HMP Winchester Specialist Production Instructor (Ref: 15456)

Job summary

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Job description

Group Profile Name Specialist Production Instructor Organisation Level Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focus delivering defined activity or service.Overview Job holders within this Group Profile will be responsible for providing supervision, knowledge and skills to prisoners in a specialist workshop so they can improve their employment prospects on release with a view to reducing reoffending. The job holder will ensure that all services are provided to a high standard and that security and control is maintained at all times. The jobholder will be able to teach prisoners towards achieving nationally recognised qualifications and may be supported by external organisations such as local colleges. This job description is not for use by jobholders in basic assembly/packing workshops, instead Production Instructor Enterprises should be used. However, on an exceptional short term basis jobholders can supervise prisoners in more basic workshops. This is a non-operational prisoner facing role with no line management responsibilities. Characteristics Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage
• Provide support for prisoners where required; tailor learning and training requirements to individual needs
• Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements
• Assess and evaluate skills of prisoners up to national qualification standards
• Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners
• 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
• 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. Undertake planned maintenance programme on machinery
• Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas
• Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile The post is non-rotational and 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.

• Specialist Production Instructor : Amenities and Conservation
• Specialist Production Instructor : Commercial Horticultural
• Specialist Production Instructor : Engineering Aluminium Windows Double Glazing
• Specialist Production Instructor : Cycle Repair
• Specialist Production Instructor : Textiles Garment Manufacture
• Specialist Production Instructor : Textiles Sewing Machine Repair
• Specialist Production Instructor : Engineering Machining
• Specialist Production Instructor : Engineering Powder Coating Systems
• Specialist Production Instructor : Engineering Sheet Metal Work
• Specialist Production Instructor : Engineering Computer Aided Drawing
• Specialist Production Instructor : Engineering Welding and Fabrication
• Specialist Production Instructor : Laundry Specialist Production Instructor : Livestock Control
• Specialist Production Instructor : Plastics Injection Moulding Thermo Plastics
• Specialist Production Instructor : Printing Lithographic Machine Minder
• Specialist Production Instructor : Printing Origination Lithographic Platemaking
• Specialist Production Instructor : Printing Print Finishing & Binding
• Specialist Production Instructor : Waste Environmental
• Specialist Production Instructor : Woodwork Wood Assembly Joiner
• Specialist Production Instructor : Woodwork Wood Machinist
• Specialist Production Instructor : Woodwork Wood Finisher Sprayer
• Specialist Production Instructor : Manufacturing Promotions
• Specialist Production Instructor : Braille
• Specialist Production Instructor : Signs
• Specialist Production Instructor : Concrete
• Specialist Production Instructor : Footwear
• Specialist Production Instructor : TV Repair
• Specialist Production Instructor : Upholsterer
• Specialist Production Instructor : Warehousing and Performing Manufacturing Operations
• Specialist Production Instructor : Vehicle Maintenance and Valeting
• Specialist Production Instructor : Promotional Printed Products
• Specialist Production Instructor : Digital Signage

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration

May be a qualified NVQ assessor.When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young PeopleAn 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

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £33,275, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,639 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)
• 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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

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