Visits Booking

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 261064**Salary**:

- £19,355**Job grade**:

- Administrative Assistant- Band 2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- This position is based at HM Prison Manchester, M60 9AHAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Job description**:
**Overview of the job**

This is an administrative job in an establishment.

**Summary**

This is a non operational job with no line management responsibilities.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

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

- Be the first point of contact for families/friends of prisoners and official visitors including solicitors, Police, Probation etc and responsible for informing them of all visiting procedures for the establishment
- Produce and distribute visits lists in advance of all sessions and Safeguarding lists for visits, switchboard and visits centre
- Ensure that public protection and security information is kept up to date and relevant on the booking system
- Monitor for any alerts identified for prisoners and their visitors to ensure safety of all concerned and raise issues around underage visitors Informing security of any issues
- Undertake initial work to arrange visits for disabled visitors and special circumstance visits e.g. bereavement
- Provide information to outside agencies when requested, such as assisted prison visits scheme

Undertake other administrative tasks including:

- Provide administrational assistance in area of work
- Maintain accurate filing system for area of work
- Respond to queries relating to area of work, redirecting where required
- Operate the switchboard appropriately by Identifying the callers needs ensuring all messages are communicated to the appropriate parties

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.

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- 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 average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours.- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter.- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.-
- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- SSCL Recruitment Enquiries TeamTelephone:
- 0845 241 5358Recruitment team:
- **Further information**: