Operational Support Grade

Ministry of Justice; West End; Presencial; GBP 27.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Civil Service pension

Season ticket loans

Retail discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Descripción de la vacante

Ministry of Justice in the West End is seeking an Operational Support Grade to help run a busy prison. You will work in a close-knit team delivering a range of support services—from patrol and gate duties to supervising visitors, handling deliveries, and monitoring CCTV and phone calls.

You will work shifts and nights, averaging 37 hours per week, including evenings, weekends and Bank/Public holidays, on a rolling shift pattern with enhanced holiday allowance.

Formación

• Ability to work nights, evenings, weekends and public holidays as part of a rolling shift pattern.
• Good communication skills in English and ability to work in a security-sensitive environment.
• Ability to follow procedures and maintain a calm, professional approach.

Responsabilidades

• Gate/portal duties to ensure secure entry and exit, including searches.
• Operate control room radio and CCTV, reporting suspicious activity.
• Book and process visits, identify visitors on arrival.
• Monitor mail and contraband, preserve evidence.
• Night duties: secure cells and account for prisoners.
• Reception support and property processing tasks.
• Supervise prisoners and assist with movement.
• Food trolley delivery and related logistics.
• Transport prisoners and manage related paperwork.
• Maintain logs for PIN requests and official numbers.

Conocimientos

Communicating and Influencing

Managing a Quality Service

Making Effective Decisions

Caring

Descripción del empleo

As an Operational Support Grade, you will look after the day-to-day running of a busy prison, working in a close-knit team to carry out a range of support services - everything from patrol and gate duties, to managing deliveries, supervising visitors, and monitoring phone calls and CCTV. You will work shifts and nights to keep things running. You will work an average of 37 hours per week and this will include working night shifts, evenings, weekends and Bank/Public holidays (these days are added to your holiday allowance) on a rolling shift pattern. The frequency of night shifts will vary for each Establishment and can be discussed at interview. For an example of the shift times that you could be working please visit our website.

Responsibilities, activities and duties

• gate/portal duties: ensure the secure entry and exit of staff, visitors, vehicles; carry out searches of staff, prisoners, visitors, contractors and vehicles; issue and collect staff keys/radios
• control room: operate the establishment radio system and monitor CCTV ensuring all suspicious activities are reported
• visits: book visits; identify and process visitors on their arrival, escort them if required
• censors/correspondence: monitor/log mail and report any illicit or contraband items, maintaining the preservation of evidence
• night duties: ensure cell doors are locked/secure and all prisoners are safely accounted for
• reception: assist in supporting appropriate tasks in reception; photograph prisoners; collate documentation for the property process; search/x-ray incoming prisoner property and parcels; receive items for prisoners and check all seals are intact on property storage
• prisoner supervision: supervise prisoners as required; undertake prisoner clothing/property exchange and assist officers with free flow movement
• food delivery: food trolley delivery and collection, which may involve the use of an electric tug vehicle
• driving duties: transport prisoners and their escort to their destination in the cellular vehicle; collect mail from local sorting office
• phone calls: monitor the Personal Identification Number (PIN) system, maintaining the log of PIN Phone requests from prisoners; complete all relevant paperwork keeping an audit trail of conversations; check that legal numbers are registered solicitors
• procedures and protocol: understand and conform to national and local policies, responding appropriately to invoke emergency procedures and the actions required in relation to incidents

Success Profile behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing, You will work an average of 37 hours per week, and this will include working night shifts, evenings, weekends, and Bank/Public holidays on a rolling shift pattern (these days are added to your holiday allowance) The frequency of night shifts will vary for each Establishment and can be discussed at interview. For an example of the shift times that you could be working please visit our website
• The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Caring

Benefits and Perks

• annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after 10 years' service (calculated on a pro-rated basis)
• 9 days bank, public and privilege holidays
• access to the generous Civil Service pension scheme
• season ticket loans, retail discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme and a Cycle to Work scheme

Salary: £30,491

The salary figures quoted are for a 37 hour working week inclusive of 20% unsocial hours working allowance which is included in the salary to reflect the requirement to work nights, evening and weekend shifts

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