Functional Skills English Tutor - PeoplePlus Group : Job Details

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and passionate English Tutor to deliver City & Guilds Functional Skills qualifications in English from Entry 1 to Level 2 to a class size of 12. In this role, you will support prisoners’ literacy development through tailored and engaging lessons. You’ll identify individual learning needs, creating personalised learning plans that align with each learner's long-term employment goals.

Working with a diverse group of learners, including those with neurodiverse needs, you’ll employ innovative methods to make literacy relevant and functional within the prison and beyond. Responsibilities include designing lessons that address social, employability, and communication barriers, guiding learners’ personal and academic growth, and preparing them for exams with necessary adjustments for additional needs. You will also promote reading for pleasure to support literacy improvement.

A restorative practice approach is central to this role, encouraging responsibility, reflection, and positive behaviour change. You’ll actively promote English across the prison, using innovative resources, including digital content, to enhance learning and demonstrate the relevance of literacy skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support learners in building foundational literacy skills.
• Enhance learners' reading, writing, and communication abilities.
• Identify learners needing additional support and implement creative strategies for improvement.
• Deliver engaging sessions that boost confidence and skills, linking personal development to long-term employment goals.

Requirements:

• Level 3 qualification in Maths & English.
• Full teaching qualification at Level 5 or above (or equivalent) is highly desirable.
• A passion for motivating and leading in a classroom environment.
• Experience in planning and delivering structured classroom programmes.
• Proactive and resilient, with a passion for supporting learners in achieving their goals.

Working Hours:This is a full-time role, 38.5 hours per week, with the following schedule:

• Four days per week: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM
• One half-day per week: either 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM or 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM

For full details of the role and the person specification please review the job description or If you would like to speak to the recruitment team before you apply, please email and one of the team will come back to you. If you wish to apply, please ensure this is done via the apply now button.

Who We Are

Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people’s lives – every single day. 

As part of The Staffline Group, we use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year. 

Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, independent living, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow. 

To put it simply, we: 

• Support people to find and keep jobs 
• Help people to set up their own businesses 
• Deliver skills training to further people’s careers 
• Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce 
• Rehabilitate people with convictions 
• Tackle the root causes of offending 
• Help people to live independently 
• Support carers 

We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there’s real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.