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Offender Management Unit (OMU) Manager

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

The Sodexo Justice segment have an exciting new opportunity for an Offender Management Unit (OMU) Manager to join their busy team at ​ HMP Northumberland.

As the Offender Management Unit (OMU) Manager you'll be responsible for overseeing the administrative case management function to ensure critical reception and discharge checks take place. 

You'll also need to ensure all prisoners subject to Public Protection procedures such as Safeguarding Children and Harassment are correctly identified, and procedures followed in accordance with published guidance.

We work towards the resettlement of residents upon their release into the community and their integration into society through the skills acquired while in our care. We are committed to supporting people to change their lives for the better and lead law-abiding lives.

HMP Northumberland offers a variety of initiatives and programmes to help residents engage within the prison’s rehabilitative culture. This includes various educational and vocational qualifications, as well as a variety of opportunities for residents to learn new skills within our workshops and industries departments. We have textile, engineering and electrical workshops and can offer prisoners experience in horticulture, market gardens, cleaning, waste management and laundry services on site.

Being over 4 miles in circumference, the prison is a vast space with exceptionally kept plantation and currently houses over 1300 residents with a range of sentence terms.

For more information on Sodexo Careers please visit Sodexo Careers and Careers in Justice

 

Role Responsibility

  • Manage the administrative case management function to ensure critical reception and discharge checks take place, including sentence calculations and public protection procedures, in accordance with published guidance.
  • Maintain effective systems to ensure procedures are followed and documents including reports relating to recall, parole, ROTL, OASys, licences, appeals and sentence calculation is provided to prisoners efficiently and in accordance with guidance.
  • Ensure all prisoners subject to Public Protection procedures such as Safeguarding Children and Harassment are correctly identified and procedures followed in accordance with published guidance.
  • Oversee the mandatory recording and processes of prisoners subject to orders including but not limited to Disqualification Orders and the Sexual Offenders Register.
  • Manage the offender supervision function, outlined in OMiC to ensure systems and processes are conducted in accordance with published guidance and principles.
  • Ensure that staff are appropriately trained and supervised to enable them to conduct their duties accurately.
 

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

  • Ability to lead and manage teams.
  • Technical knowledge of relevant prison legislation, PSOs, PSIs, inspection and audit processes, as well the wider criminal justice system.
  • Ability to think and act strategically.
  • Able to prioritise resources and remain resilient in order to achieve establishment objectives as well as protect the public.
  • Experience of responding to changes in policy and legislation effectively and efficiently.
  • Ability to network effectively with a range of agencies and organisations.
  • Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
 
Desirable:
  • Experience of undertaking sentence calculations.
  • Good understanding of Service Level Agreements.
  • Understanding and awareness of commercial and contractual issues.
  • Good understanding of HMIP Expectations relating to Offender Management.
  • Experience of displaying discretion at all times and maintaining strict confidence in all sensitive matters.

Package Description

Salary: £31,000

Shift: Monday to Friday, flexible working

Sodexo offers the best range of employee benefits on the market. From discounts that reduce the cost of the weekly shop, to exclusive deals on holidays and keeping active. Our award-winning employee benefits platform offers everything YOU need to make life that little bit better every day.

  • Health and wellbeing incentives
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Reward and Recognition schemes
  • Flexible working considered
  • Volunteering days
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Free meals and parking on site

We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence, and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory, and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our business. We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.

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