Core Tutor
About this role
Core Tutor (Maths / English)
Location: HMP Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8XR
Job ID: 312447
Employment Type: Full-Time, Regular (Permanent)
Schedule: 40 hours per week
Salary: £33,738.00 - £37,652.00 per annum (dependent on qualifications) + excellent benefits
About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
At Supportive Bridge, we connect skilled educators, trainers, and academic professionals with purposeful, life-changing roles across the UK justice and custodial sector. Partnering with leading public service providers, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, rewarding careers where your teaching expertise directly supports rehabilitation, personal growth, and reduced reoffending.
Role Overview
As a Core Tutor within our Justice and Immigration team at HMP Dovegate, you will deliver engaging, high-quality Maths or English programmes designed to help learners develop essential skills, achieve recognized qualifications, and build brighter futures.
Every day, you will create opportunities for individuals in custody to gain confidence, improve literacy and numeracy, enhance employability, and re-engage with education. This is a meaningful role where your work touches lives, strengthens communities, and drives positive rehabilitation outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
Teaching & Programme Delivery: Plan and deliver engaging, inclusive Maths or English teaching and learning programmes tailored to individual learner needs.
Curriculum Planning: Develop schemes of work, lesson plans, and Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), continuously monitoring and tracking learner progress and achievement.
Assessment & Accreditation: Assess learner work, provide constructive, actionable feedback, and support successful accreditation and certification outcomes.
Pastoral Support & Mentoring: Act as a personal tutor, offering guidance, mentoring, and pastoral support to help learners overcome barriers to education.
Documentation & Compliance: Maintain accurate learner records, registers, and statutory documentation in full compliance with awarding bodies and regulatory requirements.
Collaborative Working: Work closely with education colleagues, prison operational teams, and external professionals to foster a safe, supportive, and effective learning environment.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a dedicated, empathetic educator with a strong commitment to inclusive learning and a passion for supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Requirements:
Teaching Qualification: Must hold a Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET) or an equivalent recognized teaching qualification.
Assessor Qualification: Must hold a Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement (AVRA) or a recognized assessor qualification.
Teaching Experience: Proven experience delivering high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment.
Personal Attributes: A genuine passion for learner development, exceptional communication and organizational skills, and a strong talent for building positive relationships.
Professional Commitment: A dedication to continuous professional development (CPD) and maintaining the highest standards of educational practice.
Vetting Readiness: Ability to successfully pass prison security clearance, background checks, and an Occupational Health Questionnaire.
What We Offer You
Financial Package: Competitive starting salary of £33,738.00 to £37,652.00 per annum (dependent on qualifications).
Leave & Pension: 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with tenure) and up to a 6% contributory pension scheme.
Training & Development: Access to over 1,100 internal courses, funding for professional qualifications and apprenticeships (including over 60 different apprenticeship paths), structured mentoring, and clear options for internal career progression.
Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, virtual GP service, wellbeing app, and 30% off at managed leisure centres.
Perks & Community: Around 1,000 retail discounts, a paid volunteering day, tax-free payroll giving, and active employee inclusion networks.
Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.
Ban the Box: We champion fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to security clearance and prison vetting exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported throughout the hiring journey.