Operational Support Grade

2 months ago

Lancaster, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Full time

Salary
- £25,626

Number of jobs available
- 6

Detail of reserve list
- 12 Months

Region
- North East

City/Town
- Lancaster

Building/Site
- HMYOI Lancaster Farms, LA1 3QZ

Grade
- AA

Organisation Grade for HMPPS
- Band 2

Post Type
- Permanent

Working Pattern
- Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working

Role Type
- Operational Delivery, Operational Support Grade

Job description

**The OSG role does not attract Sponsorship via the Skilled Worker visa/Tier 2 (general) work visa.**

**An extraordinary job. Done by someone like you.**

As part of our prison support team, your work will be varied and help to keep the prison moving.

This is an active role where you will be doing a range of physical tasks. These can include lifting and carrying, plus long periods of standing and walking. There will also be periods of lone working whilst undertaking tasks on both day and night shifts.

You will not always be in contact with prisoners, it depends on the prison you work in. You will have full training and a supportive team by your side.

**Life as an OSG**

Your job can include:
**Gate duties**
- ensuring the secure entry and exit of staff, visitors, vehicles.
- carrying out searches of staff, prisoners, visitors and vehicles
- walking around the prison site to escort vehicles and contractors
- issuing and collecting staff keys and radios
- walking around the prison site patrolling and searching perimeter fence areas

**Control room**
- operating the prison radio system
- monitoring CCTV, ensuring all suspicious activities are reported.

**Visits**
- welcoming visitors on their arrival
- escorting them if needed

**Correspondence**
- monitoring and logging mail coming into the prison
- reporting any contraband items, preserving evidence where needed

**Night duties**
- ensuring cell doors are locked and all prisoners are safely accounted for.

**Reception**
- photographing prisoners
- processing prisoners’ property and parcels coming into the prison.

**Prisoner supervision**
- sometimes supervising prisoners
- exchanging clothing and property
- helping prison officers escort prisoners around the prison

**Food delivery**
- walking around the prison delivering and collecting food trollies, or sometimes using an electric tug vehicle

**Driving duties**
- transporting prisoners and their escorts to their destination
- collecting mail from the local sorting office, which may involve lifting heavy sacks.

**Phone calls**
- monitoring the prison’s Personal Identification Number (PIN) phone system
- maintaining the log of PIN phone requests from prisoners
- completing relevant records

**Procedures and protocol**
- understanding and conforming to national and local policies, responding appropriately to incidents and emergencies

You do not need any qualifications to do this job. Helping to keep a prison running smoothly and safely requires good judgement, common sense, responsibility and, above all teamwork.

**National - **£25,626**

The salary figures quoted are for a 37-hour working week inclusive of 20% unsocial hours working allowance which is included in the salary to reflect the requirement to work nights, evening, and weekend shifts.

**In addition to your base pay, you will receive**:

- annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after 10 years’ service (calculated on a pro-rata basis)
- 9 days bank, public and privilege holidays
- access to a paid Level 2 apprenticeship in customer service
- access to the generous Civil Service pension scheme
- season ticket loans, retail discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, and a Cycle to Work scheme.

**Hours**

You will work an average of 37 hours per week, and this will include working night shifts, evenings, weekends, and Bank/Public holidays on a rolling shift pattern (these days are added to your holiday allowance) The frequency of night shifts will vary for each Establishment and can be discussed at interview. For an example of the shift times that you could be working please visit our website

**How to apply**

**Stage 1**
- **Tell us about yourself**
- **Take a short online test**
You don’t need to be a gamer to do well on this test. We’re just looking for your natural ability to succeed in the role.

**Stage 2**

If you pass the test, we’ll invite you for an interview.

Before you take the test, you will have the opportunity to practice and prepare for the real test. You will receive information and a link to access this and the actual test once you apply.

For more information please **visit our website**

**Job offers: ‘merit’ vacancy.**

This is a ‘merit’ job vacancy. If you are successful at the interview, you will be added to a merit list based on your score.

When all applicants have completed the assessment, the prison will make job offers to those with the highest scores first when positions become available.

The jobholder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with

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