GENERAL INFORMATION

Salary
£31,995
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Location
Rochdale
Region
Greater Manchester
Closing Date
31-Mar-2025
Business Unit
Buckley Hall
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
EO
Number of jobs available
1
Job ID
3837

DESCRIPTIONS & REQUIREMENTS

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTIONS RELATING TO THIS GROUP PROFILE

The Job holder once in post will be in matched to a job description a sample list is attached below. The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions

• Supervising Officer : Cat A Escorts
• Supervising Officer : Nights
• Supervising Officer : Nights YP
• Supervising Officer : Operations
• Supervising Officer : Operations YP
• Supervising Officer : PEI
• Supervising Officer : Regime
• Supervising Officer : Residential Therapeutic Communities
• Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure
• Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure YP
• Supervising Officer : Special Secure Unit
• Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure IRC
• Supervising Officer : Regime IRC
• Supervising Officer : Nights IRC
• Supervising Officer : Operations IRC
• Supervising Officer : Special Secure Unit (Wing)

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Accreditation/Registration
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (w specified in Wales) Welsh 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.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Must be competent in custodial procedures, including dynamic risk assessments.
Technical Requirements

N.B these are the technical requirements for the group profile, please check the individual job description relating to this group profile for any job specific requirements and add if required.

• Successful completion of POELT and probation period
• Must have Custodial Care National Vocational Qualification(NVQ) 3 or Officer Apprenticeship
• Must be trained in restraint techniques

Additional Information

JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHMENT

• 
  HMPPS OR T 48 GP Supervising Officer v12.0.pdf (Job Description Attachment)

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Supervise all staff within their area of responsibility, ensuring they are briefed on the work for the day
• Prepare and deliver team briefings and handovers as appropriate
• Supervise and prioritise activities in-line with local procedures ensuring workload/regime is delivered escalating issues to Custodial Manager when required
• Promotes Prison Service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing reoffending agendas
• Supervise and support Prison Officers and other staff when dealing with prisoner applications and other issues raised by prisoners
• Supervise and support Prison Officers with actions arising fromStandard Audit, His Majesty Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans, Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys including local self audit action plan
• Co-ordinate any paperwork for the Incentive and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme, completing relevant documentation for submission to Custodial Manager
• Support and create a safe working environment for staff, prisoners and visitors by adhering to Health and Safety legislation, ensuring Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and RiskAssessments are followed reporting incidents to Custodial Manager
• Coach and mentor staff including new recruits and arrange for other staff to provide mentoring support as required Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELTs) and new graduates
• Co-ordinate and collate data concerning their area of work
• Co-ordinate initial staff response at the scene of an incident until a Custodial Manager is present
• Contribute to the development and application of local policy, procedures and practice
• Contribute to staff appraisals by providing relevant performance information to line managersAllocate daily staff resources to activity within their unit w
• appropriate
• Manage a caseload of Assessment Care Custody Teamwork (ACCT) within their work area
• Discharging prisoners subject to local Risk Assessment
• Carry out checks as required e.g. Cell Sharing Risk Assessment (CSRA), Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP

The Job holder once in post will be in matched to a job description a sample list is attached below. The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions

• Supervising Officer : Cat A Escorts
• Supervising Officer : Nights
• Supervising Officer : Nights YP
• Supervising Officer : Operations
• Supervising Officer : Operations YP
• Supervising Officer : PEI
• Supervising Officer : Regime
• Supervising Officer : Residential Therapeutic Communities
• Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure
• Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure YP
• Supervising Officer : Special Secure Unit
• Supervising Officer : Safe Decent and Secure IRC
• Supervising Officer : Regime IRC
• Supervising Officer : Nights IRC
• Supervising Officer : Operations IRC
• Supervising Officer : Special Secure Unit (Wing