Supervising Officer - Lewes, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice
Description
Supervising Officer - HMP Lewes
£28,477 - £32,791
Lewes:
Overview of the job
This is an operational job in an establishment.
Summary
The job holder will provide day-to-day supervision and support for Prison Officers and Operational Support Grades (OSG), co-ordinating the delivery of the regime and activities within a Residential Unit in an establishment.
The job holder will undertake Regime Officer duties via the establishment's rota and may be required on a rotational basis to be responsible for the establishment during the night period.
This is an operational job with no line management responsibilities; however they will have supervisory responsibilities for staff.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- Supervise and support staff during prisoner activities; including exercise and association.
- Supervise the locking and unlocking of prisoners.
- Supervise the Personal Officer strategy, ensuring completion of reports on prisoners as requested, within time limits set, which contribute to sentence planning and prisoner progress.
- Encourage staff to promote responsible and respectful behaviour in prisoners.
- Supervise the updating and maintenance of prisoner records.
- Supervise the completion of accommodation fabric checks.
- Supervise the completion of all administration in support of main duties including ordering cleaning materials and completing regime monitoring.
- Supervise and co-ordinate all staff that work within the First Night Centre/ Induction ensuring all procedures are adhered to.
- Supervise and check that all prisoners receive the First Night initial needs assessment.
- Supervise and check all prisoners located on the wing/unit and received from Reception are provided with their basic entitlements.
- Supervise and coordinate the local systems which are in place for all prisoners to speak to a Listener and Peer Support prisoner.
- Supervise and check all paperwork has been completed e.g. initial assessments of prisoners from Reception are logged on the prisoner database and approved Cell Sharing Risk Assessment (CSRA).
- Supervise delivery of the induction programme so that no prisoner is moved before they have completed all elements.
- Supervise officers to ensure that Care and Separation Unit is cleaned and maintained to a high standard and that checks are completed.
- Support and assist adjudications and the processes involved.
- Supervise, coordinate and check that adjudication results have been recorded.
- Support the Fast track appeals for adjudications.
- Supervise and advise staff on the adjudications process and check all adjudication paperwork is correct including any relevant evidence available.
- Supervise and monitor the content of any Care Plans, Case Notes and Observation book entries and Rule 4
- Supervise and coordinate the escorting of prisoners to the adjudication room and supervise during the hearing.
- Supervise and coordinate completed adjudication paperwork forwarding to relevant departments for information and updating the prisoner database.
- Supervise and coordinate referrals for the Independent Adjudicator.
- Supervise and coordinate staff to deal with prisoners on dirty protest as and when applicable.
- Supervise and ensure correct observation levels and records of hourly checks of all prisoners awarded cellular confinement is undertaken by unit staff.
- Coordinate Control and Restraint paperwork after incident, including supporting staff and attending any necessary debriefs.
- Coordinate and ensure completion of all observation paperwork regarding special accommodation mechanical restraints and dirty protests.
- Coordinate mandatory Drug Test referrals with the relevant department/ agencies.
Undertake other Supervisory tasks including:
- Supervise all staff within their area of responsibility ensuring they are briefed on the work for the day.
- Prepare and deliver team briefings and handovers as appropriate.
- Supervise and prioritise activities inline with local procedures ensuring workload/regime is delivered escalating issues to Custodial Manager when required.
- Promotes Prison Service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing reoffending agendas.
- Supervise and support Prison Officers with actions arising from Standard Audit, Her Majesty Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans, Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys i
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