Job Description
An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Prison Facilitator
HMP Winchester
The role is 4 days a week - 7-hour days. 28 hours total.
Salary £22,067 (£27,584 FTE)
Role summary
My clients vision is of a future where everyone can experience the positive impact of learning. As a prison facilitator, your role is to make this a reality by ensuring the successful delivery of my clients reading and maths programme within your prison. You will be working onsite at the prison and will work closely with people in prison, prison officers, prison education staff, volunteers and your regional manager.
Core objectives of the role
To raise awareness of the clients programme, encouraging referrals from staff and people in prison and/or on probation.
To grow the programme, ensuring potential learners are identified and have access to the client programme throughout the prison.
To ensure mentors are trained, equipped and supported to deliver the reading and programme.
To utilise systems to ensure effective delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
Provide initial point of contact support and supervision to the client volunteers in your prison.
Essential requirements
Experience managing a wide range of relationships at different levels, including building partnerships and working collaboratively with colleagues and external agencies.
Desirable requirements
Previous lived experience and/or employment / volunteering experience in the criminal justice system (prison, probation or voluntary sector)
Experience of peer-led services, peer mentoring programmes and / or literacy and numeracy programmes.
Programme delivery experience
Skills and abilities
Good organisational and planning skills
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adjust your communication style to different audiences, including people in prison and/or on probation, volunteers, prison governors and staff.
Ability to inspire, support and lead a team of peer mentors
Good time management skills, with the ability to prioritise your workload, work autonomously and balance the needs of multiple programmes and priorities.
Able to build positive relationships throughout the prison and within the client.
Ability to write clear, succinct reports, emails and other key communications.
Ability to work in a result focused way, with a focus on the best outcomes for learners.
Ability to foster and demonstrate the values, aims and objectives of the client in your work.
Ability to demonstrate the appropriate attributes required to facilitate programmes within a prison environment
Knowledge and understanding
Understanding of the reasons why adults might not be able to read, and the personal and practical barriers to engaging with education faced by people in prison and the community.
Knowledge and understanding of the criminal justice system
Location
Best served by public transport - no onsite parking is available. Best alternative is to park in town centre and use park and ride which drops off right outside the prison.
For more information, please call Emma at LKA Recruitment, telephone 01206 616695 option 3.
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