General Information
Salary: £31,995
Working Pattern: Full Time
Vacancy Approach: External
Location: Leyland
Region: North West
Closing Date: 03-Feb-2025
Business Unit: Wymott
Post Type: Permanent
Civil Service Grade: EO
Number of jobs available: 1
Job ID: 1653
Descriptions & Requirements
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:
* Carry out a full range of gardening activities, giving instruction to prisoners on all gardening duties including use of machinery.
* Carry out soft landscaping - turf laying and hard landscaping – laying patio stones.
* Maintain establishments grounds and conservation areas including maintenance of lawns, ponds, water features and external grounds to the establishment including woodland.
* Deliver all actions in the establishment’s bio-diversity action plan with reference to the development of the conservation area.
* Monitor flora and fauna work within the establishment.
* Work inside/outside establishment grounds, cutting, mowing and maintaining areas in accordance with accepted practice.
* Submit surveys for Land Based Activities specific to site.
* Carry out preventive pest control measures across area of responsibility.
* Act on wildlife and conservation group’s recommendations and implement these within the establishment’s grounds.
* Undertake small project work as advised/requested including soft and hard landscape development including erection of horticultural support structures when the situation warrants.
Undertake other instructor tasks including:
* 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 as 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.
* 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 with appropriate documentation.
* 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.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Additional Information
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and are subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
Some of MoJ’s 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 full-time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy.
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 suitably 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.
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