Head of Education, Skills
5 months ago
Serco - HMP Dovegate
Permanent, Full Time
£50,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Company Benefits
We are looking for a Head of Education, Skills and Work to join our fantastic team at HMP Dovegate - a Category B adult male facility near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire where we care for up to 1160 male adult prisoners over the age of 21 serving a range of sentences including trial, remand, those awaiting sentence and convicted men serving long and short-term sentences.
You will support the prison to become a place of meaningful work with a key focus on leading Education, Skills and Work, along with the accountability of purposeful activity across the regime. You will provide a strategic focus, whilst supporting the Learning and Skills Manager ensuring that sequencing of activities is purposeful and directed towards maximising prisoners’ opportunities to access employment, education, and training on release.
As a strategic lead you will be responsible for creating a prisoner education service focused on work based training and personal development pathways and you will be accountable for the proportion of prisoners in employment 6 weeks post release.
**Other accountabilities will include**:
Ensuring the prison has an effective working relationship with the New Futures Network broker for the region/prison group.
Creating effective sector
- based training opportunities and recruitment pipelines in relationship with the New Futures Network and suitable employment partners.
Developing and supporting a Quality Improvement group with employment focused agencies, including the Prison Employment Lead, IAG services, DWP Prison Work Coaches, the education provider, and other non-statutory agencies such as charities and social enterprises.
What you’ll need to do the role
Firstly, your qualifications will align to the role - Relevant Degree in Education, PGCE, Cert Ed or Level 5 Teaching Qualification, QTS or QTLS Status.
You will be a confident professional leader with the passion and drive to support our prisoners and you will have experience of working collaboratively with senior leaders, stakeholders and students.
Finally, you must have experience of operating in a specialist neurodiversity role.
Why Serco
Meaningful and vital work - The nature of our business means you will do interesting work that matters - delivering essential services that touch people’s lives
Great people - We are a motivated team who will encourage you and help you to succeed. You’ll have the resources you need to do your job in a diverse and supportive environment.
What we offer
Pension - 6%
A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Thrive App, Simply Health Plans, Annual Leave Purchase Scheme and more
Serco Benefits package - discounts include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping, mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships
ShareSave - where employees can own a part of the company and invest in their future.
Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services/prisons sector
A company passionate about diversity and inclusion The chance to make a positive difference A safe and supportive culture Free on site parking Use of on site gym Subsidised meals Blue light discounts
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
Apply
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.
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