Upholstery Skills Coach – Vocational Trainer

Ministry of Justice; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom seeks a Production Instructor – Enterprises to supervise a prisoner workshop, provide instruction, and support learners toward qualifications. The role focuses on maintaining high standards, safety, and security while delivering education and skills that improve employment prospects on release.

You will work under established procedures, assess progress, manage schedules, and coordinate with external organisations such as local colleges; the post is

Responsibilities

• May participate in selecting prisoners for the workshop/area of work.
• Induct prisoners and train them in health and safety, COSHH, machinery and tool usage.
• Provide support for prisoners; tailor learning and training to individual needs.
• Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Assess and evaluate skills of prisoners up to national qualification standards.
• Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners.
• Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Open and complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports.
• Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops.
• Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked and wages including recording piece work where appropriate.
• Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintain security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults. Undertake planned maintenance programme on machinery.
• Contribute to prisoner reports including parole and sentence planning.
• Complete regime monitoring information and update prisoner training records.
• Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/area of work and specialist areas.
• Request materials and estimate usage in order to meet work targets.
• Initiate product development reviews to maintain workshop/area of work output levels, and to provide variety of work and experience for prisoners.
• Participate in self-audit and in achieving Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs).
• Complete administration activities to support the smooth running of the workshop.

Job description

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom seeks a Production Instructor – Enterprises to supervise a prisoner workshop, provide instruction, and support learners toward qualifications. The role focuses on maintaining high standards, safety, and security while delivering education and skills that improve employment prospects on release.

You will work under established procedures, assess progress, manage schedules, and coordinate with external organisations such as local colleges; the post is