Functional Skills Tutor

Location HMP Nottingham

Salary From £30,000

Contract Permanent

The Role

Help transform lives through skills and education

We are looking for a committed and adaptable classroom Cover Tutor to join our Justice Services team. In this role you will be covering a range of courses, including Functional Skills (English & Maths), ESOL, and Art. This is a unique opportunity to deliver meaningful learning that supports rehabilitation, builds confidence, and prepares learners for employment.

In this role, you will provide vital cover for Functional Skills, ensuring continuity of learning during staff absence while maintaining high-quality, engaging delivery. You will focus on practical skill development alongside employability, digital literacy, and personal growth.

What you’ll be doing

Deliver engaging, hands-on classroom based sessions across a range of disciplines
Promote key employability skills such as teamwork, communication, and professionalism
Embed digital literacy into teaching to prepare learners for modern workplaces
Plan and adapt inclusive lessons to meet diverse needs, including low literacy and additional learning needs
Monitor progress and provide constructive feedback to support achievement
Use motivational and restorative approaches to build engagement, confidence, and participation
Complete key administration including registers, ILPs, assessments, and compliance documentation
Work collaboratively with colleagues, prison staff, and support teams to ensure a consistent learner experience
Support learners in developing their Employability Passport and preparing for qualifications

What we’re looking for

Essential

Maths and English Level 2
Teaching qualification (Level 4+) or willingness to achieve
Strong communication, organisation, and classroom management skills
Ability to adapt teaching to meet a wide range of learner needs
Resilience and confidence in managing challenging group environments
Knowledge of safeguarding, health & safety, and equality practices
Experience in lesson planning, delivery, and learner assessment
Passion for supporting learners to gain skills, confidence, and qualifications

Desirable

Assessor qualification (or willingness to work towards)
Experience teaching academic subjects
Understanding of OFSTED EIF
Experience using diagnostic tools (e.g. BKSB)

What makes this role unique

Work directly with learners to support rehabilitation and positive outcomes
Play a key role in maintaining continuity and quality of education
Be part of a values-driven organisation focused on improving lives

Our values

We’re looking for people who demonstrate:

Customer First – putting learners at the heart of everything
True North – acting with integrity and high ethical standards
Own It – taking accountability and driving solutions
Improve to be the best – striving for continuous improvement

Apply now

If you’re passionate about education and want to make a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Who We Are

Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people’s lives – every single day.

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, 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
Support carers

We are extremely proud to be a Gold accredited Investors in People organisation. This demonstrates our commitment to creating the very best environment and culture for our colleagues to succeed and thrive.

We are committed to transforming the lives of people with convictions through our work in prisons.

Our services have been designed to tackle the underlying causes of offending behaviour so people can make positive changes to their lives.
With more than 500 people working to support people with convictions in custody and in the community, we bring passion, experience and innovation to public sector rehabilitation services.

We also work with specialist partner organisations to help people move away from their past and look forward to a brighter future.

All of our services are designed in partnership with the people who we’re trying to help and away from our direct work with people serving their sentences, we’re working hard to change attitudes towards people who can often be tarnished unfairly following criminal convictions. Our Social Recruitment Framework brings together organisations to tackle any pre-conceived ideas about hiring people who have previously been involved in crime.

We also work with employers on the Ban the Box initiative to support fair and equal recruitment processes and have engaged industry to influence our employer-led curriculum delivered to our learners.

Our Benefits

A paid PeoplePlus Life Event Day each year

30 days annual leave for Teaching roles / 25 days for support roles

Cycle to Work scheme

Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to online wellbeing centre

Enhanced Wedding leave

Enhanced Maternity scheme

A paid volunteering day each year

Refer a Friend reward scheme

Holiday purchase scheme

Pension
scheme

Life
assurance

Testimonials

"What I love about working in a prison environment is that no 2 days are the same. You are a number of different roles such as counsellor, adviser and at times the person that makes a difference in that individual’s life.

There are also good career opportunities for an individual. I started as a supply tutor and I am now an assistant manager. At PeoplePlus you are given the opportunities to gain new skills and qualifications to enable you to be the best version of yourself."

"I have been lucky enough to work in a number of roles within PeoplePlus within the prison education sector, each of which has provided variety, challenge, and immense job satisfaction. The company recognises, values, and rewards the hard work of its employees, providing great professional development and career progression opportunities as well as a great range of perks and support for wellbeing."