Prison Programme Lead Readers
Creative ScotlandJob Description
Open Book is looking to appoint two experienced workshop facilitators to lead shared reading sessions at HMP Dumfries on Tuesday afternoons and at HMP Barlinnie (currently Friday mornings but to be confirmed).
The engagement for each appointment is to deliver up to 40 shared reading sessions in the prison between 1 April 2026 and 31 March 2027. The rate of pay is £115 per session, plus a £25 travel allowance per session. Each Lead Reader will also be entitled to Open Book and SPS training time, funded at £30 per hour. The specific training required by each prison varies but is a minimum of 0.5 day in‑person Personal Protection Training and approx 5 hours Open Book specific training (usually online) across the year.
As these sessions take place in person in Dumfries and in Glasgow, applicants living locally to each prison are preferred.
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Since March 2013 Open Book (openbookreading.com) has run shared reading and creative writing ses...
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