Safer Custody Analyst

Job Introduction

HMP Northumberland are recruiting for a Safer Custody Analyst to provide support to the Safer Custody Managers and also the Use of Force Co-ordinator, working closely also with the Security department Analyst team and local Drug Strategy Co-ordinator. If you have previous experience in a similar role and are able to take conflicting information and provide recommendations or reports based on the data, this could be a great opportunity for you.

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. 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 working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

• Analyse and evaluate information from a wide range of sources to support and inform decision making in the identification, reduction and prevention of safer custody issues and the management of related incidents. Where required, undertake further analysis on IRS and Mercury systems when concerns are raised in relation to safer custody topics.
• Produce a safer custody Intelligence Report and disseminate it as required within the establishment, collating feedback, before presenting the report at the monthly Safer Custody Meeting and within security meeting forums. The report will cover all strands of safer custody to include self-harm, violence, self-isolation, CSIP, ACCT management etc to meet establishment priorities.
• Make sure that all relevant intelligence and recording systems are updated, maintained, used appropriately
• Ensure that the Use of Force incident database is effectively maintained, and updates are expedited on a timely basis. Provide identification of trends and patterns to support appropriate actions.
• Undertake analysis to inform reporting to the Use of Force meeting in relation to trends identified from staff and prisoner debriefs, including application of opportunities for de-escalation not optimised or where good practice is evident.
• Undertake data collection and analysis that supports the Use of Force Co-ordinator’s successful promotion of high levels of BWVC use.
• Complete prior analysis of the required datasets and produce the quarterly SMARG report.

**Full job description below**

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Understanding of and use of Mercury (Intelligence Assessment System)
• Ability to assessment information from various sources, which may be conflicting, assess this information and communicate understanding.
• Attention to detail
• Experience within a similar role

Desirable

• Experience of report writing using evidence to justify any findings/recommendations
• Understands Safer Custody, Use of Force governance and segregation principles/rules
• In depth knowledge of computer based systems

Package Description

£23,882.50 per annum

Fixed term contract until 31 March 2022

37.5 hours per week 

Excellent benefits including free onsite parking, shopping discounts, pension and 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)

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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 race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

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.

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.