This position is based at HM PRISON PRESCOED & USK - CILWRGI FARM NR PONTYPOOL, NP4 0SZ
Job Summary
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Job Description
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational instructional job in an establishment.
Summary
The job holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, harvesting and cultivating of the establishments gardens, ensuring protected cropping is grown and harvested to the highest standards and assess accredited vocational qualifications to prisoners. This is a non-operational 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:
* Maintain correct field-scale soil husbandry, ensuring all stages of crop development are followed in accordance with good horticultural practice.
* Maintain the growing plant/crop to ensure optimum development and/or cropping, ensuring that the plants needs are fully met.
* Maintain effective biological pest control measures and any necessary chemical crop protection programmes.
* Resolve any prisoner work issues, setting task to match their ability whilst ensuring safety and production is maintained at all times.
* Ensure produce grown on-site is prepared and packaged appropriately, taking into consideration appropriate labelling, grading and overall presentation.
* Maintain sports fields as per agreed plan with both the Farms and Gardens Manager and PE Department.
* Carry out preventative pest control measures across area of responsibility.
* 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 is 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.
Licences
Holding PA2 and PA6 pesticide qualifications would be a requirement.
Qualifications
Staff must hold a Level 3 qualification in horticulture or a recognised horticultural industry equivalent or be trained to the appropriate level within two years (or willing to work towards)
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Making Effective Decisions
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* Current knowledge of all health and safety & control of substance hazardous to health (COSHH) regulations
* Must hold a full UK current Driving licence to enable tractor and other vehicle driving operations in the course of the post holders duties, in addition to prisoner instruction duties on farm vehicles.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £31,995, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,268 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
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard 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)
* 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
Contact point for applicants
* Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
* Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
* Telephone : 0345 241 5358
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