Security Manager

Security Manager

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ

Salary £39,757.14 per annum

Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

At Oakhill Secure Training Centre we look after young people aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The vulnerable young people in our care can be challenging with a wide range of social and emotional complex needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for young people to develop their life skills and address the behaviours that have led them into custody.

Oakhill Secure Training Centre works closely with the Youth Custody Services to ensure that its regimes and designs reflect best practice in residential care to prevent offending.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the daily management system of security intelligence, maintaining a robust knowledge of issues relating to the safety of the Centre.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coach, support and develop staff, including supervision, to maximise their performance and ensure high standards of care, values, ethical standards, equality and diversity, policies and procedures, legislation and contractual and inspection framework requirements are met.
• Form trusting, respectful and professional relationships with children / young people, in order that they respond and react appropriately to information and guidance.
• Manage a positive risk culture in order to promote inclusion, integration and to minimise the risk of incidents occurring.
• All staff employed by G4S have the responsibility for their own Health & Safety and to their colleagues in order to assist G4S in its obligation to achieve British Safety Council Requirements at all times.
• Ensure all relevant paperwork is completed to a high standard, within required timescales and communicated effectively, in order to comply with the Contract and Company Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure all emergency and planned mobility risk assessments and relevant paperwork are completed in a timely manner.
• Complete and action all Security Information Report (SIRs)s, ensuring were appropriate information is shared with other departments in order to maintain safety and stability within Oakhill STC
• Ensure integrity and confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information and intelligence you may be privy to in the department.
• Deliver Security Training to the ITC and refresher training, and ensure the training packages are kept up to date and relevant.
• Be fully conversant with the Local Security Strategy (LSS) procedures and processes
• Ensure that all tools and equipment in each department are listed on an inventory, and advise all departments around the Governance of tools and equipment.
• Ensure all end of month KPI figures are submitted to the Audit and compliance department by the 1st of each month.
• Manage and oversee searching of bedrooms, to ensure that the Residential team have support with intelligence led bedroom searching
• Deliver at the Care Team meeting any significant trends or enquire with staff at that meeting around any knowledge gaps within the Security Intel picture.
• Support your link residential units and the Resettlement Team with any information and where possible attendance at meetings, such as ROTL. Parole, ESTs this list is not exhaustive (handover must be sent if you are unable to attend), with any intelligence picture of specific children being discussed.
• Ensure you are fully conversant with all the children residing on your security link unit.
• Ensure all evidence is correctly packaged, recorded and stored
• Deliver monthly desk top exercises of Contingency Plans, for the plans to be reviewed
• Check daily that all court paperwork and Serco risk assessments have been completed and available 48 hours prior to their court appearance
• Wherever possible, when on duty, be part of any external escort, and  supervise Social Visits
• Proactively plan each shift, including activities and visits, in order to positively manage young people’s behaviour.
• Manage incidents as and when necessary and ensure support of the Educational and Activity programmes at the Centre
• Liaise effectively and professionally with internal and external agencies, parents and carers, in order to maximise partnership working and positive outcomes for young people.
• Support the senior management team in the implementation of development strategies promoting a positive approach to ensure the change process is embraced.
• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.

The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

Essential Skills:

• Previous secure residential experience within child-care
• Comprehensive knowledge of security & contingency procedures
• Good understanding of how the operational contract works
• Exceptional record keeping ability
• Completion or willingness to complete level 3 award in management

Desirable Skills

• Experience of monitoring service delivery and meeting short term objectives
• Holder of relevant Security analysis qualification or willingness to work towards

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people.  If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

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Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.​

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years.   You will also be required to undergo DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process.