Reading Specialist - Prison Education

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  • Oakham, Rutland
  • £28,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
  • Apply easily
Our Reading Specialists work collaboratively with tutors and staff within Education and the wider prison to provide support to prisoners with reading needs. Their role is to promote an effective and inclusive learning environment, providing support to learners over the course of the working week and screening prisoners with low level reading ability.As a successful Reading Specialist, you will be a passionate, creative, and empathetic towards our learners and prisoners and be able to offer knowledge and guidance and support to prisoners with reading needs including those with neurodiverse needs and disabilities.Key responsibilities:
  • To conduct reading screeners with prisoners.
  • To develop and implement reading interventions for individuals or groups of prisoners using That Reading Thing or equivalent phonics intervention programmes.
  • Write and update reading profiles for all prisoners that complete a reading screener.
  • Monitor and report on reading progress of prisoners monthly following screening, intervention and re-screening.
  • Develop resources to help support prisoners with low level reading ability.
  • Collaborate with education and prison staff to ensure a holistic approach in supporting prisoners with emerging reading needs.
  • Deliver creative support for emerging readers to enable prisoners to make progress and be inspired to read. This may include setting up an emergent reading group.
  • Assist management in promoting a “reading for pleasure” culture within the education and the wider prison community.
  • Co-ordinate reading peer mentors to ensure they are effective in their role by allocating caseload for prisoners in residential, workplace and education areas.
  • Lead on reading initiatives within Education.
  • Deliver training and guidance to staff in relation to reading and phonics.
  • Utilise technology to promote reading strategies which will support emergent readers.
  • Assist in the prisoner’s journey by uploading and sharing reading profiles through Virtual Campus (VC2).
  • Further develop your knowledge with reading by engaging with CPD provided by PeoplePlus and other agencies.
  • Work with a range of partnership with reading partners such as Shannon Trust.
  • Complying with the security requirements of HM Prison Services at all times.
  • Promoting the inclusion and acceptance of all learners, celebrating diversity, and ensuring the implementation of equal opportunities.
  • Promote community values with learners which demonstrates tolerance, community, and respect.
  • Collaboratively manage the behaviour of the learners, promoting and maintaining a safe and secure learning environment.
  • Deliver any other directed reading activities at site level.
Person specification:Education, training and qualifications:
  • Have a good basic general education including GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English at Grade C.
  • To hold or be willing to work towards training in providing phonics interventions to adults.
  • Have experience of working in a learning environment.
  • Have well-developed interpersonal skills in relating to prison staff and in working with students who may have little experience of education and training.
Skills, knowledge and abilities:
  • To be able to manage a caseload of learners with reading needs.
  • Knowledge of neurodiverse needs which may affect reading ability.
  • Knowledge of phonics based teaching methods.
  • Sensitive to the complexities of prisons or closed institutions and have the ability to work positively.
  • Ability to work in a team and with an understanding of equal opportunities
  • Ability to motivate

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