23133 - HMP Aylesbury: PEI
Ministry of Justice
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Job summary
The Ministry of Justice is seeking a Prison Officer with specialist Physical Education Instructor training to supervise and support prisoners in a secure custodial setting. You will be deployed as a Supervising Officer where required and deliver education, fitness training and wellbeing activities for staff.
Role includes risk assessments, health checks liaison with healthcare, maintaining logs, and compliance with national policies.
Qualifications
- Must be competent in custodial procedures and dynamic risk assessments.
- Must have completed Physical Education Instruction qualification or successfully complete it, and pass a fitness test.
- Must be trained in restraint techniques and probation/selection requirements.
Responsibilities
- Initiate, develop and deliver physical education programmes for prisoners and staff.
- Deliver gym inductions including health and safety and equipment usage.
- Interview and allocate prisoners onto courses and monitor learning plans.
- Supervise, manage and control prisoners safely and lawfully while carrying out activities.
- Act as internal verifier for internal courses and contribute to Well Being Days.
Skills
Education
Job description
Overview of the job
This is an operational job in an establishment.
The job holder will be a Prison Officer who will have additional specialist Physical Education Instructor training to carry out this job.
They will supervise and support prisoners in a secure custodial setting, ensuring all services are provided to a high standard and that security and control are maintained at all times. They will also be deployed as a Supervising Officer where required.
This is an operational job with no line management; however they will have supervisory responsibilities for staff.
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- Initiate, develop and deliver physical education programmes and activities for prisoners. Customise programmes for individual prisoners as appropriate.
- Deliver gym inductions including health and safety and equipment usage.
- Deliver pre-planned accredited education activities and manual handling training to prisoners, adhering to Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) guidelines.
- Interview and allocate prisoners onto courses. Carry out initial risk and health assessment of prisoners and liaise with healthcare to ensure that they receive a medical check-up where required and assist with the rehabilitation of sports injuries.
- Regularly review Individual Learning Plans (ILPS) set and monitor targets to challenge prisoners.
- Have regular contact with awarding bodies regarding courses and certification.
- Identify opportunities for and manage prisoners’ participation in external activities, events and award schemes.
- Act as internal verifier for internal courses.
- Provide fitness training for staff and contribute to ‘Well Being’ Days.
- Conduct regular equipment checks and maintain logs.
- Order new equipment when required and ensure all repairs are completed on existing equipment.
- Supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, lawfully, safely and securely whilst carrying out all activities.
- Exercise the powers of a Constable.
- Conduct searches on prisoners, staff and visitors as required.
- Undertake external escorts.
- Undertakes ‘first on scene’ incident response.
- Maintain and update systems in line with local agreements.
- Prepare relevant documentation for managers for verification/quality checking purposes.
- Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required.
- Complete and update Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.
- Establish, develop and maintain professional relationships with prisoners and staff.
- Understand and comply with national/local policies and legislation.
- SO : Safe, Decent and Secure / YP
- SO : Operations / YP
- SO : Special Unit
- SO : Category A Escorts
- SO : Nights / YP
- SO : Regime
- SO : PEI
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re‑examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Must be competent in custodial procedures, including dynamic risk assessments.
- Successful completion of POELT and probation period
- Must have passed Physical Education Instruction Pre‑selection assessment
- Must be trained in restraint techniques
- Must have completed Physical Education Instruction qualification or if successful on interview must successfully complete the Physical Education Instruction qualification, and must also pass a fitness test
- When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.
37 hour working week (standard).
Additional Conditioned Hours Pensionable (ACHP)
Staff moving from a closed 39 hour pay structure will be eligible for the two protected pensionable additional committed hours (ACHP). They will work a 39 hour week consisting of the standard 37 hour week and a further 2 additional hours (ACHP) paid at plain time pensionable rate.
This role requires working regular unsocial hours and a 17% payment will be paid in addition to your basic pay to recognise this. Unsocial hours are those hours outside 0700 - 1900hrs Monday to Friday and include working evenings, nights, weekends and Bank/Public holidays.
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non‑contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre‑employment checks.
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy.
If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff.
The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.
- The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro‑ratio basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.
- You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment
- The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
- HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ
- After two months’ service, you’ll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer‑period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work
- For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes
- There are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts
- All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles
- All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post
- All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS
- All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected
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