Production Instructor (PI): Enterprises - HMP Belmarsh

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Our Production Workshops work in partnership with many external contracts and provide important services across a wide range of sectors. The job holder will be responsible for providing supervision, knowledge and skills to prisoners in assembly and packaging workshops – for example packing of fruit, greetings cards, breakfast packs, nuts and bolts. The job holder 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 job holder deployed in training prisoners up to the required level to gain the qualifications.

Working as a Production Instructor is a great stepping stone into a career in Prison Industries, which can lead to promotion to a Band 4 Specialist Production Instructor with the right skills and experience.

Organisation Level

Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focused delivering defined activity or services

Overview

Job holders within this Group Profile will instruct and supervise prisoners, ensuring they are engaged in meaningful activity.

This is a non-operational prisoner facing role with no line management responsibilities.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

· Actively contribute to prisoner reports, parole and sentence planning, ACCT and

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 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

· Rub down and pat down search prisoners as required by management

· Provide quality assurance against product specification

· Log attendance, 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 Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas

· 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

· 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

· Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile

The role is non-rotational and the individual 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.

· Non Vocational Instructor : Prep for Work

· Non Vocational Instructor : Prep for Adult

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 week

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

Essential Experience

· Knowledge of accreditation process including the Qualification and Credit Framework

Technical Requirements

· Hold the relevant Assessor qualification or be willing to obtain it within 6 months of appointment to the role