Prisoner Employment Support Coordinator
Job Introduction
HMP Northumberland are looking for Prisoner Employment Support Coordinator. The job holder will provide administrative support for the pathways and assist in reducing reoffending by prisoners through the provision of opportunities from reception to release. If you are an experienced administrator with attention to detail, this could be a great opportunity for you.
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.
As a working prison, 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.
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.
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Role Responsibility
- Helping prepare prisoners to take up Release On Temporary Licence work placements and/or prison leavers take up employment on release. This will include through delivering the Prisoner Banking Programme and ID programme; and supporting colleagues to match job vacancies with potential candidates. Duties will involve:
- Assessing the need of prisoners who require ID and/or a basic bank account and keeping records as per approved templates.
- Supporting prisoners with applications via the Prisoner Banking Programme and ID programme. This includes following the relevant procedures, managing enquiries, and acting as the Single Point Of Contact for applicants and programme partners.
- Seeking out prisoners prior to release to offer the services
- Using approved templates to maintain financial records as necessary, collect relevant management information and report on these as required.
- Supporting Prison Employment Leads in their capacity to identify and match candidates to job opportunities.
Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.
The Ideal Candidate
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Experience working in a similar environment or role
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Able to operate relevant IT applications
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Experience of working under pressure and to deadlines
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Able to manage competing work priorities
Package Description
£24,400 per annum
Flexible Working
Our prison is active 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and this affords our employees a huge amount of opportunity to work flexibly. We welcome applications for flexible working from day one of employment, and can consider condensed hours, part time working, fixed rest days, fixed shifts and just about any other possibility you would like us to look at. Quite simply, tell us the hours you would like to work, and when, and we will see if we can make this work for you, and us. We accommodate young families with childcare needs, people with other caring responsibilities, and as many other preferences as we can. Our belief is that if you can get great work life balance, you will be happier and perform better in this challenging role. Why not apply and talk to us about your needs? Let’s see what we can do!
We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.
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 around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.
Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.
Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.
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
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.
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