About your new company
As a supplier for the provision of maintenance trades and support operatives to HM Prisons, Hays is seeking to recruit Prison Security Escorts/Contractor Escorts for HMP Wakefield. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a prison environment and can often create opportunities to apply for permanent opportunities.
The post is full-time (39 hours per week); this is an ongoing temporary role.
Hours worked: Monday - Thursday 07:30am - 16:30pm, Friday working 07:30am - 15:30pm with a 1-hour unpaid break. These hours may differ slightly with different projects and establishments.
Your new role
The main responsibility for this role is to carry out security practices within the prison whilst subcontractor work is carried out.
You will be responsible for:
* Meeting contractors at the main gate and signing them in and out
* Completing a tool inventory with the contractors prior to them starting work inside the prison and checking again at the end of the day before they leave the establishment
* Escorting the contractors to their working area, escorting them for breaks and overseeing them whilst they work
* Ensuring no security practices are breached within the prison.
You will be flexibly deployed to provide a range of other support service activities within the team.
This is an operational support job with no line management responsibilities.
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