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Grounds and Cleaning Operative - Tutor / Assessor

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Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are currently recruiting for a Grounds and Cleaning Operative - Tutor / Assessor.

You will supervise a team of prisoners who will undertake basic gardening maintenance duties inside the prison walls.

Awarded a bronze accreditation by Investors in People, HMP Forest Bank is one of the largest prisons in the UK and demonstrates custodial excellence in many areas with an emphasis on risk assessment, addressing comprehensive needs and forming strong links with the community outside which all contribute to reducing reoffending.

Sodexo Justice Services delivers custodial and community rehabilitation services that challenge offending behaviour, protect the public and offer individuals the opportunity to change their lives for the better. We deliver the total operation of five prisons within England, Scotland and Wales and own six Community Rehabilitation Companies in partnership with crime reduction charity Nacro.

Role Responsibility

  • Maintain the appearance of the gardens and lawned areas internal and external to the prison.
  • Manage a team of prisoners as they carry out gardening duties in the internal grounds.
  • Assess learners at level one and two in basic gardening qualifications.
  • Spend part of the time inside the prison checking that cleaners training records are being completed and demonstrating to prisoners and wing staff the correct methods where necessary. (training in this area will be provided)
  • Demonstrate familiarity and good skills using both powered equipment and hand tools.

The Ideal Candidate

  • To demonstrate pro-social modelling at all times with staff and prisoner learners
  • Excellent knowledge and application of horticultural work
  • To hold a relevant assessor’s qualification
  • To have previous experience in working in grounds maintenance

Package Description

37.5 hours per week 

Salary - £24,420 per annum

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

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