Mitie Hiring for Tutor – Arts and Crafts Job at Harmondsworth, England , UK Full Time

Job description

Company name:

MITIE Care + Custody

Job Title:

Teacher (Art and Crafts)

Reporting to (position)

Regimes and EDI Manager

Our values and behaviours

Delivering the exceptional, every day

• Our purpose: our expertise, care, technology and insight create amazing work environments, helping our customers be exceptional every day.

• Our promise to our people: a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day.

• Our promise to our customers: a trusted partner creating exceptional environments for your customers and people, adding value every day.

• Our culture – our core values and how we behave:

o We are one Mitie: we work as one to deliver a seamless, unrivalled service. We are all in it together, if we can help a customer or colleague in any way, we will. We are one Mitie.

o We are built on integrity and trust: integrity and trust are at the heart of all we do. We are the face of company. We treat others as we would like to be treated. We are proud to work for Mitie.

o We go the extra mile: whether it’s keeping things running smoothly in a safe environment, looking for new ways to do things better or fixing problems, going the extra mile for our colleagues and customers and keeping our promises is in our DNA.

o Our diversity makes us stronger: we are very proud of our rich and diverse culture and backgrounds. Our diversity creates ideas and insights. Everyone at Mitie has a voice and is treated as an equal.

o Our customers’ business, is our business: we are a partner, trusted for our expertise and for putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Job objectives and responsibilities

• To proactively promote, design, as necessary, and deliver workshops in relevant creative skills as well as arts and craft activities to meet the needs of the residents and contractual requirements.
  

• To provide a safe, secure, stimulating, supportive and productive environment for residents that encourages them to attend and enables them to learn and develop their skills.

Main duties

• Provide a short induction to residents, welcoming them to the classroom to encourage their participation and ensure that the activities provided is relevant and interesting.

• Work proactively with staff and residents to provide artistic support for cultural events within the Centre.

• Develop, promote and deliver a range of art-based workshops enabling residents to gain useful transferable skills.
  

• Develop, promote and deliver a range of activities, competitions, events and projects supporting and encouraging all learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives.

• Actively promote the opportunities available to ensure residents are informed and there is optimal uptake.

• Create and maintain a safe, secure, positive and friendly learning environment where residents feel welcomed and respected.

• Monitor attendance, retention and achievement figures and assist in the development of strategies and procedures and make improvements to maximise these.

• Ensure the completion of all documentation and administration in line with company policies and any external agency requirements so that accurate, compliant data is maintained and provided.

• Use all resources effectively to ensure quality of service and value for money.

• Manage the learning environment ensuring maintenance and security of tools and equipment at all times to relevant standards.

• Advise on equipment and purchases necessary to meet contractual requirements and best practice within education.

• Support Regimes covering other areas as required to ensure continuity of service.

• Undertake further duties to support the Regimes department and the delivery of relevant vocational courses as required.

Person Specification

• In-depth knowledge of art and craft techniques is required.

• Previous teaching experience within a related subject is required.

• Experience of delivering relevant creative skills workshops/training would be advantageous

• A relevant teaching qualification would be advantageous.

• Experience within the custodial setting would be advantageous.

• Experience of working with ESOL learners would be advantageous and a patient and understanding attitude to the language problems faced by learners essential.

Health and Safety responsibilities

• Follow Group and company policies and procedures at all times;

• Report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment;

• Use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received;

• Report any issues or training needs to your Line manager and /or via your divisional incident reporting system;

Information Security

• Ensure compliance with Mitie’s information security procedures in all activities;

• Proactively identify and report security risks to your manager;

• Report actual and suspected security incidents;

Note

This job description Is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role envisaged for this position and the range of duties undertaken. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder throughout the period of employment. The job description may be varied from time to time by the Company to reflect changes in the post holder’s role and/or the needs of the business.