Horticulture Instructor & Prison Rehabilitation Mentor

Ministry of Justice; Belmont; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in England and Wales seeks an Instructor to supervise prisoners in Land Based Activities and Horticulture, teaching vocational skills and ensuring safe, productive work. You will supervise day-to-day activities, maintain grounds, and support rehabilitation aims by delivering instruction, assessing progress, and upholding security and discipline within the establishment.

This non-operational role emphasizes high standards of work and readiness for release, with potential

Responsibilities

• Carry out a full range of horticultural activities, giving instruction to prisoners on all land-based activity duties including use of machinery.
• Ensure good horticultural practice.
• Maintain the establishments grounds and conservation areas including maintenance of lawns, ponds, water features, hard and soft landscaping (including laying paving and turf) and external grounds to the establishment including woodland (where appropriate).
• Deliver the relevant actions from the MoJ's Biodiversity Strategy and to develop and create the establishments conservation areas.
• Undertake small project work as advised.
• You will be responsible for supervising prisoners in the work area, ensuring that work targets are met, discipline is maintained, and the work area remains a safe and positive working environment at all times. This may involve the selection process of prisoners and managing their pay.
• Inducting prisoners and training and training them in aspects such as Health and Safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to Health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage within your area of work.

Job description

Ministry of Justice in England and Wales seeks an Instructor to supervise prisoners in Land Based Activities and Horticulture, teaching vocational skills and ensuring safe, productive work. You will supervise day-to-day activities, maintain grounds, and support rehabilitation aims by delivering instruction, assessing progress, and upholding security and discipline within the establishment.

This non-operational role emphasizes high standards of work and readiness for release, with potential