Functional Skills

2 weeks ago


Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom Novus Full time
Job description

Are you currently working in education and looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about making a difference in learners' lives? Would you like the opportunity to teach smaller group sizes so that your delivery can have a greater impact? Do you want a rewarding career with opportunities for progression where you will experience genuine job satisfaction?

We have a great opportunity to join our education team as a Cover Tutor specialising in Functional Skills (English, Maths & ICT) and Personal Social Development (PSD) for Novus, the prison education provider at HMP Lancaster Farms.**This role is offered on a sessional basis, working ad-hoc hours per week.

What the role entails


In this role, you will work with, and be supported by, our amazing team of dedicated professionals to mentor our learners to gain qualifications which will help them to secure future employment opportunities post-release.

You will need patience, passion and understanding in your approach to our learners who have 'hit a bump in the road' but want to learn and improve.


What we need from you
To be successful in the role of Cover Tutor, you will need:

  • Hold at least a Level 2 qualification in Literacy and Numeracy
  • Gain/hold and maintain a clean, enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.


Ideally, you will want to be a part of a team which has at its core a focus on improving lives and enabling and equipping learners to develop, grow and be equipped for a life of work and success.

You'll be a self-starter with a passion to learn and grow yourself and will bring passion, dedication, and positivity to your new role.


Colleague Benefits
As part of the LTE Group family, you will benefit from an excellent package including:

  • Our in-house 'Evolve' training programme, which offers you the chance to upskill and further your career through a wide range of recognised qualifications.
  • We support you through a teacher training qualification and assessor qualifications.
  • Full package of training to support working in a Prison environment.
  • Good progression routes into management positions within education
  • Learner class sizes are much smaller than in FE colleges.
  • Able to be flexible and innovative with the curriculum.
  • Part of the wider community of the prison service
  • Additional behavioural and complex need support
  • Various pension scheme options including a Teachers Pension scheme offering a 23.68% Employer Contribution.
  • Free onsite parking
  • Our comprehensive inhouse awards scheme
  • An Employee Assistance Programme including a free, confidential, 24/7 support service.
  • Health care discounts through Simply Health
  • Retail discounts through You at Work
  • Student discounts
  • Our Cycle to Work scheme

The closing date for this job advert is 23/08/2023. However, the job advert may close early if we receive a good response.
At Novus, we work with passion, care, and commitment to create the foundations for change.

For almost 30 years we have been helping men, women and children of all ages and abilities, in prison settings across England and Wales, to take new directions.

We operate 50 hubs in the United Kingdom where our specialist teams are on hand to support Adults and Children to improve their employability prospects post-release.



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