Operational Support Grade - Kendal, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

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Kendal, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Salary 1
- £25,626

Number of jobs available - 4

Detail of reserve list - 12 Months

Region - North West

City/Town - Kendal

Building/Site - HM Prison Haverigg, LA18 4NA

Grade - AA

Organisation Grade for HMPPS - Band 2

Post Type - Fixed Term

Duration of appointment - 12 Months

Working Pattern - Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working

Role Type - Operational Delivery, Operational Support Grade

Job description 1

An extraordinary job. Done by someone like you.

Please Note These positions are being offered on a Fixed Term Contract for a period of 12 months.**As part of our prison support team, your work will be varied and help to keep the prison moving.

This is an active role where you'll be doing a range of physical tasks. These can include lifting and carrying, plus long periods of standing and walking. There will also be periods of lone working whilst undertaking tasks on both day and night shifts.

You will not always be in contact with prisoners, it depends on the prison you work in. You'll have full training and a supportive team by your side.

Life as an OSG

Your job can include:

Gate duties
- ensuring the secure entry and exit of staff, visitors, vehicles
- carrying out searches of staff, prisoners, visitors and vehicles
- walking around the prison site to escort vehicles and contractors
- issuing and collecting staff keys and radios
- walking around the prison site patrolling and searching perimeter fence areas

Control room
- operating the prison radio system
- monitoring CCTV, ensuring all suspicious activities are reported

Visits
- welcoming visitors on their arrival
- escorting them if needed

Correspondence
- monitoring and logging mail coming into the prison
- reporting any contraband items, preserving evidence where needed

Night duties
- ensuring cell doors are locked and all prisoners are safely accounted for

Reception
- photographing prisoners
- processing prisoners' property and parcels coming into the prison

Prisoner supervision
- sometimes supervising prisoners
- exchanging clothing and property
- helping prison officers escort prisoners around the prison

Food delivery
- walking around the prison delivering and collecting food trollies, or sometimes using an electric tug vehicle

Driving duties
- transporting prisoners and their escorts to their destination
- collecting mail from the local sorting office, which may involve lifting heavy sacks

Phone calls
- monitoring the prison's Personal Identification Number (PIN) phone system
- maintaining the log of PIN phone requests from prisoners
- completing relevant records

Procedures and protocol
- understanding and conforming to national and local policies, responding appropriately to incidents and emergencies

You don't need any qualifications to do this job. Helping to keep a prison running smoothly and safely requires good judgement, common sense, responsibility and, above all, teamwork. For further information about the role of an OSG please visit our website

National - £25,626**The salary figures quoted are for a 37 hour working week inclusive of 20% unsocial hours working allowance which is included in the salary to reflect the requirement to work nights, evening and weekend shifts.

In addition to your base pay, you will receive:

annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after 10 years' service (calculated on a pro-rata basis)
9 days bank, public and privilege holidays

- access to a paid Level 2 apprenticeship in customer service
- access to the generous Civil Service pension scheme
- season ticket loans, retail discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme and a Cycle to Work scheme

Hours

You will work an average of 37 hours per week, and this will include working night shifts, evenings, weekends and Bank/Public holidays on a rolling shift pattern (these days are added to your holiday allowance) The frequency of night shifts will vary for each Establishment and can be discussed at interview.

For an example of the shift times that you could be working please visit our website

How to apply

Stage 1
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Tell us about yourself

Stage 2:

You will then receive an invitation to book your interview

At the interview we will assess you against the following
Success Profile behaviours At the interview we will assess you against the following
Success Profile behaviours

Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service

The interview will be of a blended nature consisting of behaviours and experience.

It will provide the ideal opportunity to tell us more about yourself, your work history or personal experiences, so we can get to know you better and assess how you will be suited to prison work.

Your Strengths will also be assessed at interview, but these are not shared in advance.

Success Profiles
For more information please **vis