to the attached document