General Workshop Instructor

Role Responsibility:

General Workshop Instructor

G4S Care and Rehabiliation Services

HMP Five Wells, Wellingborough

£29,150.00 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.

This is a great opportunity to be a part of something exciting!

Rarely does an opportunity to make your mark and further your career come up like this.  HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough is setting a new standard for new build prisons of the future, using forward-thinking design and technology.  The Prison is the UK’s first purpose-built, new resettlement Prison. After opening in 2022 it is a one of a kind new generation category C new build Prison for the future and has become an integral part of the local community.

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 prisoners feel safe.

About the role

This is a great opportunity to be part of a successful team at HMP Five Wells, where you can utilise your skills in a busy, fully equipped modern workshops and have the opportunity to develop your skills further.

We are now looking for Prisoner Workshop Instructor to join our fast paced Activities Team at HMP Five Wells. The right applicant should be enthusiastic and have the ability to motivate learners with good communication skills.

You will also coordinate workshop activities in line with Prison regime requirements whilst supporting and developing the prisoner’s skills and maintaining the security of the prison.

Some of the key responsibilities are:

• Supervise and control prisoners within the workshops so that the good order of the prison is maintained.
• Maintain prisoner attendance levels at optimum numbers so that efficiency is obtained at all times.
• Complete and return regime monitoring documentation so that accurate statistics can be produced.
• Assist in the planning and organising of the product workflow to achieve optimum performance of the workshop.
• Maintain effective work systems, ensuring that all correspondence and documentation is dealt with in a professional manner that meets audit requirements.
• Monitor all areas of the workshop to ensure they are kept clean, tidy and presentable and are operating in accordance with appropriate Health & Safety procedures.
• Check that all tools or stores items including consumables are accounted for at all times so that security is maintained.
• Ensure the maintenance of security within the prison environment by compliance with security instructions.
• 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.

The Ideal Candidate:

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 have good interpersonal skills and strong resilience skills.

Knowledge and skills in the operation of a workshop is desirable but not essential.

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.

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 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 for internal candidates, your Director/Line Manager will be made aware of your initial application