Unqualified teacher with industry experience
If you have experience working in industry, then you could be a great candidate for a prison education role. You can share your years of experience with our learners and we can support you to gain your teaching qualification.
Job SearchTeaching job-specific skills plays a key role in rehabilitation, offering learners a constructive outlet and reducing reoffending by providing them with practical skills.
Benefits
Many of our teachers come from an industry background, often changing to a prison education role to share their knowledge with learners that really need support. Below are some of the benefits of teaching vocational skills in a prison education setting, in addition to the below, Novus will support you through your teaching qualification, at no cost to you for the course.
Skill Sharing
With your many years of industry experience, you could impart valuable skills to prison learners, helping them learn a trade that can lead to employment opportunities upon release.
Great pension
Each teaching job comes with a great pension, giving you the security for when you retire, something that is often not the case if you have previously been self employed.
Sense of Purpose
Working in prison education could allow you to contribute to broader community goals, such as reducing crime and supporting rehabilitation efforts. Transitioning from industry to teaching can allow you to positively impact the lives of others and contribute to their growth.
Job Security
Educational roles in prisons are often more stable than self-employed and can offer job security, particularly as vocational training programs within prisons continue to grow.
Professional Development
All Novus colleagues can access training and development opportunities, enhancing their own skills, this includes support to gain teaching qualifications.
To see our current vacancies, please visit our job search page.
Job SearchCurriculum areas that exist across the Novus estate include:
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