Through The Gate Manager

Job Introduction

HMP Bronzefield are currently recruiting for a Through The Gate Manager to ensure community links are cultivated, established and maintained to support women to achieve ROTL’s within the local community and beyond.

HMP/YOI Bronzefield is a closed local prison serving courts across the South of England. Our mission is to deliver quality of life services which make a meaningful difference to women in the criminal justice system by supporting them to change their lives for the better. To achieve this we focus on providing needs-based services and programmes to rehabilitate and improve the well-being of our women. 

We house up to 572 women (approximately 14.5% of the national female prison population). The women in our custody have a diverse and complex set of needs and range from mothers and babies, young offenders, life and long term sentenced women, short to mid-term sentenced women, foreign nationals and women on remand. 

We have been awarded a bronze accreditation by Investors in People for our commitment to our staff, their development, engagement and investment in a sustainable future.

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Role Responsibility

• Ensure that all individuals you lead manage risk appropriately.
• Embed and maintain a safety culture in which all safety & risk responsibilities are fully executed.
• Contribute directly to ROTL boards through written reports and individual casework review, discussion and feedback.
• Provide one to one monthly supervision to community links worker.
• Ensure that the skills and the competency of the team are continually reviewed, proactively managed and ensure that staff are supported to deliver best practice.
• Hold monthly team meetings with all operational and non-operational staff assist in understanding of risk analysis and assessment.
• Provide support and oversight to staff working supporting women through the gate.
• Act as an operational manager in respect of duty manager responsibilities and adjudications.
• Ensure team members have regular 1-2-1s, Huddles, PDRs and supervision.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Previous custodial experience. 
• Previous experience working in Resettlement services.
• Understanding of Women Offender Strategies.
• Previous ROTL experience.
• Experience of managing engagement, compliance and high quality risk assessment and analysis.

Desirable

• An ability to demonstrate resilience, excellent inter-personal, communication and organisational skills.
• Experience of community engagement and working with stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an ability to resolve complex issues and sound judgement in relation to risk assessment.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment, motivation and the ability to effectively challenge with humility.

Package Description

£38,950 - £44,400 per annum

Benefits including pension, free meals and onsite parking, subsidised Gym, season ticket loans and numerous group discounts

Evenings and weekends work may be required

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.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.