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Job Title: Multi-Skills Trainer
Location: HMP Millsike
Salary: £32,000 - £34,700 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours of Work: Full-time
Role & Client Overview:
Our client is a leading provider of education, training, and employability services, dedicated to rehabilitation and skills development. They are recruiting for the first Vocational Trainers at HMP Millsike, a brand-new prison estate opening in Spring 2025. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a new curriculum and deliver high-quality training from the very beginning.
As a Multi-Skills Trainer, you will deliver practical, hands-on training in plastering, painting and decorating, tiling, and dry lining up to City & Guilds Level 2. Working with a cohort of up to 18 learners, your role will focus on building essential skills, fostering employability, and promoting personal growth. You will play a crucial role in guiding learners towards meaningful employment upon release.
Key Responsibilities:
- Teach Practical Construction Skills: Deliver engaging sessions in plastering, painting, tiling, and dry lining, preparing learners for their City & Guilds Level 2 assessments.
- Adapt and Support Diverse Learners: Use adaptive training techniques to meet varied learning needs, ensuring each learner progresses confidently.
- Promote Safety and Tool Management: Conduct regular tool checks and uphold rigorous health and safety standards in a secure workshop environment.
- Incorporate Employability and Digital Skills: Embed employability and digital literacy into practical sessions, preparing learners for today’s job market.
- Encourage Personal Growth: Foster a supportive training environment, motivating learners to engage, reflect, and take responsibility for their learning journey.
Essential/Desirable Criteria:
Essential Requirements:
- Construction trade qualification to at least Level 2.
- Level 2 in Maths and English.
- Strong experience in vocational training or practical instruction.
- A passion for motivating and supporting learners to achieve their goals.
Desirable:
- A teaching qualification such as PTLLS, AET, CET or equivalent (or willingness to work towards one).
- An assessor’s qualification (or willingness to work towards one).
Benefits:
This is a rewarding opportunity to play a vital role in prisoner rehabilitation by delivering industry-recognised training, equipping individuals with valuable skills for employment.
Our client offers a range of benefits, including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- A paid volunteering day each year.
- Enhanced maternity scheme and wedding leave.
- Pension scheme and life assurance.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to an online wellbeing centre.
- Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal.
