Your newpany
You will be working for Facility Services Limited (GFSL), who provide facility maintenance services for prisons across the UK. This role will be based at HMP Erlestoke, a Category C prison holding adult male sentenced offenders with an operational capacity of 524 men. The establishment has a strongmitment to the rehabilitation of prisoners serving long sentences.
Your new role
As part of the project team, your duties will include assisting/ escorting the contractors as they carry out maintenance and ongoing project developments at the prison and around the surrounding areas, searching them when they enter and leave to maintain high security standards. This includes tool checks and surveillance.
Duties include:
• Escorting/assisting contractors as they carry out maintenance work at the prison.
• Security searches/ Visitor Checks & Tool Checks.
• Ensuring the smooth running of the project on a daily basis.
• Monitoring the safety of visors on site.
• Being adaptable and assisting security procedures when required.
This role is a full-time temporary position, on an ongoing basis.
The current shift pattern is Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00
Premium rate: (p/h inclusive of holiday) Overtime available
What you'll need to succeed
You will need no formal qualifications. However, you will need to be security conscious, level-headed and have exceptional interpersonal skills. You will also have a good ability to work as a team to achieve goals. All applicants must be able to provide details of 2 satisfactory references, at least one from an ex-employer and are subject to full prison clearance.
What you'll get in return
You will receive, on the job, paid training. This role also gives you a unique opportunity to see the everyday running of prison life and could well lead to long-term employment opportunities with the prison service as an OSG or Prison Officer.