CM Physical Education + staff support (Ref: 22950)

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Overview of the job

This is a management job in an establishment.

Summary

The job holder will provide day-to-day management of the PE Department and support the delivery of the PE Pathways within the establishment.

The job holder will be a Custodial Manager who will have additional specialist Physical Education Instructor (PEI) training to carry out this job.

They will also be a key member of the establishment wellbeing committee and support staff returning to work, via line managers and occupational health practitioners.

This is an operational, non-rotational, role with line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Responsible for the line management of all PE staff within their hierarchy including PE Band 3 Staff Support Officers. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal, through to sickness absence management and managerial enquiries. Supporting recruitment of PEIs locally and encouraging a diverse team through fair application of pre-selection processes.
• The job holder will be required to undertake incident management response (Silver/Bronze) and undertake

Orderly Officer duties via the establishment's rota. In addition to this, the job holder may be required, on a rotational basis, to be responsible for the establishment during the night period. This requirement will be based upon local risk assessment and establishment complexity.

• Assist the Head of Function in developing PE pathways including supporting offender behaviour programmes through PE, education, violence reduction, IMH, resettlement, family ties, health, wellbeing and substance misuse to create and sustain a positive culture. Responsible for working closely with the Area Staff Support and Wellbeing Lead, and establishment senior management teams, to facilitate and inform on delivery of staff support services at an establishment level, and to facilitate and drive continuous improvement to the staff wellbeing offer.
• Lead on the development of a local programme of support for staff fitness and wellbeing, in partnership with national teams responsible for Staff Wellbeing and Specialist Fitness Testing.
• Act as internal verifier for all PE accreditations delivered within the PE department.
• Manage the allocation of prisoners to PE activities via the Activity Management Unit ensuring maximum numbers of prisoners in PE activity and employment in order to achieve service delivery indicators (SDIs).
• Ensure that prisoners are appropriately supervised, inducted, trained, deployed and paid within the PE department and that discipline, safer custody and health and safety practices are maintained at all times.
• Plan staff rotas/self-rostering and work activity to plan and manage the delivery of the PE programme.
• Work collaboratively with other departments and functional heads.
• In collaboration with partners, stakeholders and service providers; design, develop and facilitate a curriculum of staff support and wellbeing activities, ensuring activities are strategically linked to the establishment People Plan and aligned to the HMPPS Business Strategy.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Civil Service Success Profile Criteria

Must have passed PEI qualification & CMAC accredited

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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