Job Description (JD)
Band 6
Group Profile - Advisor (A)
Job Description - A : Teacher
Document Ref.
OR JES 212 JD-B6 : A : Teacher
Document Type
Management
Version
8.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
14th November 2022
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-212-JD-B6 : A : Teacher v8.0
Job Description
Job Title
A : Teacher
Group Profile
Advisor
Organisation
First Line Management
Level
Band
6
Overview of the
This is an advisory job in an establishment.
job
Summary
The job holder is responsible for developing prisoner skills and
increasing educational attainment by designing and delivering
educational courses including recognised and accredited
qualifications and basic skills to prisoners, providing a range of
educational programmes and supporting independent learning.
In Welsh establishments teachers are directly employed by
HMPPS to actively provide (design and deliver) accredited
educational programmes to prisoners.
This is a non-rotational, non-operational job with no line
management responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Design and deliver a range of education courses to meet the
diverse needs of the prisoner population and facilitating
accredited courses through external examining bodies
including GCSEs, A-Levels, Higher Education (Open
University).
• Review, promote and update the range of courses on offer in
the establishment, including the content and any materials
used to deliver it.
• Interview prisoners to discuss previous learning experiences
and assess skills.
• Develop work schemes and lesson plans ensuring that these
meet the criteria set by the relevant examining board.
• Process applications for open learning: risk assesses the
application, identify funding and facilitate courses with external
learning providers.
• Supervise prisoners whilst engaged in education classes.
• Holds 1:1 tutorials with prisoners to support their individual
learning needs and supports them on open learning courses
by accessing materials (such as information from the internet)
on their behalf.
• Assess and mark work including formal coursework related to
exam courses.
• Invigilate exams and act as internal verifier/moderator for
evidence based learning programmes.
• Arrange exhibitions to showcase prisoners work, working with
colleagues in the wider community.
OR-JES-212-JD-B6 : A : Teacher v8.0
• Deliver skills development workshops to prisoners’ families;
e.g. Family Man, Story Book Dads, Fathers Inside.
• Deliver against targets set by the Government based on
progression and achievement through recognised education
programmes.
• Work with colleagues in Offender Management Unit to
contribute to sentence planning and sentence planning
reviews.
• Prepares for announced and unannounced inspections.
• Facilitate and support trainee teachers on work experience in
the establishment as required including responsibility for their
security during the placement; this may involve ongoing
mentoring with the student teacher.
• Represent the education department at internal employment
boards to review job applications from prisoners and make
recommendations about appropriateness of prisoner activities.
Undertake other tasks including:
• Undertake and ensure that all relevant administration, data
collection and analysis including relevant Service Delivery
Indicator’s (SDI) are collated.
• Liaise with external bodies where required.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is
at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is
expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of
a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments
may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme
and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence
through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales)
Welsh.
Behaviours
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential
• Able to deal effectively and assertively with staff at all levels
Experience
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis
• When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job
holder will be required to successfully undertake an
assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young
People.
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Technical
• Must hold a Post Graduate Certificate in Education Further
Requirements
Education PGCE(FE).
• Continued Professional Development (CPD) is mandatory for
this role and will include regular retraining and up-skilling
related to courses already being delivered or in the
development of new courses, and in professional teaching
skills/qualifications.
• Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications
required for area of specialism outlined on the Job
Description.
Ability
Minimum
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
Eligibility
taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 months’
probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they
have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a
group or organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
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