Additional Learning Support Practitioner

Milton Keynes College have an exciting opportunity for an Additional Learning Support Practitioner to join our Prison Education team at HMP Bullingdon. As a successful Learning Support Practitioner, you will be able to inspire and assist learners throughout their academic and vocational studies. As an Additional Learning Support Practitioner, you will be based in the classroom as well as provide outreach support for learners with additional learning needs around the prison, this will include the wings, healthcare and workshops. The requirement of this role is to work across the whole prison estate, on all wings where education is delivered. You will be a passionate, creative and empathetic towards our learners and be able to offer knowledge and guidance to our learners. Responsibilities include: • Skills assessment and highlighting specific learning needs • Provision of ALS within accredited learning programmes • Focused learning support for English and Maths, leading to employability outcomes • Effective target setting to meet individual needs; including personal, social and educational targets • Inspirational learning support small group and one to one learning • An holistic approach to improving learner skills to support transition into a relevant career pathway • Providing appropriate support in formal assessment • Coordinate the allocation of support to ALS students Location: HMP Bullingdon, Bicester, OX25 1PZ Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Salary: £18,015 - £21,522 per annum Closing date: Monday 6th April 2020 Milton Keynes College Rewards: • 25 days annual leave, 3 additional days leave for Christmas to New Year closure and UK Bank Holidays • Amazing discounts with NUS card or Blue Light Card , ranging from Eating Out, Shopping and Fashion, Health and Fitness, Music, Technology, Travel and Entertainment • Access to an employee wellbeing platform with options to book free activities such as yoga, relaxation, boot camp, personal training and a health and wellbeing news hub • Generous pension scheme • Access to Continued Professional Development, including professional qualifications and a variety of training courses • Save up to 32% off all bikes through our Cycle To Work Scheme • 24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Assistant Support Programme • Plus many more… About HMP Bullingdon: Bullingdon Community Prison is situated near the village of Arncott in Bicester, Oxon. HMP Bullingdon is a complex prison that has a number of functions. It is categorized as a local category B prison which a category C resettlement function. HMP Bullingdon has the capacity to hold 1114 offenders all serving a range of sentences from remand to life, with the average length of stay between 3 and 6 months. The College works closely with our prison colleagues to deliver short to medium courses that help prepare learners for employment upon release. Courses include: English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 2 to Level 2), ICT, Cookery, Hospitality, Business, Self-Employment, Painting & Decorating, Horticulture, Paving, Mentoring and Barbering. In the department we believe the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge will help our learners to end their offending behaviour. We engage the hardest to reach learners and encourage them to take pride in their own education and self-development. As a department, we endeavour to inspire learners to achieve and for some, attain their first significant qualifications. As a successful candidate you will: • Have a good basic general education including GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English at Grade C. • Hold an NVQ2/NVQ3 Teaching Assistant qualification or be willing to work towards. • Have experience of working in a learning environment. • Have well-developed interpersonal skills in relating to prison staff and in working with students who may have little experience of education and training. • Be computer literate and willing to improve your IT skills. • Ability to work as part of a team and on their own initiative. • Have good organisational skills and be able to meet deadlines. More about the College: Milton Keynes College is proud to be an open and inclusive general Further Education College welcoming learners of all levels and delivering an exceptional educational experience. The College offers a broad range of qualifications with more than 3,000 16 – 18-year-old full-time students studying vocational courses, apprenticeships and Higher Education at our campuses in Milton Keynes. In addition, the College delivers employability and skills training programmes to 3,000 people in local community learning centres. For nearly 30 years, we have worked with offenders in both custody, and the wider community and currently work with 19 prisons across England; this includes 13 prisons, which make up the Long Term High Security Estate, and 6 category B, C & D men’s prisons. Milton Keynes College is a committed safer recruitment employer in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore undergo a thorough on boarding process to include DBS. In addition, security clearance is required for all prison services positions. Milton Keynes College has been officially recognised for its commitment and approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. It has been awarded the much sought-after Leaders in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity. The award recognises the College’s clear ethos and values and a belief in the importance of diversity. Please note successful candidates are required to undertake National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Clearance before being able to commence with any role. For high security sites they are also required to obtain Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) in addition to NOMS. The process of obtaining clearance can take anywhere from 3 weeks upwards and the outcome is not controlled by the College or the individual prison