Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Functional Skills Tutor - Campsfield IRC
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HOURS: Full-time (40 hours per week, shift flexible between 9am and 9pm)
LOCATION: Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We are looking for a committed and compassionate Functional Skills Tutor to support residents at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre by delivering engaging Maths, English and vocational learning opportunities as part of the Preparation for Release programme.
Campsfield IRC is a newly opened centre and is expanding its workforce. You will play a key role in creating a safe, inclusive and motivating learning environment that supports residents to develop confidence, skills and prospects for the future.
Please note: You must be eligible for CTC clearance. Applicants must hold a valid British passport or an EU passport with a share code, have lived and worked in the UK for at least three years with no extended overseas travel, and have no criminal convictions or ongoing police investigations.
Role Responsibilities
- Promote educational, vocational and online learning opportunities across the Centre, including English and Maths.
- Assess learners' ESOL and skills levels, adapting learning approaches to overcome barriers where possible.
- Design, develop and deliver modular and advanced learning programmes that meet individual needs and contractual requirements.
- Deliver accredited vocational programmes (including OCN), maintaining quality standards and compliance.
- Create a safe, secure and positive learning environment that encourages attendance, participation and achievement.
- Monitor attendance, retention and achievement, contributing to continuous improvement strategies.
- Complete all required documentation accurately, in line with company and external agency requirements.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to support cultural events, workshops and activities across the Centre.
- Ensure effective use, maintenance and security of learning resources, tools and equipment.
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Required Qualifications
Applicants must meet the following essential criteria:
- An appropriate teaching qualification with relevant teaching experience.
- In-depth knowledge of vocational skills within your area of specialism.
- Experience delivering learning in English and/or Maths or similar subject areas.
- Flexibility to support evening and weekend provision.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering skills workshops or vocational training.
- Previous experience working within a custodial or secure environment.
- Experience supporting ESOL learners, with a patient and empathetic approach to language barriers.
Care + Custody Competencies
Resident Care and Management
- Interacts with residents easily, quickly building rapport but maintaining professional distance
- Is impartial, fair, assertive, consistent and confident with residents
- Treats residents with respect as individuals and encourages residents to do the same to others
- Listens carefully to residents, including picking up on unspoken communication
- Explains issues clearly to residents and keeps them informed at all times of relevant issues
- Makes time to understand residents and regularly helps them, working hard to meet their needs
- Shows empathy and compassion
- Diffuses anger and worries in residents
- Acts upon signs of distress, self-harm or anger
- Encourages residents to express their concerns, take responsibility for their behaviour and participate in activities and programmes
- Is observant
Benefits
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
- We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
- When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
- We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
- We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
- Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
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Commitment to Inclusivity
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Harnaik Sahdra at Harnaik.sahdra@mitie.com.
About Mitie
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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