Learning Support Assistant - Winchester, United Kingdom - Milton Keynes College Prison Services
Description
Learning Support Assistant
Location:
HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Hampshire, SO22 5DF
Hours:37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
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.
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.
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).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_
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