21947 - Custodial Manager - Activities in Lichfield

The job holder will provide day-to-day management of purposeful activity and support the delivery of the Resettlement Pathways within the establishment. The job holder will be required to undertake incident management response (Silver/Bronze) and undertake Orderly Officer duties via the establishment's rota. In addition to this, the job holder may be required, on a rotational basis, to be responsible for the establishment during the night period. This requirement will be based upon local risk assessment and establishment complexity. This is an operational job with line management responsibilities.

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Undertake Orderly Officer duties when scheduled to do so, ensuring that the establishment's regime is delivered effectively and that any operational decisions or incidents are managed in line with contingency plans, seeking advice from the Duty Governor/Manager when required.
• Responsible for the management of all staff within their hierarchy. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management and managerial enquiries.
• Manage the day to day delivery of the Function including: Resettlement Pathways, Activity Board, Gymnasium, Prisoner access to Industries, Prisoner access to Learning Skills and Employment.
• Assist the Head of Function in developing and delivering Resettlement Pathways including accommodation, children and families, finance benefits and debt and Education, Training and Employment (ETE).
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Jobcentre Plus, accommodation services, financial support organisations, key agencies supporting legal and social visits.
• Assist the Head of Function by ensuring maximum numbers of prisoners in activity and employment in order to achieve service delivery indicators (SDIs) including industries, classroom attendance, work skills and purposeful activity.
• Chair Activity Allocation Board to monitor the number of unemployed prisoners and the constructive activity hours.
• Manage the Gymnasium and allocations to Gym, Enrichment and Programmes.
• Manage and co-ordinate activity placements ensuring correct allocation of prisoners in accordance to needs/interests to meet sentence plan targets and identified risk factors through the security strategy framework.
• Ensure that prisoners are appropriately supervised, inducted, trained, deployed and paid within the industries and that discipline, safer custody and Health and Safety practices are maintained at all times.
• Manage the production schedule to deliver targets (including income generation levels), quality standards and maintains delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Undertake other management tasks including: Ensure that all staff supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, lawfully, safely and securely whilst carrying out all activities.
• Promote Prison Service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas.
• Work collaboratively with other managers.
• Responsible for incident management documentation and logging onto the Incident Reporting System (IRS).
• Ensure actions arising from Standard Audit, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans, Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys including Local Self Audit Action Plans and Resettlement strategies are delivered.
• Plan staff rotas/self-rostering and work activity to plan and manage delivery of the regime.
• Review open Assessment Care in Custody Teamwork (ACCT) paperwork.
• Investigate and manage prisoners’ complaints within the group.
• Ensure all HMPPS standards and Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are implemented and managed within the relevant work area.
• Ensure all national and local policies/procedures are implemented and compliant with National Security Framework (NSF) and Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Attend relevant boards/meetings, as directed by line manager.
• Provides management and direction to staff within their area of responsibility through briefings, building informal and formal relationships and effective communication.
• Produce relevant reports as required and ensure the response to all correspondence is within agreed timescales.
• Manage resources to deliver the activities within the area of responsibility and contribute to the short-to-medium term business planning process.
• Manage a safe working environment for staff, prisoners and visitors.
• Ensure Health and Safety legislation is followed ensuring Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and risk assessments are completed in a timely manner and any faults reported promptly.
• Contribute to prisoner reports including sentence planning and parole reports when required.
• Carry out investigations as directed by commissioning authority.
• Knowledge and awareness of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) legislation.
• Undertake all duties around Managing Challenging Behaviour.
• Discharging prisoners.
• Carry out management checks as required, including those for Cell Sharing Risk Assessment (CSRA) and Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP).

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. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.