Specialist Production Instructor Laundry in Manchester

Responsibilities include:

• Participating in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop/area of work.
• Inducting prisoners to the workshop/area of work and training them in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to Health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage.
• Providing support for prisoners where required; tailoring learning and training requirements to individual needs.
• Setting work schedules and managing targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Assessing and evaluating skills of prisoners up to national qualification standards.
• Supervising and maintaining discipline of prisoners within the workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners.
• Maintaining regular communications via radio net in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Opening and completing Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contributing to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports.
• Conducting a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops.
• Providing quality assurance against product specification.
• Logging attendance and approving prisoner hours worked and wages including recording piece work where appropriate.
• Carrying out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintaining security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults.
• Undertaking planned maintenance programme on machinery.
• Contributing to prisoner reports including parole and sentence planning.
• Completing regime monitoring information and updating prisoner training records.
• Contributing to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas.
• Requesting materials and estimating usage in order to meet work targets.
• Initiating product development reviews to maintain workshop/area of work output levels, and to provide variety of work and experience for prisoners.
• Participating in self-audit and in achieving Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs).
• Completing administration activities to support the smooth running of the workshop.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and are 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.

Working Arrangements & Further 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 (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. Standard full‑time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs.

Leave and Benefits:

• Annual Leave – The holiday year runs from 1 March. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro‑rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment.
• Pension – The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Compliance and Disclosure:

All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post. All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS. All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist.