Prison Custody Officer (Altcourse)

Main Responsibilities

Prison Custody Officer

HM Prison Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 7LH

Salary: £22,212.20 per annum

Full time: 39 hours per week (various shifts)

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 Prison Custody Officers (PCO) to join our team at HMP Altcourse, a category B training prison, in Fazakerley, Liverpool, holding more than 1200 adult male offenders.

Key responsibilities in the role include:

• Maintain restrictions on offender’s liberty whilst promoting and protecting their rights in compliance with legislation and company policy and procedures, including security instructions.
• Control the internal and external movements of offenders in the establishment to ensure required relevant standards and procedures are met.
• Complete and maintain offender records, documentation, reports and all associated offender information to enable the sharing of this information and to provide a clear audit trail.
• Ensure that offenders receive their privileges appropriate to their location and local status so that the duty of care is met.
• Ensure own and, when appropriate others actions reduce risks to security and maintain a safe and secure environment.
• Promote an environment that supports the welfare and safety of staff and offenders so that offender behaviour and the good order of the prison is controlled and maintained.
• Assist in the control of incidents and emergencies to reduce the impact of the incident and bring it to a swift resolution and when appropriate control and restrain offenders to prevent escape, injury or damage.
• Search individuals, cells, premises and surrounding areas and confiscate prohibited items and / or contraband in order to maintain safety and security in line with standards.
• Maintain the highest standards of care in order to minimise the risk to offenders of suicide, self-harm and violence.
• Undertake activity in relevant work area to provide a full range of services for offenders in line with the contract.
• Communicate and act to promote teamwork and ensure high standards of service delivery.

The Ideal Candidate

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 offenders feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and offenders. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat offenders with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the offenders 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 10 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.

Here at G4S we are an equal opportunities employer.

Our Purpose

G4S is the leading global integrated security company specialising in the provision of security products, services and solutions.

Our Values

We are proud of our distinctive culture and strong values that are cascaded through the organisation.  These values guide how we conduct our business and help to develop positive relationship with all stakeholders.

Customer Focus:  We have close, open relationships with our customers that generate trust and we work in partnership for the mutual benefit of our organisations

Expertise:  We develop and demonstrate our expertise through our innovative approach to creating and delivering the right solution

Performance:  We seek to improve performance year-on-year to create long term sustainability

Best People:  We employ the best people, develop their competence, provide opportunity and inspire them to apply our values

Integrity:  We can always be trusted to do the right thing

Teamwork and collaboration:  We collaborate for the benefit of our customers and G4S

Care:  We will always demonstrate the utmost care and respect for those people whose welfare and safety is entrusted to us

Safety First: We prioritise safety management to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and those around us