Supervising Officer - London, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

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Supervising Officer

£32,791

London:


Organisation Level:


Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focus delivering defined activity or service within own area of expertise.

The job holder will assist in the rehabilitation of prisoners, to reduce their re-offending and to lead purposeful lives upon completion of their sentence.


Overview


Job holders within this Group Profile will provide day to day supervision for Prison Officers and Operational Support Grades (OSG).

They will supervise and coordinate the delivery of the establishment's regime and activities within residential unit/areas to ensure all local/national policies are maintained.

These are operational and prisoner-facing roles with no line management responsibilities.


Characteristics:


Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

  • 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 re-offending 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 including local self audit action plan- Co-ordinate any paperwork for the Incentive and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme, completing relevant documentation for submission to Custodial Manager

  • Support and create a safe working environment for staff, prisoners and visitors by adhering to Health and Safety legislation, ensuring Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and Risk Assessments are followed reporting incidents to Custodial Manager
  • Coach and mentor staff including new recruits and arrange for other staff to provide mentoring support as required Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELTs) and new graduates
  • Coordinate and collate data concerning their area of work
  • Coordinate initial staff response at the scene of an incident until a Custodial Manager is present
  • Contribute to staff appraisals by providing relevant performance information to line managers
  • Allocate daily staff resources to activity within their unit where appropriate
  • Manage a caseload of Assessment Care Custody Teamwork (ACCT) within their work area
  • Carry out checks as required e.g. Cell Sharing Risk Assessment (CSRA), Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP)

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile

The Job holder once in post will be in matched to a job description a sample list is attached below.

The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions

  • Supervising Officer : Cat A Escorts
  • Supervising Officer : Nights
  • Supervising Officer : Nights

YP

  • Supervising Officer : Operations
  • Supervising Officer : Operations

YP

  • Supervising Officer : PEI
  • Supervising Officer : Regime
  • Supervising Officer : Residential Therapeutic Communities
  • Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure
  • Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure

YP

  • Supervising Officer : Special Unit
  • Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure

IRC

  • Supervising Officer : Regime

IRC

  • Supervising Officer : Nights

IRC

  • Supervising Officer : Operations

IRC

  • Supervising Officer : Special Secure Unit (Wing)
  • Supervising Officer : Supervising Officer Benchmark

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Accreditation/Registration
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh


When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.


Hours of Work and Allowances:

37 hour working week (standard).

HMPPS Staff on closed pay structures only

Additional Conditioned Hours Pensionable (ACHP)

Staff moving from a closed 39 hour pay structure will be eligible for the two protected pensionable additional committed hours (ACHP).

They will work a 39 hour week consisting of the standard 37 hour week and a further 2 additional hours (ACHP) paid at plain time pensionable rate.

Unsocial Hours Working


This role requires working regular unsocial hours and a 17% payment will be paid in addition to your basic pay to recognise this.

Unsocial hours are those hours outside hrs Monday to Friday and include working evening, nights, weekends and Bank / Public holidays.


Behaviours

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Leadership
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Managing a Quality Service

Essential Experience
Must be competent in custodial procedures, including dynamic risk assessments

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