Job Description

Are you a Sessional Tutor looking to gain experience in different types of setting? Or maybe you are a retired teacher or tutor looking to keep a hand in what you love most? Or perhaps you are just looking for a fresh challenge.
Well look no further; PeoplePlus are looking for sessional tutors who truly wish to make a difference to their learner's lives through raising self-esteem and giving people the confidence to believe they can do better to work within the education departments of her majesty's prisons.
PeoplePlus is the largest independent provider of education in prisons, we provide over two million hours of learning and vocational training each year. We are currently working with 9,100 offenders in ten prisons, delivering high quality courses that range from basic literacy to the arts.
PeoplePlus needs sessional tutors that can do more than just deliver a qualification but can engage and inspire students that have had little or no prior education. We need sessional tutors that believe people are capable of change and deserve a second chance in life.
As a sessional tutors within offender learning you can expect no two days to be the same and though at times challenge is incredibly rewarding As a sessional tutors you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to people live who may never had a genuine chance to learn and in turn help to break the cycle of reoffending by building confidence and self-worth.
This is what our sessional tutors have to say about working within a prison:
"Offender learning allows you to turn someone's life around within a short period, providing them with new found knowledge and skills that enables them to access careers and roles they would never have dreamt of before. "
"Offender learning not only improves the lives of Offenders but those of the general public of whom may suffer the outcomes of crime if these lives were not improved through meaningful employment."
"The vast majority of Offenders that engage with Education do so on a voluntary basis and want the opportunity to improve their lives and do not attend simply due to new Education laws where Learners attend college because they have to until their 18. "
To be considered for the role you will need a relevant teaching qualification (or the willingness to work towards one). Appointment is subject to a full enhanced DBS check and undertaking prison clearance.
Please be aware that this role is working across both HMP Hollesley Bay & HMP Warren Hill.
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 any questions to 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. Applications cannot be accepted via email.
Please include your current salary and desired salary as part of your application when prompted as salaries above band may be considered, dependent on prior skills and experience.