We are looking for passionate individuals who want to make a difference to prisoners with low level reading skills.The roleAs a Reading Specialist at HMP Onley, you will be working within the wider prison to provide reading support and intervention to prisoners with reading needs. You will be working outside of the Prison Education contract but will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with our Prison Education teams.As a successful Reading Specialist, you will be a passionate, creative, and empathetic towards prisoners who have low level reading needs and be able to deliver appropriate reading intervention aligned to starting point.You will also work in collaboration with a range of reading partners such as Shannon Trust and the prison library to develop a whole prison approach to promote and embed reading.
You will be central to development of the prison wide reading strategy.What are we looking for?You will need to demonstrate high ethical standards, take personal accountability for everything you do, and always want to be the best.
You will need patience, passion and understanding in your approach to prisoners who want to improve their reading skills.You should have relevant and recent experience in a similar role within a learning environment and have a good understanding of reading development strategies and interventions including the use of phonics.You will need to hold or be willing to work towards a qualification or training in providing phonics and/or literacy interventions to adults.You will be passionate, creative, and empathetic towards prisoners, offering knowledge and guidance throughout their time in custody.
You should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the reading field and experience of positively interacting with people in an educational or support setting.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.
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