Functional Skills Cover Teacher

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS COVER TEACHER - Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC), Milton Keynes

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

£38,708.02 - £44,554.75 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,
local Gym 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 Functional Skills Cover Teacher to
deliver accredited learning to young people undertaking Functional Skills study programmes at Oakhill STC.

As a Teacher of Functional Skills, 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.

Oakhill STC is a fast paced, complex and challenging environment and as such the successful candidate
needs to be resilient, innovative, passionate and work collaboratively with other professionals in a modern
Educational setting.  Together, as a team, we will empower children to take ownership of their own
learning journeys and it is our hope that they will go on to make decisions and life choices that will lead to
increasingly positive and productive lives.

Not only will you be a Teacher, 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:

• Plan, develop and deliver allocated education in accordance with the timetable and National Curriculum so that individual young people’s needs are met.
• Planning and delivering Functional Skills English and Maths lessons.
• Marking, assessing and tracking progress – reporting data to the Head of Education.
• Cover other academic lessons when required.
• Responsible for differentiating work appropriately and taking SEN(D) learners into account.
• Promoting a positive and purposeful engagement in Maths and English and the benefits of this to the working world.
• Developing and maintaining professional relationships with young people between the ages of 11-18.
• Provide an emotionally safe and non-judgmental environment for the young person to continue their learning journey.
• Liaise with relevant key stakeholders to ensure an integrated approach to young people’s care and education.
• Assist in the development of educational materials, ensuring quality and consistency of approach.
• Manage the teaching environment ensuring security of equipment and welfare of young people in line with contractual requirements.
• 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 following the applicable safe systems of work for the role.
• G4S is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and
  the post holder must support these goals.
• 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.

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 all the children and employees at the Centre.

The successful candidate must have a post Graduate Certificate in Education qualification, ideally in Maths
or English or a relevant teaching degree and Achieved Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

You will play a huge part in the rehabilitation of a child’s future journey and life choices. We are looking for
a highly motivated, caring and determined Education professional, with the ability to be resilient, confident
with a tenacious can-do attitude, have the ability to embrace complexity and be a part of a busy,
supportive and fast paced team.

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people. If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to
equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development
opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking
and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

We offer smaller classroom sizes with additional support from support staff, a reduced teacher workload
with limited “take home work” to ensure you have a healthy work life balance which is important to us.

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage
applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to
be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the
recruitment process

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a
minimum of 5 years.   This role is subject to safer recruitment practices including a DBS enhanced level
security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the
last 10 years as part of the screening process for the role.