23612 - Group Worker - Prison Officer Specialist - HMP/YOI ISIS

Ministry of Justice; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Season ticket loan

Training and development

Part-time, flexible and job-share

Job summary

The Ministry of Justice's HMP Isis site seeks a Prison Officer Specialist who delivers offending-behaviour programmes to prisoners in groups and one-to-one. The role also covers custodial duties, supervision, searches and external escorts, with potential deployment as a Supervising Officer.

Applicants should hold POELT and a Custodial Care NVQ 3, and must pass enhanced DBS checks. Formal hybrid working may be available; training and progression are offered through MoJ development programs.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform all spoken aspects of the role in English, or Welsh where specified.
• Qualified in Custodial Care NVQ Level 3 and POELT.
• Experience with dynamic risk assessment and custodial procedures.
• Trained in restraint techniques, refreshed annually.

Responsibilities

• Deliver offending-behaviour and other programme interventions to prisoners in groups or individually.
• Prepare materials and run sessions at least twice weekly, plus monthly staff awareness training.
• Write course reports and overall programme impact reports.
• Contribute to risk assessments, incentives, consent sessions and inductions for referrals.
• Supervise and control prisoners safely and lawfully; conduct searches on prisoners, staff and visitors.

Skills

English

Dynamic risk assessment

Restraint techniques

Education

Custodial Care NVQ Level 3

POELT

Job description

This Prison Officer Specialist post sits in the Ministry of Justice's HMP/YOI Isis, where the postholder delivers offending-behaviour programmes to prisoners in groups and one to one. Alongside programme work, the role covers custodial duties such as supervising prisoners, searches and external escorts. It is distinct for combining facilitation with frontline custody, and the postholder may be deployed as a Supervising Officer. Applicants need POELT and a Custodial Care NVQ 3, and must pass enhanced DBS checks.

What the job involves

• Deliver programme interventions to prisoners in groups or individually, arranging sessions and resources
• Prepare material and deliver programme sessions at least twice weekly, plus monthly staff awareness training
• Run semi-structured interviews and motivational interviewing before, during and after courses, giving feedback
• Write course reports for each prisoner and an overall report on programme impact
• Contribute to risk assessments, consent sessions and prisoner induction for programme referrals
• Write post-programme reports and attend post-programme progress reviews
• Attend OASys sentence planning boards and, where appropriate, MAPPA reviews
• Supervise, manage and control prisoners safely, lawfully and securely
• Exercise the powers of a Constable, conduct searches on prisoners, staff and visitors, and undertake external escorts
• Respond as first on scene to incidents
• Act as Supervising Officer when required, across the listed SO roles
• Work with other departments and attend Accredited Intervention Management meetings to address offending behaviour

Qualifications

• Custodial Care NVQ Level 3
• Successful completion of POELT

Experience

• Competent in custodial procedures, including dynamic risk assessment

Skills & knowledge

• Trained in restraint techniques, refreshed annually
• Able to carry out all spoken aspects of the role in English, or in Welsh where specified

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Meet Civil Service nationality rules
• Declare whether a member of any group the HMPPS considers racist

Other

• Complete probation period of 6 months for external candidates
• Complete OASys for assessors and Offender Supervisor Foundation training once in post
• Pass an assessment to work with young people, if transferring to a young persons establishment
• Assessed against MoJ behaviours, led by Communicating and Influencing

What’s offered

• Annual leave, pro-rated, with holiday year from 1 March
• 9 days for bank, public and privilege holidays, added to annual leave
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• 17% payment for regular unsocial hours
• Informal hybrid working where business need allows
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and development, including promotion programmes
• Part-time, flexible and job-share working considered