35219 - Instructor in Enterprise Services - HMP Woodhill

£19,054 - £21,183
2
12 Months
East Midlands, East of England, London, South East, West Midlands, National
Milton Keynes
HM Prison Woodhill, MK4 4DA
AO
Band 3
Permanent
Full Time
Industrial

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

Overview

Job holders within this Group Profile will be responsible for providing supervision, knowledge and skills to prisoners in basic assembly / packaging workshops t for example basic packing of fruit, greetings cards, breakfast packs, nuts and bolts. The jobholder will ensure that all services are provided to a high standard and that security and control are maintained at all times. No qualifications are being delivered and nor is the jobholder deployed in training prisoners up to the required level to gain the qualifications.  

This job description is not designed for use by jobholders in specialist workshops t in these circumstances Specialist Production Instructor job descriptions should be used.   However, on an exceptional short term basis jobholders can supervise prisoners in more specialist workshops.

This is a non-operational job in an establishment with no line management responsibilities.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

  • Participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop
  • Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage and train them in the required skills for the workshop
  • Provide personal support for prisoners where required; tailor learning and training requirements to individual needs
  • Set production schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements. Vary the production targets as required to match the numbers of prisoners and skill mix whilst maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements
  • Initiate product development reviews to maintain and maximise workshop production levels and to provide variety of work/experience for prisoners
  • Liaise with external organisations and other establishments regarding the day to day operation of the contract or income generation targets
  • Contribute to risk and health and safety assessments on consumables
  • Conduct roll checks
  • Ensure all tools, equipment and raw materials are safe, secure and properly accounted for
  • Arrange maintenance and repair of tools and equipment
  • Carry out workshop searches
  • Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops
  • Actively contribute to prisoner reports, parole and sentence planning, Assessment, Care in Custody & Teamwork (ACCT) and Security Information Report (SIR's) by providing information to case managers.
  • Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners
  • Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS)
  • Open and complete ACCT forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports
  • Provide quality assurance against product specification
  • Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked and wages including recording piece work where appropriate
  • Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintain security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults
  • Contribute to prisoner reports including parole and sentence planning
  • Complete regime monitoring information and update prisoner training records
  • Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas
  • Order materials and estimate usage in order to meet production targets
  • Participate in self-audit and in achieving Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs)
  • Complete administration activities to support the smooth running of the workshop and source small value requisitions
  • Provide administrative support for workshop activities and approve small value requisitions
  • Supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, safely and securely whilst carrying out all activities
  • Understand, apply and conform to national and local polices
  • Establish, develop and maintain professional relationships with prisoners and staff
  • Maintain and update systems in-line with local agreements
  • Prepare relevant documentation to managers for verification / quality checking purposes
  • Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile

The post is non-rotational and the job holder will be required to carry out one of the job descriptions within their area of expertise. A sample list of job descriptions is attached below.

  • Production Instructor : Enterprises

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration

Staff can either be a qualified assessor or be trained to the appropriate level within 6 months of appointment.

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

  • Leadership
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together 
  • Managing a Quality Service

Technical Requirements

  • Staff can either be a qualified assessor or are expected to be trained to the appropriate level within 6 months of appointment.

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 provides 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 the HMPPS considers to be racist

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

See HMPPS competency framework to learn more about the competencies we are looking for.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/497684/NOMS_competency_framework.pdf

And you can download positive Competency writing samples for Band 2 and Band 3 applications.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/500804/Competency_writing_samples.pdf

To be confirmed

07/07/2020, 23:55 hours.

If you require any assistance please call 0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com. Please quote the job reference - 35219.

At HMP Woodhill staff are required to hold CTC clearance. In order for this check to be completed please ensure you bring with 3 proofs of identification with you - This must include an official photo ID and 2 further proof of addresses, any letters must be dated in the last 3 months. Please contact hradmin.woodhill@justice.gov.uk if you have any issues

Counter-Terrorism Check (CTC)

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.

if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.


Application form stage assessments

Behaviours
Leadership - 250 word limit
Communicating and Influencing - 250 word limit
Working Together - 250 word limit
Managing a Quality Service - 250 word limit

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.
Behaviours
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Technical Skills
Staff can either be a qualified assessor or are expected to be trained to the appropriate level within 6 months of appointment.
Strengths may also be assessed at interview but these are not shared in advance.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

This Vacancy is closed to applications.