34577 - Childcare Provider
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Because this is a Band 4 post with supervisory responsibilities, the job description falls within the generic 'Facilities and Services Supervisor' category. The job description below is specific to responsibilities, activities and duties of the Childcare Superisor role.
HMP Eastwood Park – Band 4 Supervisory Childcare Job description
Experience of working with babies preferred but not essential
Willing to undertake further training as required
This is a childcare job with administrative duties in an establishment (mother and baby unit)
Able to take management responsibility of the nursery team when required
Organise produce and maintain accurate records for area of work
Work within a multi-disciplinary team with the responsibility for initiating, implementing and maintaining Ofsted standards of age appropriate care within a calm and stimulating environment for 0-2 years.
Organise and provide nursery facilities to meet the needs of the babies and their mothers in the prison environment. Where appropriate arrange outings into the community for the babies.
Recommend and maintain a varied and age appropriate range of equipment and play materials.
Ensure a high standard of safety and care
Maintain accurate and up to date records assisting when necessary in the preparation of reports for assessment, learning, development and external agencies.
Work as part of a team and participate in team meetings.
Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding policies including child protection protocols and procedures
Work within the constraints of the prison environment and transfer relevant information to discipline staff and other colleagues
Work as part of a team to provide family days and materials for all day visits
Encouraging mothers to meet the needs of their children when visiting their mothers on the mother and baby unit.
37 hours per week Monday to Friday.
Qualifications
Childcare qualification level 3 or above
Competencies
We’ll assess you against these competencies during the selection process
- Making effective decisions
- Leading and communicating
- Collaborating and partnering
- Building capability for all
- Managing a quality service
Facilities and Services Supervisor
Overview
Job holders within this Group Profile may/will be responsible for the supervision of staff and / or carrying out specific activities within their own area of work. These roles are non-operational with no line management responsibilities.
These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work.
Will have regular pre-planned prisoner facing activities/duties.
Characteristics
Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:
- Supervise all staff within their area of responsibility, ensuring they are briefed on the work for the day and that relevant work area is maintained to a high standard
- Prioritise activities in-line with local procedures ensuring workload/regime is delivered escalating issues to the Catering manager when required
- Contribute to the development of local practice, process and initiatives, ensure consistency across the unit in the application of policies and procedures affecting prisoners and staff
- Carry out prisoner interviews, inductions and supervise prisoners within the area of work, ensuring that they are appropriately inducted and deployed, completes basic documentation relating to prisoners where required such as logging hours worked
- Ensures prisoner security is maintained including conducting prisoner rub down and pat down searches in accordance with policy.
- Contribute to staff appraisals providing relevant performance information to Line Managers
- Manage the tool inventory and maintains security standards within the work area
- Maintain the discipline of prisoners working within the work area. This includes issuing of behaviour warnings, governor reports and minor reports
- Update prisoner wing files on the prison databases and confirm prisoners attendance to work and authorise the pay
- Complete paperwork for accident reports
- Support the achievement of Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) and standards, checking compliance with specific policy standards and suggesting improvements
- Undertake compliance checks, contribute to risk assessments and respond to hazards as and when appropriate
- Ensure effective utilisation of resources and reduction of waste in area of work
- Collect and prepare all Management Information required
- Open and complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports
- Maintain sufficient levels of stock and when required procure goods and services using procurement system ensuring value for money and compliance with procurement/finance rules
- Promote prison service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas
- Operate within command mode, in-line with local contingency plans
Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile
The post is non-rotational and will cover one of the roles below depending on expertise.
- Facilities and Services Supervisor : Catering
- Facilities and Services Supervisor : Stores
- Facilities and Services Supervisor : Maintenance
- Facilities and Services Supervisor : Waste Environmental Amenities Conservation
- Facilities and Services Supervisor : Nursery
- Facilities and Services Supervisor : Hospitality and Catering
Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh
Hours of Work and Allowances
37 hour working week (standard).
HMPPS Staff on closed pay structures only:
Additional Conditioned Hours Pensionable (ACHP)
Staff moving from a closed 39 hour pay structure will be eligible for the two protected pensionable additional committed hours (ACHP). They will work a 39 hour week consisting of the standard 37 hour week and a further 2 additional hours (ACHP) paid at plain time pensionable rate.
Behaviours
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
Technical Requirements
- Must hold qualification in relevant field
Qualifications
Childcare qualification level 3 or above
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Some of MoJ’s, including HMPPS, terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Standard working hours for this post are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid.
If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff.
The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.
Benefits
Annual Leave
-The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.
Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays
-You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment
Pension
-The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Work Life Balance
-HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ
Season Ticket Advance
-After two months’ service, you’ll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work
Childcare Vouchers
For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
Training
-HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes
-There are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provide a variety of training appropriate to individual posts
-All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles
Eligibility
-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 HMPPS considers to be racist
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
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There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Redeployment Interview Scheme
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MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
· UK nationals
· nationals of the Republic of Ireland
· nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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This Vacancy is closed to applications.