Advance Into Justice - London, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service

HM Prison & Probation Service
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Reference number:


Salary:

- £30,471 - £35,087
  • The national salary range is £30,471, London salary range is £33,506 £35,087.
Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Job grade:


  • Executive Officer
  • Band 4
    Contract type:
  • Fixed Term
    Length of employment:
  • For a period of up to 24 months
    Type of role:
  • Industrial
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 50Contents
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About the job


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Things you need to know

Location

  • East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

Job summary:


  • These positions are based nationally

Job description:


Advance into Justice is a recruitment scheme targeted at supporting those who have served in the Armed Forces and their families into employment within operational roles within HMPPS.


Advance into Justice is open to Service Leavers, Veterans within 5 years of leaving the Armed Forces and their Spouses and Legal Partners.


Successful applicants will be offered either a home to work travel or resettlement package to support their transition within their first 2 years of employment.


All provisional offers will be held for a period of 12 months from the point of offer, to allow service leavers to plan for their exit from the Armed Forces.


For Band 4 Specialist Production Instructor roles you are required to have or work towards a level 3 Qualification in their specialism or have the equivalent experience and it is preferable that you are a qualified NVQ assessor.


For all instructor roles you must have the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.


Please note, if there is no vacancy immediately available at your chosen Prison you will be placed on a merit list for 12 months.


Overview


Job holders within this Group Profile will be responsible for providing supervision, knowledge and skills to prisoners in a specialist workshop so they can improve their employment prospects on release with a view to reducing reoffending.

The job holder will ensure that all services are provided to a high standard and that security and control is maintained at all times.

The jobholder will be able to teach prisoners towards achieving nationally recognised qualifications and may be supported by external organisations such as local colleges.


This job description is not for use by jobholders in basic assembly / packing workshops, instead Production Instructor - Enterprises should be used.

However, on an exceptional short term basis jobholders can supervise prisoners in more basic workshops.

This is a non-operational


Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

  • Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage
  • Provide support for prisoners where required; tailor learning and training requirements to individual needs
  • Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements
  • Assess and evaluate skills of prisoners up to national qualification standards
  • Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners
  • Open and complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports
  • Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked and wages including recording piece work where appropriate
  • Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintain security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults. Undertake planned maintenance programme on machinery
  • Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas
  • Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile


The post is non-rotational and will be required to carry out one of the job descriptions within their area of expertise.

A sample list of job descriptions is attached below.


Specialist Production Instructor :

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Specialist Production Instructor :
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Specialist Production Instructor :
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Specialist Production Instructor :
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Specialist Production Instructor :
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Specialist Production Instructor :
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Specialist Production Instructor :
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