Barbering Teacher

JOB TITLE:

Barbering Teacher CLOSING DATE: 22 June 2026 INTERVIEW DATE: 30 June 2026

START DATE:

ASAP SALARY: MPS 1 to MPS 6

LOCATION:

Oasis Restore Secure School, Rochester, Kent WORKING PATTERN:
This is a full-time role, but we will consider part-time applicants and flexible working arrangements Are you passionate about your field of expertise and want to share this with the next generation of Barbers? Are you able to pass on knowledge in a way that makes it fun for young people to learn? Do you want to be a part of a new way of teaching and a courageous team developing the UKs first secure school?

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a teacher of barbering and/or hair and beauty to join the team in contributing to and delivering an outstanding curriculum at the UKs first secure school. We are looking for people with experience of teaching or a career in trade looking to make a transition into teaching and make a difference to the lives of children in custody.

Whilst the role is advertised as full time, we can consider flexible working requests such as part time working by the successful candidate. When considering any such requests we would match this against our operating requirements. If you would be interested in exploring whether we could potentially accommodate a flexible working pattern or not, please can you state this in the additional sheet within the application form providing as much detail as possible.

Our full-time working patterns are Monday to Friday at 35 hours per week. Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: an opportunity for children within the criminal justice system to experience a truly restorative environment, that creates the potential for them to thrive in the future. As a founding teacher, you will play a key role in designing and delivering a curriculum that provides a nurturing, therapeutic and educational community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children in our care.

Come and develop your career within an organisation dedicated to transforming lives. The role and what we are looking for?

Your role as a teacher will be integral to the progress of all children at Oasis Restore, to deliver a skills-based curriculum, which will enable children to explore a potential future in the trade and promote independent self-case skills. You will be responsible for outstanding teaching that develops curious and dedicated learners and meets their individual needs and interests. You will have the opportunity to deliver a second subject area, developing your own practice with the necessary support to deliver consistently outstanding teaching.

You will launch and continuously contribute to a creative curriculum underpinned by progressive pedagogies, in line with the national curriculum and a variety of formal qualifications, setting a true gold standard for learning. You will be an integral part of a passionate, committed, and ground-breaking multidisciplinary team, working integratively towards improving the outcomes for children so often overlooked. Together, we will devise strategies to empower children to take ownership of their own learning journeys, so preparing them for successful transitions into the next phase of their journey.

You will teach class sizes of 5 children, with the support of two additional staff to tailor learning support to each student in a specially designed education buildings with brand new equipment, technology and software. As a champion of restorative practice, you will place relational connection at the heart of everything you do. Your work will be the driving force that enables children to transition out of Oasis Restore with the support in place for them to succeed in the next step of their journeys.

Our Secure School Oasis Restore is the UKs first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Youth Custody Service. Oasis Restores mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between…