90251 - Woodwork - Specialist Production Instructor (SPI): Finisher/Sprayer - HMP Isle of Wight
Number of jobs available: 1
Detail of reserve list: 12 Months
Region: South East
City/Town: Newport (Isle of Wight)
Building/Site: HM PRISON ISLE OF WIGHT - ALBANY HOUSE NEWPORT, PO30 5RS
Grade: EO
Band: 4
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Role Type: Industrial
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities? No
Our Woodwork Industry has 30 workshops across the estate with employment places for 622 prisoners. Woodwork items are not the only things you will manufacture in this life-changing role.
Leading a team of prisoners working in our woodwork workshop, you will develop their skills and confidence, and possibly assess accredited vocational qualifications.
We will rely on you and your team to ensure our Woodwork products are manufactured to the highest standards, but the work you do with prisoners will have the longest-lasting impact - and the most unique challenges. You will set tasks to match their ability while ensuring safety and production is maintained at all times.
Along the way, you could play a part in innovative products for use in a custodial setting or launching a new range for another government department. You will certainly discover potential for rewarding development of your career.
As well as knowledge and skills spanning Woodwork production techniques, you will need strong communication and influencing skills and a caring, resilient approach.
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational instructional job in an establishment.
Summary
The job holder 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 are maintained at all times. The job holder 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 job holders in basic assembly/packing workshops; instead, Instructor should be used. However, on an exceptional short-term basis job holders can supervise prisoners in more basic workshops.
This is a non-operational, non-rotational job in an establishment with no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:
* May participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop/area of work.
* 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.
* 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.
* Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops.
* 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. Undertake planned maintenance programme on machinery.
* 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.
* Request materials and estimate usage in order to meet work targets.
* Initiate product development reviews to maintain workshop/ area of work output levels, and to provide variety of work and experience for prisoners.
* Participate in self-audit and in achieving Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs).
* Complete administration activities to support the smooth running of the workshop.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and are not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Behaviours
* Making Effective Decisions
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Managing a Quality Service
* Developing Self and Others
Experience
* Must have relevant work experience in a production environment.
* Preferable for candidate to have some supervisory experience.
* Should have experience of using industrial standard machinery and equipment.
Technical Requirements
* Currently hold or be prepared to work towards Level 3 or equivalent in Woodwork related production.
* The ability to read, understand and work from technical drawings.
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.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* 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)
* 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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