SPI - Digital Signage in Woking

The job holder 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 role will be required to teach prisoners towards achieving nationally recognised qualifications which may be supported by external organisations such as local colleges.

This is a non-operational job in an establishment with workshop and prisoner management responsibilities. The role is non-rotational.

The job holder will be committed to prison workshops being places of structure and discipline. They will provide prisoners with a work experience that better mirrors the employment experience outside of prison reflecting the external labour market where employers and employees have obligations, with the possibility of gaining or working towards nationally recognised qualifications.

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

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

• Be committed to a whole prison approach towards a safe, secure and respectful working environment.
• Interact with prisoners in a way which can make a difference and contribute to reducing reoffending, rehabilitation and decreasing desistance opportunities for prisoners.
• Participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop/area of work, taking a more pronounced lead in recruiting and dismissing prisoners from the workshops based on performance, attendance and conduct.
• Contribute to workshop employment decisions and prisoner development needs.
• 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.
• Deliver training to prisoners to enable them to gain nationally recognised qualifications within the workshop (NVQs or equivalent), with the assistance of assessors and local colleges.
• Assess and evaluate skills of prisoners up to national qualifications standards and complete all relevant documentation pertaining to the gaining of qualifications.
• Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners.
• Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• 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 relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas.
• Participate in self-audit and in achieving Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs).

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

Experience

• Must have relevant work experience in a production environment.
• Preferable for candidate to have some supervisory experience.
• Should have experience of using industrial standard machinery and equipment.

Technical Requirements

• Currently hold or be prepared to work towards Level 3 or equivalent in print related production or digital design.
• The ability to read, understand and work from technical specifications.

Hours of Work

37 hour working week (standard).

Additional Information

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home.

Benefits

• Annual Leave: The holiday year runs from 1 March.
• Pension: The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes.
• Work Life Balance: HMPPS is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements.
• Training: HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities.

Eligibility

All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.

This job is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, and nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.