Prison Custody Officer - Physical Education Instructor Wellingborough £30,021.53

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PRISON CUSTODY OFFICER - PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR

HMP FIVE WELLS, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 2NG

Salary £30,021.53* per annum increasing to £32,404.71 per annum after 2 years’ service

Permanent, Full Time – average 40 hours per week, with various shifts

Benefits:  Company Pension, 33 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), Company Sick Pay and Life Assurance, free on-site parking, staff canteen, free uniform, free onsite gym, PERKS at work scheme with access to High Street Shop discounts, Blue Light Card for extensive discounts, local shopping discounts and extensive training and development.

Be that person who makes a difference every day, the chance to do an extraordinary job

Looking for a secure career? Are you a good communicator? Do you have resilience? A good listener?

G4S Care & Rehabilitation Services (CaRS) already successfully manages 4 prisons, one secure training centre and a number of community contracts in England and Wales. The philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and residents feel safe.

There is an exciting opportunity to join the PE Department as an operational PCO. This role plays an integral part in delivering purposeful activity for prisoners in our care, and serves as a positive outlet for stress and frustration.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate discipline and excellent team working skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and have good interpersonal skills. You will need to be confident in managing prisoners in group settings, both in the gym and whilst instructing outdoor activity.

Part of this role involves the delivery of accredited, vocational PE courses as a way for prisoners to access basic key skill support that will contribute to individual learning plans, linked to offender management.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about promoting physical health and fitness, showing a keen interest in actively developing and motivating others through pro-social modelling and building positive relationships. Consistently high standards of professionalism are expected from our staff to ensure our delivery objectives are achieved and maintained.

You will be expected to undertake a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification if you haven’t already obtained this. Additional training and qualifications will be provided for the successful applicant.

As an operational PCO, you will be expected to support the wider prison when necessary, which will include cross-deployment in other areas and external escorts.

Some of the key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Promote, develop, and deliver physical education programmes and activities for prisoners.
• Deliver gym inductions, including health and safety and equipment usage.
• Appropriately vet and allocate prisoners to courses. Carry out initial risk and health assessment of prisoners, liaise with healthcare to ensure that they receive a medical check-up where required and assist with the rehabilitation of sports injuries.
• Identify opportunities for and manage prisoners’ participation in external activities, events, and award schemes.
• Act as internal verifier for internal courses offered.
• Provide fitness training for staff and contribute to ‘Well Being’ Days.
• Conduct daily equipment safety checks and maintain record logs.
• Supervise, manage, and control prisoners decently, lawfully, safely, and securely while carrying out all activities.
• Conduct searches on prisoners, staff, and visitors as required.
• Undertake external escorts when necessary.
• Establish, develop, and maintain professional relationships with prisoners and staff.
• Understand and comply with national and local policies and legislation

The Ideal Candidate:

You must be passionate about your field and want to inspire and encourage others to make meaningful changes to their lives whilst in custody. You will support and drive our Healthy Lifestyle Campaign that encourages our residents to actively engage in physical activity, utilising and maximising on all tools that a new build establishment has to offer. This will not only include our large gym but urban gyms in the yard spaces and multi-use games areas to increase sports activities.

The people in your care will have a variety of different needs and it will be your role to ensure those individuals are treated with dignity and respect and helped to find a new way of life whilst maintaining a safe, secure and structured environment.

You will play a key role in providing prisoners with structure and routine, making sure they get to work in the morning within the Prison, are actively engaging in education or work and the prison regime and are secure in their cell in the evening.

For more information about HMP Five Wells please visit https://hmpfivewells.co.uk/

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us.

When you join us, you will receive comprehensive training, designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to deliver every aspect of being an effective Officer in a Secure environment which includes Control & Restraint, First Aid, Interpersonal skills and Health & Safety, including a shadowing period working alongside qualified PCOs to gain real on the job experience.

As you will be a PCO-badged officer, operationally you will be expected to support the wider prison, which will include being cross-deployed to other areas when required.

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

Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care.

Our team has a real opportunity to make a difference and we encourage people to improve the way we operate and develop new ways of working to improve safety and better support prisoners.   When you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need.  In addition, we have recently launched our Development Pathway, which provides clear career development from Prison Custody Officer through to middle manager, should that also be of interest to you.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S, and HMPPS and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and you will need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 5 years as part of the security screening process for this role.

*Please note that whilst on your 9 week Training Course, the training hours will be 35 hours per week therefore your salary whilst on training will be £26,269.73, increasing to £30,022.55 after training.