Workshop Instructor in Leicester

Instructor Mentor – Furniture Repair Workshop

The Instructor Mentor supports and guides prisoners in the Furniture Repair workshop at HMPLeicester.

The role is non‑operational but involves direct supervision, training, and management of a group of prisoners to ensure a structured, disciplined working environment that mirrors external employment experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop.
• Induct prisoners into the workshop area and provide training on health and safety, COSHH, machinery and tools usage.
• Ensure all tools, equipment and raw materials are safe, secure and accurately accounted for.
• Provide support and tailor learning and training requirements to individual prisoner needs.
• Set work schedules, manage targets and quality standards, and maintain contractual delivery.
• Supervise, manage and control prisoners safely, ensuring performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development.
• Conduct metal detector scans or rub‑down searches of prisoners attending or leaving workshops.
• Initiate product development reviews, maintain output levels and create variety of work experiences.
• Contribute to risk and health‑and‑safety assessments for consumables and the workshop area.
• Assist in prisoner reports, parole and sentence planning, assessment, care in custody & teamwork (ACCT) and security information reports (SIRs).
• Open and complete ACCT forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and SIRs when required, and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports.
• Maintain regular radio‑net communications in line with the Local Security Strategy.
• Request materials, estimate usage and manage procurement to meet work targets while ensuring quality assurance.
• Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked, wages and record piecework where appropriate.
• Attend and contribute to relevant meetings, providing administrative support for workshop activities.
• Prepare documentation for managers, support verification and quality checking.
• Maintain and update systems in line with local agreements.
• Behaviours
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Arrangements
• Standard 37‑hour working week (including unsocial hours as required).
• Hybrid working arrangements may be available where business needs allow.
• Flexible, part‑time, job‑sharing arrangements may be considered on an individual basis.

Benefits

• Annual leave: 1March to 31February, pro‑rated for non‑standard patterns.
• Entitlement to 9 bank, public and privilege holiday days (66hours36minutes) added to annual leave.
• Civil Service pension scheme – choice of two schemes.
• Seasonal ticket advance available after two months’ service.
• Access to childcare vouchers where applicable.

All candidates are subject to completion of required security and identity checks before taking up the post.

Applicants must have proficiency in English (and Welsh where specified in Wales) and are expected to meet all statutory application requirements.

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