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About the Role

This is a non-operational instructional job in an establishment, responsible for providing supervision, knowledge, and skills to prisoners to improve their employment prospects upon release and reduce reoffending. The role ensures high standards of service delivery, security, and control, while teaching prisoners towards nationally recognised qualifications.

Responsibilities

Participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop/area of work.
Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them in health and safety, COSHH, and machinery/tools usage.
Provide tailored learning and training support to individual prisoners.
Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards to meet contractual arrangements.
Assess and evaluate prisoner skills up to national qualification standards.
Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners, responsible for their performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal, and development.
Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS).
Complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR), and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required.
Contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports.
Conduct metal detector scans or rub down searches of prisoners.
Provide quality assurance against product specifications.
Log attendance, approve prisoner hours worked and wages, and record piece work.
Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops, maintain security, and log faults.
Undertake planned maintenance programs on machinery.
Contribute to prisoner reports, including parole and sentence planning.
Complete regime monitoring information and update prisoner training records.
Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments.
Request materials and estimate usage to meet work targets.
Initiate product development reviews to maintain output levels and provide work variety for prisoners.
Participate in self-audits and achieve Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs).
Complete administration activities to support workshop operations.

Requirements

Must have relevant work experience in a production environment.
Should have experience of using industrial standard machinery and equipment.
Ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or Welsh.
All candidates are subject to security and identity checks.
All external candidates are subject to a 6-month probation period.
All staff are required to declare if they are a member of a group or organisation which HMPPS considers to be racist.

Skills

IT Skills
Basic Maths
Basic English
Woodwork related production (Level 3 or equivalent, or willingness to work towards)
Ability to read, understand and work from technical drawings
Supervisory experience (preferable)

Location

Feltham

Work Type

Full Time
Hybrid Working

Experience Level

EO (Civil Service Grade)

Education Level

Level 3 or equivalent in Woodwork related production (or willingness to work towards)

Salary/Compensations

£37,872

Benefits

Annual Leave
Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays
Pension scheme options
Work Life Balance initiatives
Season Ticket Advance eligibility
Training and development opportunities
Equality and Diversity training
Dealing with Challenging Behaviour training
Suicide Prevention training
Anti Bullying Programmes training
Promotion programmes
Security and diversity training
Individual induction programme

About the Company

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.
The MoJ is committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent, and abilities.
The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining, and investing in talent.
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
The MoJ is committed to the Redeployment Interview Scheme, providing opportunities to those at risk of redundancy.
The 'Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans' initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme.

Equal Opportunity

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
The 'Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans' initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria.
MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.