Specialist Production Instructor

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

- 281032**Salary**:

- £32,791**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- HMPPS Band 4**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Industrial**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This position is based at HM Prison Pentonville, N7 8TTAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Job description**:
Print and signage items are not the only things you will manufacture in this life-changing role.

Leading a team of offenders working in our Print and sign manufacturing workshop you will develop their skills and confidence, and possibly assess accredited vocational qualifications.

We will rely on you and your team to ensure our printed products are designed and manufactured to the highest standards, but the work you do with prisoners will have the longest lasting impact - and the most unique challenges. You will set tasks to match their ability, while ensuring safety and production is maintained at all times.

Along the way, you could play a part in designing new and innovative products for use in a custodial setting or launching a new range for another government department. You will certainty discover potential for rewarding development of your career.

As well as knowledge and skills spanning Print production techniques, you will need strong communication and influencing skills and a caring, resilient approach.

Our Print and signs Industry has 16 workshops across the estate with employment places for 455 prisoners.

**Organisation Level**

**Delivery - **The jobs at this level will be task focus delivering defined activity or service.

**Overview**

Job holders within this Group Profile will be responsible for providing supervision, knowledge and skills to prisoners in a specialist workshop so they can improve their employment prospects on release with a view to reducing reoffending. The job holder will ensure that all services are provided to a high standard and that security and control is maintained at all times. The jobholder will be able to teach prisoners towards achieving nationally recognised qualifications and may be supported by external organisations such as local colleges.

This job description is not for use by jobholders in basic assembly / packing workshops, instead Production Instructor - Enterprises should be used. However, on an exceptional short term basis jobholders can supervise prisoners in more basic workshops.

This is a non-operational

**Characteristics**

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

- Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage
- Provide support for prisoners where required; tailor learning and training requirements to individual needs
- Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements
- Assess and evaluate skills of prisoners up to national qualification standards
- Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners
- Open and complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports
- Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked and wages including recording piece work where appropriate
- Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintain security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults. Undertake planned maintenance programme on machinery
- Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work of area and specialist areas
- Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops

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