Horticulture/Gardening Cover Teacher at HMYOI Wetherby

Novus; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Are you a Teacher looking for Cover work?

For more than two decades, Novus has been delivering education, training and employment opportunities to adults and young people in UK prisons.

Over the years we have built a reputation as an innovator in the fight to reduce re-offending rates by transforming people's lives through learning and skills.

We have a fantastic opportunity at HMYOI Wetherby to join our education team as a Cover Teacher. This will be on an ADHOC basis, specialising in Gardening/Horticulture.

The purpose of this role is to teach, develop and deliver high quality learner focussed education. This is a challenging but rewarding role and we need someone who is flexible and resilient, with the ability to encourage, engage and motivate, to help give children and young people a brighter future.

This is an exceptionally rewarding role. To do this successfully, you'll need:

• A track record of teaching national curriculum to a good or outstanding standard
• Experience of developing an engaging and differentiated curriculum offer to ensure learners are engaged and achieve the desired outcomes
• Hold a teaching qualification - minimum Cert Ed, PGCE or equivalent
• Hold QTS / QTLS
• Hold a degree or equivalent subject specialist qualification or have a willingness to work towards this

Applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to meet the key responsibilities, key result areas and Qualifications/Skills and Experience detailed within the role profile.

Colleague Benefits

• Extensive annual leave which can be taken throughout the year and not restricted to school holiday times.
• Our in-house 'Evolve' training programme, which offers you the chance to upskill and further your career through a wide range of recognised qualifications.
• We support you through a teacher training qualification and assessor qualifications.
• Full package of training to support working in a Prison environment.
• Good progression routes into management positions within education.
• Learner class sizes are much smaller than in FE colleges.
• Able to be flexible and innovative with the curriculum.
• Part of the wider community of the prison service.
• Additional behavioural and complex need support.
• Pension scheme options including a Teachers Pension scheme.
• Our comprehensive in-house awards scheme.
• An Employee Assistance Programme including a free, confidential, 24/7 support service.
• Health care discounts through Simply Health.
• Retail discounts through You at Work.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme.

At Novus, we work with passion, care, and commitment to create the foundations for change. For almost 30 years we have been helping men, women and children of all ages and abilities, in prison settings across England and Wales, to take new directions. We operate 50 hubs in the United Kingdom where our specialist teams are on hand to support Adults and Children to improve their employability prospects post-release.

Novus is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all sections of the community. We are working to support our Veterans into employment and are also proud holders of the Disability Confident Employer award.

The closing date for this job advert is 22/04/2025. However, the job advert may close early if we receive a good response.

The LTE group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to undergo an appropriate DBS check via the Criminal Records Bureau. Due to the educational aspect of our group some roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and would require an Enhanced DBS check and may be subject to additional online checks as part of our pre-screening process.