Offender Supervisor

Main Responsibilities

Job Title: Offender Supervisor

Location: HMP Parc, Bridgend, Wales, CF35 6AP

Salary: £21,747.53 - £23,378.60 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 Offender Supervisors to join our team at HMP & YOI Parc, a category B prison, in Bridgend, South Wales, currently holding over 1300 convicted male adult prisoners and remand / convicted young offenders and young people in a secure but modern environment.

Job Outline:

To work within the Offender Management model to identify, interview and assess prisoner risk levels within national guidelines. To work closely with Offender Managers to implement the sentence plan by ensuring close collaboration with key workers and interventions within custody. To ensure appropriate information is passed on via OM structures to manage risk both in custody and upon release. 

• Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
• Participate in, contribute to and undertake OASys Assessments carried out within the Offender Management Model / OASys framework.
• To ensure risk information is communicated with other areas of the establishment via internal risk management processes
• To maintain accurate assessments and records for individual caseload within the OM model.
• To assess for and refer prisoners to appropriate interventions (programmes) within the establishment.
• To carry out reviews in order to assess reduction in risk and complete reports as appropriate for recategorisation boards.
• To carry out HDC and ROTL Risk Assessments as appropriate.
• To participate in the parole review process as appropriate.
• To manager a generic caseload of offenders within required frameworks and timeframes in order to manage and reduce risk.
• Liaise with the OCA department in order to allocate prisoners for whom HMP & YOI Parc cannot meet offending behaviour needs.
• Act in accordance with security and operational instructions at all times to ensure the maintenance of security within the secure environment.
• Assist in maintaining a positive Health & Safety culture in line with British Safety Council 5 Star standards.
• To work with prisoners with substance misuse needs, with the possible requirement in future to take on high intensity  complex cases in a substance misuse offender supervisor role.

The Ideal Candidate

Skills and Knowledge

Essential:

• Ability to work in a professional and non-judgemental manner with offenders of all categories and risk factors
• Ability to use Word, Excel, and other IT systems
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workloads. 

Desirable:

• Previous knowledge and experience in a custodial setting
• Experience of meeting short term and long term objectives

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 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.

HMP & YOI Parc is committed to a clean air policy for the wellbeing of its staff, and to protect them from the risks of passive smoking. Our prison is a smoke-free environment, and smoking is not permitted in any area of the establishment. The conveyance of smoking paraphernalia (including tobacco, cigarettes and e-cigarettes) through the Keylock and into the prison will be considered a disciplinary offence under the company’s Disciplinary Policy.

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