First Line Manager - DART

Main Responsibilities

First Line Manager - DART

HMP Birmingham

£28,939.65 per annum

Full Time - 40 hours per week

As the world’s leading security solutions group with operations in over 120 countries and more than 625,000 employees worldwide, G4S is a truly unique company. We’re bigger, more diverse and involved in more fascinating, cutting-edge projects than many people would imagine and we now have an opportunity for First Line Managers to join our team at HMP Birmingham.

At HMP Birmingham we are extremely proud of our long history, heritage and the wealth of experience that comes with a prison that has been open since 1849.  HMP Birmingham was also the first ever public sector prison to be transferred into the private sector estate. 

Job Outline:

To manage the operational team who support the drug and alcohol strategy

Responsibilities:

• Manage the operational teams who support the drug and alcohol strategy to ensure prisoners are kept safe.
• Provide a secure environment in which prisoners receive all statutory rights in line with contractual obligations and company policies and procedures.
• Coach and support staff to maximise their performance and ensure values, ethical standards, equality and diversity, policies and procedures and contractual requirements are met. 
• Prepare as required and ensure the delivery and quality of the offender management process to the relevant standards.
• Manage the elements of the drug strategy including updating policy and strategy.
• Assist in chairing meetings around drug strategy and policy
• Help formulate responses to prisoners who are in emerging treatment from alcohol and substance misuse
• Oversee CBT (Compliance Base Testing)
• Help with the reduction of the supply/demand of illicit substances.
• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture to achieve and maintain recognition as a British Safety Council 5 Star business unit.
• Perform the role of Duty Manager as and when required to ensure that the operation runs effectively, to include monitoring effective ACCT and Violence Reduction systems to minimise suicides, self-harm and bullying within the prison. 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills:

• Experience in a custodial environment

Desirable Skills:

• Previous management experience
• Experience of project/ work planning, monitoring and reviewing
• Ability to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook Email & Calendar

At G4S, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. We are seeking to recruit a caring, pro-active and confident professional to help make a real difference to their lives.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us. Our benefits are as you would expect from a large global organisation and include a company pension, comprehensive training, career development, generous holiday entitlement, uniform and access to our on-site gym.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 5 years. You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 10 years as part of the security screening process for this role.