Horticulture Shift Manager

Horticulture Industries Instructor

The role is based within a prison setting overseeing and supervising prisoners with 2 months – 2 years left of their sentence. 

As Horticulture Industries Instructor will ensure production targets and quality standards are met while fostering a safe, supportive, and rehabilitative work environment.

This role will also involve working closely with other prison staff and Work & Skills Coaches to support prisoner’s employability development.

You will lead vocational training in horticulture for up to 24 learners, delivering Level 1 NOCN and Level 2 City & Guilds qualifications. This role involves equipping prisoners with practical and theoretical horticultural skills, with a strong focus on sustainability. 

Key Responsibility 

• Deliver Horticulture Qualifications: Teach Level 1 NOCN and Level 2 City & Guilds qualifications in horticulture, covering fundamental and advanced concepts and practices in gardening, plant care, and sustainability.
• Promote Sustainability: Integrate sustainable practices into training by teaching recycling, water conservation, soil health, and organic growing methods to instill environmental awareness and responsibility.
• Tailor Learning to Individual Needs: Utilise Individual Support Plans to adapt training to each prisoner’s specific needs, incorporating accommodations and modifications to support their progress and success.
• Set Work Schedules and Manage Targets: Develop and oversee work schedules for prisoners, setting measurable goals and standards to ensure training and contractual targets are met efficiently.
• Supervise and Motivate Prisoners: Oversee and motivate prisoners in the horticulture workshop, ensuring a safe, productive, and positive learning environment that fosters growth, discipline, and engagement.
• Restorative Practices: Apply restorative practices within the workshop, promoting accountability, conflict resolution, and self-reflection to support each learner’s rehabilitation journey.
• Health and Safety Compliance: Perform health and safety assessments for all horticulture activities, ensuring compliance with safety standards in the use of tools, machinery, and consumables.
• Tool and Equipment Safety: Maintain strict control and accountability of all tools and materials used, ensuring compliance with the Local Security Strategy (LSS) and health and safety regulations.
• Prisoner Reporting: Provide relevant information for prisoner reports, including parole, sentence planning, ACCT, and Security Information Reports (SIRs), to contribute to prisoner evaluations and case management.
• Record-Keeping and Attendance Monitoring: Accurately log attendance, approve hours, and track prisoner wages, including piecework where applicable.
• Collaboration with Work & Skills Coaches: Work closely with Work & Skills Coaches to monitor prisoners’ skill development and progression through the Employability Passport, enhancing their employability and readiness for post-release opportunities.
• Health and Safety Risk Assessments: Participate in risk assessments, identifying and addressing hazards associated with horticultural activities and ensuring a safe working environment.
• Material Management: Request and manage resources, estimating usage and maintaining stock levels to meet training demands effectively.
• Contract Delivery Indicators (CDI) and Self-Audit: Participate in self-audit processes and contribute towards achieving CDIs, upholding high standards of training delivery.
• Administrative Support: Manage administrative tasks related to the workshop, maintaining accurate and timely records as required by local agreements.
• Meetings and Communication: Engage in regular communication with prison management and other stakeholders, contributing to meetings focused on health, safety, and security protocols.
• Incident and Security Reporting: Complete required incident reports, such as Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIRs) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) documentation when needed.
• Tool Security and Command Mode: Ensure strict compliance.

For more information, please call Rhys Jones in the RE Cheltenham office. 

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