SPI : Upholsterer

Job Overview

This is a non-operational instructional job in an establishment.

Summary

The job holder will be responsible for providing supervision, knowledge and skills to prisoners in a specialist workshop so they can improve their employment prospects on release with a view to reducing reoffending. The job holder will ensure that all services are provided to a high standard and that security and control is maintained at all times. The job holder will be able to teach prisoners towards achieving nationally recognised qualifications and may be supported by external organisations such as local colleges.

Responsibilities

• May participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop/area of work.
• Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to Health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage.
• Provide support for prisoners where required; tailor learning and training requirements 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.
• 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.

Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Developing Self and Others

Ability

• Basic Maths
• Basic English

Experience

• Must have relevant work experience in a production environment.
• Preferable for candidate to have some supervisory experience.
• Should have experience of using industrial standard machinery and equipment.

Technical

• Currently hold or be prepared to work towards Level 3 or equivalent in Upholstery related subject.

Working Arrangements

The MoJ offers hybrid working arrangements where business need allows. This involves working from your base location, other MoJ sites or home, subject to suitability and regular review. The role can only be worked within the UK.

Benefits

• Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week (excluding unpaid breaks).
• Entitlement to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) of bank, public and privilege holidays, added to the annual leave allowance.
• Pension: The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes.

Equal Opportunity

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. All candidates are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist.

Nationality Rules

• UK nationals
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service