488 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Lancaster Farms (Prison Support Role) - UK Ministry of Defense : Job Details

Details

Reference number

372696

Salary

27,840

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Administrative Assistant

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

6

Contents

* Location

* About the job

* Benefits

* Things you need to know

* Apply and further information

Location

Lancaster, North West England, LA1 3QZ

About the job

Job summary

Please see Job Description

Job description

The OSG role does not attract Sponsorship via the Skilled Worker visa/Tier 2 (general) work visa.

An extraordinary job. Done by someone like you.

As part of our prison support team, your work will be varied and help to keep the prison moving.

This is an active role where you will be doing a range of physical tasks. These can include lifting and carrying, plus long periods of standing and walking. There will also be periods of lone working whilst undertaking tasks on both day and night shifts.

You will not always be in contact with prisoners, it depends on the prison you work in. You will have full training and a supportive team by your side.

Life as an OSG

Your job can include:

Gate duties

* ensuring the secure entry and exit of staff, visitors, vehicles.

* carrying out searches of staff, prisoners, visitors and vehicles

* walking around the prison site to escort vehicles and contractors

* issuing and collecting staff keys and radios

* walking around the prison site patrolling and searching perimeter fence areas

Control room

* operating the prison radio system

* monitoring CCTV, ensuring all suspicious activities are reported.

Visits

* welcoming visitors on their arrival

* escorting them if needed

Correspondence

* monitoring and logging mail coming into the prison

* reporting any contraband items, preserving evidence where needed

Night duties

* ensuring cell doors are locked and all prisoners are safely accounted for.

Reception

* photographing prisoners

* processing prisoners property and parcels coming into the prison.

Prisoner supervision

* sometimes supervising prisoners

* exchanging clothing and property

* helping prison officers escort prisoners around the prison

Food delivery

* walking around the prison delivering and collecting food trollies, or sometimes using an electric tug vehicle

Driving duties

* transporting prisoners and their escorts to their destination

* collecting mail from the local sorting office, which may involve lifting heavy sacks.

Phone calls

* monitoring the prisons Personal Identification Number (PIN) phone system

* maintaining the log of PIN phone requests from prisoners

* completing relevant records

Procedures and protocol

* understanding and conforming to national and local policies, responding appropriately to incidents and emergencies

You do not need any qualifications to do this job. Helping to keep a prison running smoothly and safely requires good judgement, common sense, responsibility and, above all teamwork.

National - 27,840

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.

In addition to your base pay, you will receive:

* annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after 10 years service (calculated on a pro-rata basis)

* 9 days bank, public and privilege holidays

* access to a paid Level 2 apprenticeship in customer service

* access to the generous Civil Service pension scheme

* season ticket loans, retail discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, and a Cycle to Work scheme.

Hours

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

How to apply

Stage 1

* Tell us about yourself

Click apply and fill in your personal details on our application form

* Take a short online test

When you apply, you will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to take our online test. This is a behaviour-based assessment that assesses whether you have the right natural strengths and behavioural preferences to become an Operational Support Grade. You will complete a series of mini tasks that are designed to elicit your natural behavioural preferences (e.g., how you naturally tend to make decisions). Whilst the tasks themselves arent set in the context of the role; they are designed to observe the behaviours that are most important for the role. This will take around 40 minutes to complete, but there is no time limit.

You dont need to be a gamer to do well on this test. Were just looking for your natural ability to succeed in the role.

Stage 2

If you pass the test, well invite you for an interview.

Before you take the test, you will have the opportunity to practice and prepare for the real test. You will receive information and a link to access this and the actual test once you apply.

For more information please visit our website

Job offers: merit vacancy.

This is a merit job vacancy. If you are successful at the interview, you will be added to a merit list based on your score.

When all applicants have completed the assessment, the prison will make job offers to those with the highest scores first when positions become available.

You can stay on the merit list for 12 months. After this, you will need to apply again.

If your application is unsuccessful at the sift/Interview stage, a six-month waiting period will be applied during which time you will not be allowed to submit any further applications for Operational Support Grade positions.

The jobholder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's . Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

* To Shared Service Connected Ltd (0845 ### #### (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail [email protected]);

* To Ministry of Justice Resourcing ([email protected]).

* To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent, and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.

You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team.

For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long-term condition, please see our Disability Confident Scheme Frequently Asked Questions webpage.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain, and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. .

Person specification

Please see job description.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

* Communicating and Influencing

* Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 27,840, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes 8,065 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

* Additional Details.

Working Arrangements & Further Information

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyones circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.

For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.

Some of MoJs terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS Flexible Working policy.

If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff.

The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.

Benefits

Annual Leave

* The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a nonstandard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.

Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays

* You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment.

Pension

* The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Work Life Balance

HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ.

Season Ticket Advance

* After two months service, you will be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work

Childcare Vouchers

For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers

Training

HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes

* There are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts

* All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles

Eligibility

* All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post

* All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.

* All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

Contact Information

If you require any assistance please call 0345 ### #### (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail [email protected]. Please quote the job reference - 488

if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL ([email protected]) in the first instance

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

Supporting document 1

Band-2-SSO-Operational-Support-Grade-General-JD010-v9.0.pdf 185KB

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

* 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) (opens in a new window)

* 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