Senior Prison Manager  [01/02/2010]

The programme is a mixture of classroom based teaching, shadowing, secondments, written assignments and time spent in an establishment at both the Officer level and also as a Head of Function.   All candidates have to pass a JSAC as part of the recruitment process, along with a series of psychometric and ability tests and interview.  The SPMP has been designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and understanding they will need to operate as Senior Managers within the Prison Service.  There will be scope for recognising individual learning needs through Personal Development, and sections of the course will be tailored accordingly.

Module 1 – Prison Officer training and Officer Placement

Module 2 – Operational Management Development

Module 3 – Functional Head Placement

Module 4 – Deputy Governor

Skills & Qualifications



 It is expected that you have at least 4 years experience in a senior management position and successful people management across a range of experiences. These experiences should include:

• People management
• Securing efficiency gains and working within tight financial parameters
• Striving for and fulfilling demanding performance indicators
• Building positive relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Strategic thinking and forward planning
• Leadership

The following skills are essential for the role:

• Caring
• Organising and maximising performance
• Persuading and influencing
• Problem solving and decision making

You will also need to acquire during your training period specific Prison Service knowledge, including

• Security awareness
• Managing incidents
• Prisoner care
• Risk Assessments
• Management and staff roles
• Performance management
• Prisoner management, including adjudications and Control and Restraint
• Employee relations
• Professional standards and investigations
• Legal requirements
• A wide range of jail craft, including it’s culture.

 



Salary, Working Arrangements & Further Information


Following assessment and clearance, posts will be taken up in September 2010. Whilst on the Programme your salary will be within the Senior Operational Manager D pay range, which currently  goes from  £44,589 to £64,933. Depending upon your location, there may also be a local pay allowance of up to £4,250. HMPS/NOMS recognises the complementary skills and experience that candidates from other organisations can bring and the varying career levels from which these derive. As a reflection of this and the intensity of the Senior Prison Manager Programme, discretionary conversion allowances aligned to individual circumstances can be offered to applicants whose salary exceeds the current entry point to the course. Elements of such an allowance are conditional on course completion and retention.

Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS)

All Prison Officers and those working in regulated activity will be subject to the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. This seeks to ensure those who are deemed unsuitable from working with children and vulnerable adults are prevented from working in particular work settings or undertaking work of a specified nature. Barred individuals who seek to undertake work with vulnerable groups will be subject to criminal penalties.

 




 

Benefits



Annual Leave

Senior posts attract an annual leave allowance of 30 days on entry. On top of this you will also receive public and privilege holidays. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

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

Training

The Prison Service is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

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 office.

Childcare vouchers

The Prison Service offers a childcare vouchers scheme. The scheme enables staff to take part of their salary in the form of Childcare Vouchers. This is known as a Salary Sacrifice. The vouchers can then be used to help meet the costs of any form of registered or approved childcare for children aged 0 -16. The vouchers are exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions



Job Type:
Permanent

Location:
Denmark

Salary:
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Date available:
now

Company:
HM Prison Service Headquarters

Company Description:
Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts. Our duty is to look after them with humanity and help them lead law-abiding and useful lives in custody and after release. Our Vision * To provide the very best prison services so that we are the provider of choice * To work towards this vision by securing the following key objectives. Objectives To protect the public and provide what commissioners want to purchase by: * Holding prisoners securely * Reducing the risk of prisoners re-offending * Providing safe and well-ordered establishments in which we treat prisoners humanely, decently and lawfully. In securing these objectives we adhere to the following principles: Our Principles In carrying out our work we: * Work in close partnership with our commissioners and others in the Criminal Justice System to achieve common objectives * Obtain best value from the resources available using research to ensure effective correctional practice * Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and combat unlawful discrimination, and * Ensure our staff have the right leadership, organisation, support and preparation to carry out their work effectively.

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