Leyhill Physical Education Instructor in Wotton-under-Edge

The job holder will be a Prison Officer who has specialist Physical Education Instructor training. They will supervise and support prisoners in a secure custodial setting, ensuring services are delivered to a high standard while maintaining security and control at all times. They may be deployed as a Supervising Officer where required.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Initiate, develop and deliver physical education programmes and activities for prisoners, customizing programmes for individual prisoners as appropriate.
• Deliver gym inductions, including health and safety and equipment usage.
• Deliver pre‑planned accredited education activities and manual handling training to prisoners in accordance with OFSTED guidelines.
• Interview and allocate prisoners onto courses; carry out initial risk and health assessments and liaise with healthcare to ensure medical check‑ups where required and assist with rehabilitation of sports injuries.
• Regularly review Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) and monitor targets to challenge prisoners.
• Maintain regular contact with awarding bodies regarding courses and certification.
• Identify opportunities for and manage prisoners' participation in external activities, events and award schemes.
• Act as internal verifier for internal courses.
• Provide fitness training for staff and contribute to Well‑Being Days.
• Conduct regular equipment checks and maintain logs.
• Order new equipment when required and ensure all repairs to existing equipment are completed.
• Supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, lawfully, safely and securely while carrying out all activities.
• Exercise constable powers, conduct searches of prisoners, staff and visitors as required, undertake external escorts and first‑on‑scene incident response.
• Maintain and update systems in line with local agreements, prepare documentation for managers for verification/quality checking, attend relevant meetings and update Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans.
• Establish, develop and maintain professional relationships with prisoners and staff; understand and comply with national/local policies and legislation.
• When required act as a Supervising Officer as per the relevant job description.

Behaviours

• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Qualifications and Requirements

• Must be competent in custodial procedures, including dynamic risk assessments.
• Successful completion of POELT and probation period.
• Must have passed Physical Education Instruction pre‑selection assessment.
• Must be trained in restraint techniques.
• Must have completed the Physical Education Instruction qualification (or, if successful on interview, must complete it and pass a fitness test).
• When transferring to a Young Persons establishment, the job holder must successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with young people.

Additional Information

• Work includes regular unsocial hours. A 17% payment will be added to basic pay to recognise unsocial hours.
• Standard full‑time working hours are 37 hours per week, excluding unpaid breaks.
• Annual leave is calculated on a pro‑rata basis; holidays include bank, public and privilege holidays accumulating to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes).
• Members of the Civil Service receive pension options, seasonal travel support and training opportunities including Equality and Diversity, Suicide Prevention and Anti‑Bullying programmes.
• Application and selection processes are governed by the Civil Service Code and the Ministry of Justice recruitment principles.
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks before taking up the post.