Help transform lives through skills and education
We are looking for a committed and adaptable Cover Vocational Tutor to join our Justice Services team. 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 vocational training, 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
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Deliver engaging, hands-on vocational lessons across a range of disciplines
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Promote key employability skills such as teamwork, communication, and professionalism
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Embed digital literacy into teaching to prepare learners for modern workplaces
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Plan and adapt inclusive lessons to meet diverse needs, including low literacy and additional learning needs
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Monitor progress and provide constructive feedback to support achievement
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Use motivational and restorative approaches to build engagement, confidence, and participation
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Maintain strict tool security, inventory control, and health & safety standards
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Complete key administration including registers, ILPs, assessments, and compliance documentation
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Work collaboratively with colleagues, prison staff, and support teams to ensure a consistent learner experience
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Support learners in developing their Employability Passport and preparing for qualifications
What we’re looking for
Essential
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Maths and English Level 2
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Vocational experience (e.g. construction trades, barbering, hospitality or similar)
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Teaching qualification (Level 4+) or willingness to achieve
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Strong communication, organisation, and classroom management skills
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Ability to adapt teaching to meet a wide range of learner needs
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Resilience and confidence in managing challenging group environments
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Knowledge of safeguarding, health & safety, and equality practices
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Experience in lesson planning, delivery, and learner assessment
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Passion for supporting learners to gain skills, confidence, and qualifications
Desirable
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Assessor qualification (or willingness to work towards)
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Experience across multiple vocational subject areas
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Understanding of OFSTED EIF
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Experience using diagnostic tools (e.g. BKSB)
What makes this role unique
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Work directly with learners to support rehabilitation and positive outcomes
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Deliver across a variety of vocational areas including construction and practical trades
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Play a key role in maintaining continuity and quality of education
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Be part of a values-driven organisation focused on improving lives
Our values
We’re looking for people who demonstrate:
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Customer First – putting learners at the heart of everything
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True North – acting with integrity and high ethical standards
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Own It – taking accountability and driving solutions
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Improve to be the best – striving for continuous improvement
Apply now
If you’re passionate about vocational education and want to make a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.
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:
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Support people to find and keep jobs
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Help people to set up their own businesses
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Deliver skills training to further people’s careers
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Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce
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Rehabilitate people with convictions
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Tackle the root causes of offending
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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.
