Learning and Skills Manager
Job Introduction
HMP Northumberland are recruiting for a Learning and Skills Manager.
You will ensure the development and implementation of an integrated learning programme encompassing education, vocational, work and recreational skills development that encourages participation by residents.
HMP Northumberland offers a variety of initiatives and programmes to help residents engage within the prison’s rehabilitative culture. This includes various educational and vocational qualifications, as well as a variety of opportunities for residents to learn new skills within our workshops and industries departments. We have textile, engineering and electrical workshops and can offer prisoners experience in horticulture, market gardens, cleaning, waste management and laundry services on site.
As a working prison, we work towards the resettlement of residents upon their release into the community and their integration into society through the skills acquired while in our care. We are committed to supporting people to change their lives for the better and lead law-abiding lives.
Being over 4 miles in circumference, the prison is a vast space with exceptionally kept plantation and currently houses over 1300 residents with a range of sentence terms.
Role Responsibility
- Ensure the development and implementation of an integrated learning programme encompassing education, vocational, work and recreational skills development that encourages participation by residents
- Ensure that Prisoners are assessed for educational and vocational needs during induction.
- Liaise with relevant Government and Non-Government bodies and our education provider, to ensure the maintenance of educational standards
- Ensure the availability of an appropriate, progressive and constructive curriculum, providing residents with suitable opportunities to gain employment upon release
- Ensure that opportunities provided for residents are relevant to the current job market
- Ensure that all educational, vocational and recreational activities are delivered in a coordinated and integrated manner, that meet sentence planning and National Careers Service requirements
- Embed the Resident Individual Employment and Training Portfolios which captures achievements and progression
- Embed a learning culture in all resident work areas
- Introduce Social Enterprise in selected vocational workshops
- Monitor and evaluate all activities including preparing information for the Quality Improvement Group (QIG) and Governance Meeting
- Work closely with the contracted Education Manager and other key stakeholders
- Conduct regular inspections and assurance checks of learning and skills delivery
- Undertake duties as required that will contribute to the effective operation of HMP Northumberland
- Work closely and engage with potential employers both internally and externally.
The Ideal Candidate
- Relevant national qualification and/or significant experience in adult learning and skills delivery
- Experience working with NVQ framework (advantageous)
- Understanding of correctional theory concerning offender rehabilitation
- Effective analytical and problem solving skills
- Managerial experience
- Effective interpersonal & communication skills, both written and verbal
Package Description
£28,300 - £32,000 per annum - 37.5 hours per week
Excellent benefits including free onsite parking, shopping discounts, pension and 28 days holiday
About the Company
Sodexo Justice aims to change lives for the better by reducing reoffending and improving the quality of life for those under our supervision and in our care. We deliver safe, effective and innovative custodial and community rehabilitation services that challenge offending behaviour, protect the public and offer individuals the opportunity to change their lives for the better. We deliver the total operation of five prisons within the UK and own six Community Rehabilitation Companies in partnership with crime reduction charity Nacro.
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.
Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.
