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Multiskills Tutor

Dovetail Ref: 192968
Prison Education From £30,000 per annum Permanent mid Level 3 November 2026
West Midlands
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Education Details

Multiskills Prison Education prison
Levels: Entry LevelLevel 1Level 2Functional Skills
Also teaches: LiteracyNumeracyEmployability

Job Description

Multiskills Tutor

Permanent

Location: Stoke on Trent

Salary: From £30,000 per annum

Are you an adaptable, practical-minded educator looking for a role where your teaching genuinely changes outcomes?

About the Role

We are recruiting a Multiskills Tutor to join an education provider in the justice sector, delivering practical, hands-on skills training to young learners within a young offenders' institution. This is a unique opportunity to support young people on their rehabilitation journey, helping them build the practical skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress into employment, training or further education.

You'll deliver engaging, inclusive multiskills sessions to small groups of learners with a wide range of educational backgrounds, learning needs and abilities. Many of your learners will have had difficult experiences of education, so patience, empathy and a genuine belief in each individual's potential will matter as much as your practical expertise.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Planning and delivering engaging, practical multiskills lessons tailored to learners' abilities and backgrounds.
  • Embedding literacy, numeracy and employability skills into practical sessions to support progression.
  • Assessing learners' starting points and maintaining accurate Individual Learning Plans.
  • Monitoring and recording learner progress, attendance and achievement.
  • Acting as a positive role model, identifying barriers to learning and supporting learners to overcome them.
  • Working alongside prison staff and support teams to ensure a safe, structured learning environment.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • A relevant vocational qualification in a practical or trade-related subject
  • Experience delivering practical or vocational skills training
  • Strong classroom and behaviour management skills
  • Excellent communication skills and the resilience to work in a secure environment

Desirable (but not essential):

  • A Level 5 teaching qualification (PGCE, Cert Ed, DTLLS or equivalent) — candidates without this but willing to work towards it are encouraged to apply
  • Experience within youth justice, prison education or further education settings

What We Offer

  • Full training and ongoing professional development
  • The opportunity to make a genuine, lasting difference to young people's futures

What's on Offer

  • Full training and ongoing professional development
  • Opportunity to make genuine difference to young people's futures

Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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Your Recruitment Consultant

Lauren Main

Lauren Main

Associate Recruitment Consultant

Requirements

  • Relevant vocational qualification in practical or trade-related subject
  • Experience delivering practical or vocational skills training
  • Strong classroom and behaviour management skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Resilience to work in a secure environment
  • Enhanced DBS check
  • HMPPS security vetting

Benefits

  • • Full training and ongoing professional development
  • • Opportunity to make genuine difference to young people's futures

Skills & Qualifications

Practical skills trainingVocational teachingBehaviour managementLiteracy and numeracy embeddingIndividual Learning Plan managementWorking in secure environmentsYouth justice experience

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