Prison Peer Education Instructor (Some experience required)

The Role

We are excited to be recruiting the very first Tutors for HMP Millsike, a brand-new prison estate near York! This is a unique opportunity to be among the first to step into the classrooms in Spring 2025, shaping and delivering education from day one.

We’re seeking a dedicated Peer Mentoring Tutor to join our team at HMP Millsike. In this role, you’ll deliver impactful Peer Mentoring qualifications to small groups, developing peer mentors who will support fellow prisoners in areas such as literacy, digital skills, and neurodiverse needs. Working closely with key departments, including healthcare, you’ll tailor training to ensure peer advocates are equipped to assist in prisoner induction and support services.

As a Peer Mentoring Tutor, you will:

Deliver Gateway Qualifications in Peer Mentoring up to Level 2, supporting neurodiverse learners, low-literacy learners, and promoting digital literacy.
Collaborate with healthcare and prison staff to effectively train peer advocates.
Interview and allocate prisoners to peer mentoring roles, matching skills to position needs.
Develop and monitor Individual Learning Plans, offering guidance to support each learner’s success.
Requirements:

A Level 3 qualification (or above) in Peer Mentoring, Literacy, or a related field.
A recognised teaching qualification such as PTLLS, AET, CET, or equivalent (Level 5 teaching qualification is highly desirable).
Strong people skills, empathy, and the ability to build positive relationships with learners.
Excellent organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
For full details of the role and person specification, please review the job description. If you’d like to speak with our recruitment team before applying, email us at careers@peopleplus.co.uk, and we’ll be happy to assist

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.