Waste Management - Non-Vocational Instructor; NVI - HMP Feltham

Overview

All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The post holder must undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

This is a non‑operational job in an establishment. The post holder will be responsible for providing supervision to prisoners in the waste management and recycling environments within an establishment, transferring knowledge and skills to prisoners to ensure safe and effective waste collection and appropriate disposal.

• Supervise and escort prisoners to collect, process and dispose of waste/recycling from all areas inside the establishment. Comply with all Health and Safety policies, procedures and legislation to ensure a safe working environment.
• Accurately record all waste removed from site, including weight, cost and revenue. Contribute to control measures for restricted waste and shredding of confidential waste.
• Monitor, maintain and account for all workshop tools, equipment and raw materials, ensuring safety and security at all times.
• Open and manage the workshop area, issue tools, supervise and escort prisoner work parties, and oversee the quality of their work in line with local procedures.
• Participate in the selection, induction and training of prisoners for the workshop, covering health and safety, COSHH, machinery and tool usage, WMU objectives, workshop discipline, manual handling and PPE.
• Provide tailored support, learning and training to prisoners, set work schedules and manage targets and quality standards.
• Supervise and control prisoners to ensure their safety, security, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development, including conducting searches as required.
• Contribute to prisoner reports, parole and sentence planning and complete relevant documentation such as ACCTs, SIRs, IEPs, regime monitoring, training records and Progress books/trackers.
• Manage workshop resources by requesting materials, maintaining stock levels, logging attendance, approving prisoner hours and wages and providing administrative support including liaison with contractors.
• Maintain effective communication and security by operating radio equipment, supporting local contingency plans, escorting technical contractors, acting as a banksman and driving estates vehicles and plant equipment as required.

• May have completed manual handling, basic security awareness and be trained in break‑away techniques.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of the Waste Hierarchy and understand what Waste Permits and Exemptions are.
• Will comply with relevant Health & Safety policies and regulations such as COSHH.
• IT skills, basic maths and basic English.
• Must hold a Full UK Driving Licence.
• Ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

• Developing Self & Others
• Communicating & Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Bigger Picture