Hmp Stafford

**HMP Stafford - Custodial Manager - Part Time - 77696**
**£30,938 - £32,424**
**Stafford**:
**Overview of the job**

This is a management job in an establishment.

**Summary**

The job holder will provide day-to-day management of a Residential Unit/s within the establishment. They will manage the work of their group to ensure all local and national guidelines, policies and quality standards are maintained in order that tasks are carried out.

The job holder will be required to undertake incident management response (Silver/Bronze) and undertake Orderly Officer duties via the establishment’s rota. In addition to this, the job holder may be required, on a rotational basis, to be responsible for the establishment during the night period. This requirement will be based upon local risk assessment and establishment complexity.

This is an operational job with line management responsibilities.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

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

- Undertake Orderly Officer duties when scheduled to do so, ensuring that the establishment’s regime is delivered effectively and that any operational decisions or incidents are managed in line with contingency plans, seeking advice from the Duty Governor/Manager when required.
- Responsible for the management of all staff within their hierarchy. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management and managerial enquiries.
- Ensure residential services are managed whilst maintaining order, control and decency in line with local/national policies and contingency plans.

If the Residential Unit is used as First Night/Induction accommodation in addition the jobholder will:

- Manage all aspects of the First Night Centre/Induction, ensuring procedures are adhered to at all times and prisoners receive all elements of the induction programme before they are moved from the wing.
- Manage prisoners’ first night initial needs assessment process.
- Manage the process for prisoners located on the wing/unit/received from Reception and ensure they are provided with basic entitlements.
- Manage local systems that enable all prisoners to speak to a Listener and peer support prisoner.
- Manage initial assessment paperwork for prisoners from Reception.
- Manage the Induction programme, updating when required to reflect recent and relevant information.

If the residential unit is used as a Care and Separation Unit (CASU) in addition the jobholder will:

- Manage and monitor the status of Rule 45 prisoners held in the (CASU) documenting their status, including ensuring an exit strategy has been considered and outcomes recorded.
- Manage prisoners’ segregation review process.
- Manage the adjudication process ensuring all adjudicators are consistent in approach and outcome. Attend the quarterly Adjudication Standardisation meeting providing data and trends for the preceding quarter.
- Attend and contribute to Rule 45 and Good Order or Discipline (GOOD) reviews for prisoners held in CASU.
- Quality assure segregation paperwork on a weekly basis from data supplied from the Supervising Officer on a daily basis which contributes to Segregation Management and Review Group (SMARG).
- Monitor and analyse Control and Restraint (C and R) paperwork undertaking monthly reviews to establish any emerging trends.
- Manage and ensure all prisoners held in the CASU have a fully completed and authorised CASU Safety Algorithm.
- Support and assist adjudicators in completing all paperwork for Fast Track appeals.
- Advise staff on adjudications and the processes involved.
- Complete Impact Assessments as required for the Single Equality Scheme (Adjudications, Use of Force and CASU).

If required and identified as the daily operational lead for Safer Custody, in addition the job holder will:

- Manage the day to day coordination, implementation and delivery of the safer custody (violence reduction, suicide prevention) policy in the establishment.
- Manage all statistics and trends in relation to safer custody ensuring they are monitored, analysed and actioned and provide monthly report to the Senior Management Team.
- Support staff through contributing to the assessment of prisoners who have been victims of bullying, violence or self-harm advising on appropriate actions to be taken.
- Ensure that all prison standards relevant to violence reduction are known and published.
- Ensure that all incidents of self-harm, bullying and assaults are reported and dealt with and that staff monitor vulnerable prisoners according to the Safer Custody/ Violence Reduction policies.
- Ensure that prisoners are interviewed following acts of violence, assaults and anti-social behaviour. Complete any required investigations and write reports.
- Attend boards and consider individual intervention plans for perpetrators and victims working with them to reduce the level of risk to o