Laundry Instructor

Have you ever considered working… in a prison?

This is an excellent opportunity to educate and rehabilitate adult learners.

If you would like a unique and challenging non-teaching role, where you can genuinely make a difference, enhance the prospects of learners, and ultimately change people’s lives for the better – then this could be the opportunity for you.

Details of this position:

This position is for a full-time Laundry Workshop Instructor to work within prison education.

As the lead for the laundry and sewing workshop, you’ll oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring the smooth running of both laundry and textile activities. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising and motivating a team of prisoners, fostering structure, safety, and productivity.
• Setting clear work schedules and targets to ensure all laundry and textile tasks are completed to a high standard.
• Supporting the development of employability skills through the Employability Passport, working closely with Work & Skills Coaches.
• Promoting restorative practices that encourage accountability, personal growth, and positive engagement.
• Managing stock, tools, and materials in line with prison security and safety procedures.
• Contributing to prisoner reports and rehabilitation plans as part of a collaborative, multi-departmental approach.

Work schedule:

38.5 hours per week across 5 days:

• Four days: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
• One half-day: either 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM or 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Salary scale: From £30,000 per year

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Experience in laundry, textiles, or a similar practical industry ideally in a supervisory or training role.
• The ability to manage people and foster a positive working environment.
• Strong organisational skills and a focus on health and safety.
• An understanding of, or willingness to learn, restorative practices.
• A collaborative approach to working with custodial staff and other internal teams.

Suitable candidates will need to be enthusiastic, resilient, and have a humanistic approach. This role will not be for everyone, but anyone with an interest is encouraged to apply. If suitable, you will have the opportunity to discuss the role directly with the hiring manager, who can provide more detail and an insight into life working in a prison.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• A paid Life event day each year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to online wellbeing centre
• A paid volunteering day each year
• Enhanced Maternity scheme
• Sharesave scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance

The successful candidate will be required to obtain the appropriate prison clearance before starting the role and maintain this throughout employment.

If you are interested in this position, then please apply via the link. Alternatively, you can contact Izzy White to discuss the role in further detail. (0117 992 6865 or )

If this vacancy is not of interest to you at this time, but you happen to know someone who might be suitable and interested, then please kindly pass these details on to them.

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn’t quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.

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Because education matters. Dovetail and Slate Limited (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency.