Prison Offender Manager BRIDGEND £27,236.45

Role Responsibility:

Prison Offender Manager

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

HMP Parc, Bridgend, CF35 6AP

Salary £27,236.45 per annum

Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

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

Within Care and Rehabilitation Services, 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 prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. 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. HMP & YOI Parc accommodates 1038 convicted male adult prisoners and remand/ convicted young offenders and young people in a secure but modern environment.

We now have an opportunity for a Prison Offender Manager to join our team at HMP Parc.

This is a key role in the rehabilitation and risk management of prisoners in custody. As a Prison Offender Manager, you will work within the Offender Management Unit supporting people in prison progress through their sentence.  This will include understanding, assessing and managing risk.   You will be key in coordinating the prisoner’s sentence, collaborating with all departments, and external partners, to ensure that prisoners access the rehabilitative opportunities they need in custody, and facilitating engagement with key resettlement services in readiness for release. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of prisoner groups, and develop your knowledge, understanding and competency considerably in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• As a Prison Offender Manager, you will be expected to manage a caseload of prisoners.  You will need to have good prioritisation and time management skills.
• You will support prisoners at various stages of their sentence and work closely with internal and external agencies
• You will receive comprehensive training in assessing and managing risk, and complete the relevant assessments for prisoners
• Your progress on the type of cases you will hold will depend on competency. As your competency develops, you will work with more complex cases
• You will interview prisoners, discussing areas of their life such as accommodation, relationships, education/employment and lifestyles, encouraging prisoners to engage with any offending behaviour work and challenging any negative behaviour/views where appropriate.
• You will need to assess and refer prisoners to appropriate interventions (offending behaviour programmes) within the establishment in the aim to reduce their risk of reoffending.
• Prisoner Offender Managers are responsible for ensuring risk information is communicated with other areas of the establishment such as wing managers, Dyfodol, Interventions, healthcare and the family services.
• You will carry out reviews in order to assess reduction in risk and complete reports as appropriate for re-categorisation boards.
• You will risk assess prisoners for employment boards
• Work closely with Community Offender Managers to support pre-release planning and risk management
• Respond to prisoner queries
• Participate in the parole review process. This includes providing information to inform Parole assessments, attending Parole hearings and giving evidence on prisoners conduct in custody.
• Liaise with the OCA department in order to allocate offenders for whom HMP/YOI Parc cannot meet offending behaviour needs. This may also require you to liaise with other HMPS establishments in order to gain a placement for your prisoner in another establishment.
• Act in accordance with security and operational instructions at all times to ensure the maintenance of security within the secure environment.
• To take a multi-disciplinary approach to risk management by liaising with external agencies such as Probation, Police, Social Service and MAPPA.
• To be responsible for personal development by undertaking relevant training, including completion of the HMPPS POM workbook. You may be expected to travel for training.

The Ideal Candidate:

Essential Skills

• Ability to work in a professional and non-judgemental manner with offenders of all categories and risk factors
• Ability to use Google and other IT systems
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workloads.
• Ability to be proactive in job role

Desirable Skills

• Previous knowledge and experience in a custodial setting
• Experience of meeting short term and long term objectives

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.

HMP Parc encourages applications from Welsh speakers.

For more information on HMP Parc, please visit https://hmpparc.co.uk/

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.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office 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.