Pe Instructor

Location: Milton Keynes | Salary: £30,632.35 - £36,087.26 | Posted: 23 Sep 2024 | Closes: 7 Oct 2024 | Job Type: Full Time and Permanent | Business Unit: UK Central Government Services | Region / Division: UK & Ireland | Reference: 16261

**ROLE RESPONSIBILITY**:
**PE INSTRUCTOR**

**Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC), Milton Keynes**

**G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services**

**£30,632.35 - £36,087.26 per annum**

**Permanent - Full Time (40 hours per week)**

**Benefits**: Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

**About Us**
- G4S Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) cares for children aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The children in our care can be vulnerable and challenging, with a wide range of complex social and emotional needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for children to develop their life skills and address their previous behaviours. We aim to support change and learning.
- We strive to help every child feel safe, giving them an opportunity to heal from trauma and feel supported in developing a more positive identity. We ensure our children have equal access and opportunity for change and are celebrated for their strengths. We want the children in our care to leave better equipped for life emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially. We aim to support the constructive resettlement and transition of our children, whether returning to the community or moving to other custodial settings. We are committed to working in partnership with them and their families, significant others and wider community organisations, to develop a quality regime at the centre.

**About the Role**
- We are now expanding our Education team and we are looking for a PE Instructor to lead in the delivery of the BTEC sports qualification in both a practical and theory-based approach
- As a PE Instructor, you will play an integral part of a child’s learning at Oakhill Secure Training Centre to provide and deliver aspiring educational outcomes. You will be responsible for delivering teaching that develops curious, inquisitive and committed minds, where you help and support the children to explore and meet their individual needs and interests.
- Not only will you be a PE Instructor, but a mentor to young lives who will develop transparent and collaborative ways of working to engender openness, trust and inclusion with the children. The regime at the centre needs to balance safety, safeguarding, health, wellbeing and learning and development opportunities for the children.
- This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children. You will motivate, inspire and lead them to success, despite the significant challenges of a complex environment, but also give them hope for the future via Education and Learning.
- Some of the key responsibilities of this role are:

- To teach a range of Physical Education qualifications as directed, to a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rated level.
- To develop the curriculum in line with national requirements, local community needs, and the needs of employment.
- To develop young people-centered teaching, learning, and assessment strategies, which contribute to increased retention, achievement, and progression.
- To prepare and monitor appropriate syllabuses, schemes of work, lesson plans, assignments, assessment plans, and learning outcomes in line with G4S and awarding body requirements.
- To provide regular feedback to young people and to give group and individual tutorial support to enable them to achieve maximum benefit from their course or program.
- To compile and maintain course and young people records.
- To follow all processes relating to qualifications and examinations, including registrations and submissions to validating bodies, and liaison with the Oakhill STC exams officer, moderations, and external verifiers in accordance with G4S policy
- Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.
- The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

**THE IDEAL CANDIDATE**:
**About you**
- To succeed in this role, you will need to be a dynamic and engaging individual, with a passion for helping, mentoring, and supporting at the heart of everything you do. The role will require you to promote a child centred approach which prioritises both the safeguarding of the children’s welfare and wellbeing as well as ensuring that a stable and secure environment is provided for al