HMP Highpoint

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
£46,549 - £55,862
Number of jobs available
1
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
East of England
City/Town
Haverhill
Building/Site
HM Prison Highpoint, CB8 9YG
Grade

SEO

Organisation Grade for HMPPS
Band 8
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Other
Role Type
Education and Training
Job description

SUMMARY

The job holder will be responsible for setting and leading the strategic direction for all of education, skills and work within the prison. This will involve developing a coherent approach to all areas of Education, Skills and Work, ensuring that sequencing of activities is purposeful and directed towards maximising prisoners’ opportunities to access employment, education and training on release.
The job holder must ensure that all Education, Skills and Work activities are structured around the 5 pillars of the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework, supporting other function heads within the prison to maximise this approach in areas of prisoner residence and social interaction.
They will work with education providers, prison industries and local private enterprise to make the most appropriate use of workshops and all other prisoner places of work, providing prisoners with the learning and skills required to compete for and achieve employment within the local labour market.
As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the job holder will contribute and implement their Function’s objectives as defined in the
establishment’s Business Plan.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• PGCE, Cert Ed or Level 5 in Education and Training.

QUALIFICATIONS

Please state and provide copies of qualifications, for either:

• A PGCE, Cert Ed or Level 5 in Education and Training

Or all three of the below:

• Undergraduate Degree (Achieved at equivalent to ‘Level 6’)
• Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) in English at a pass level
• Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) in Mathematics at a pass level

Additional Information

RESPONSIBILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND DUTIES

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Responsible for setting and leading the strategic direction for all of education, skills and work within the establishment.
• Responsible for creating effective approaches to learning and teaching in line with HMPPS’ education vision and values, as well as regional and national directives and developing a coherent, evidence-based, strategy for all education, skills and work so that the learning, skills and qualifications gained in prison work to maximise opportunities for employment on release.
• Responsible for delivery of the following related functions/pathways in a prison in line with national frameworks and guidance, and in a way which meets user needs. This will include, but not be limited to, Education, Neurodiversity, Employment on Release, Work in Prison/Industries, Farming & Gardens.
• Work in strategic partnership with the Head of Reducing Reoffending and other Head of Functions across each of their respective responsibilities to maximise education, skills and work opportunities, to reduce reoffending and support with effective prisoner resettlement.
• Work with the Governing Governor to maximise Release on Temporary License (ROTL): and develop strategy to support higher volumes of prison

leavers into employment on release.

• Responsible for managing the quality of education, skills and work (ESW) provision using Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework criteria, including providing guidance and expertise to the prison’s senior leadership team to ensure the requirements of Ofsted’s inspection framework are prioritised.
• Responsible for leading on inspections, including preparation, and driving forward the delivery of actions arising from them. This includes Standard Audit, His Majesty Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), OFSTED/Estyn, Action Plans and Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys.
• Responsible for ensuring that a culture of employment is maintained within the prison, and responsible for prisoner outcomes in relation to employment post release.
• Responsibility for guiding the Prison Employment Lead (PEL) to embed this culture, utilising the Employment Hub (EH) and maximising the prison’s relationships with New Futures Network, Probation Service, Community Rehabilitation Service providers and other education/employment stakeholders and networks who support prison leavers.
• Responsible for ensuring the delivery of Prison Industries, Retail, Catering and PE Services (IRCPE), New Futures Network and local private enterprise work within prison workshops.
• Responsible for the line management and development of staff within the function, including creating a culture of high expectations and taking appropriate action when performance is unsatisfactory.

Dependant on operational accreditation, will undertake some or all other operational management tasks including, but not exclusively:

• Acting as the Governor’s representative by chairing adjudications and taking charge of day-to-day establishment operations as Duty Governor.
• Promoting the Prison Service policy in all activities and behaviours e.g., promote decency, safety, diversity and inclusion and reducing re-offending agendas.

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. 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.

THIS ROLE IS ADVERTISED AS EITHER OPERATIONAL OR NON-OPERATIONAL. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE UP POST AS OPERATIONAL, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE TO HOLD THE FOLLOWING ACCREDITATIONS AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT:

• Must be successfully accredited by passing the Head of Function Assessment Centre
  (HFAC), or prior to 2016 be accredited as an Operational Manager (or in post as a G5

prior to 1999).

• Where HFAC accreditation was gained from 2018, the Incident Management Silver

Command (IMSC) assessment must also be passed to be eligible for operational Head
of Function roles.

SOME QUALIFICATIONS WITHIN THE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF THE SUCCESS PROFILE FOR THIS ROLE ARE BEING ADVERTISED AS ‘WORKING TOWARDS’. NAMELY, THE REQUIREMENT TO HOLD ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS: PGCE OR CERT ED OR LEVEL 5 IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING. THIS WILL MEAN THAT ANY PROSPECTIVE APPLICANT THAT DOES NOT HOLD ONE OF THESE THREE QUALIFICATIONS WILL HAVE TO HOLD ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Undergraduate Degree (Achieved at equivalent to ‘Level 6’)
• Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) in English at a pass level
• Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) in Mathematics at a pass level

Where HFAC accreditation was gained from 2018, the Incident Management Silver Command (IMSC) assessment must also be passed to be eligible for operational Head of Function roles.

• Successful completion of the workbook.
• 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 People

If you are applying for this role with a view to taking up post as an Operational member of staff (if successful), please confirm you are compliant with the below requirement at the time of application:

• Must be successfully accredited by passing the Head of Function Assessment Centr