Approved Premises Residential Support Worker - NPS MANDEVILLE HOUSE , 9 LEWIS STREET, CARDIFF
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Tachwedd 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £26,475 i £31,650 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Cardiff, Cardiff County |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | HM Prison and Probation Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Contribute to effective team practice, communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues to ensure consistency of work practices and positive working environment.
Effectively communicate key risk issues to colleagues at handover and throughout the shift. It will also, at times, require communicating with Offender Managers, Stand-by Manager and partner agencies e.g. Police, Health professionals and drug/alcohol services.
Undertake regular inspections of the building, including cellars and grounds throughout the period of duty, recording any occurrences/damage or defects, and monitor CCTV equipment.
Maintain an active presence in the AP at all times. Regularly engage with residents in a pro-social manner. Contribute towards the protection of the residents through observation to ensure adherence to their risk management plans and general wellbeing.
Actively engage with and monitor behaviour of high risk residents and motivate residents to ensure compliance. Challenge and manage appropriately abusive or aggressive behaviour.
Contribute to the risk management plans of residents by observing and reporting any significant changes relating to risk and/or re-offending to any non-compliance within agreed enforcement procedures.
Contribute to the sentence plan objectives of the residents through active engagement in purposeful activities as agreed by the AP Manager and Offender Manager.
Ensure that the AP is locked and secure during curfew period. Confirm the presence and wellbeing of all residents overnight.
Facilitate the function of the AP as a first/emergency point of contact out of hours.
Through observation and/or engagement with residents, provide accurate information, analysis of situation and risk assessment to the Offender Manager and/or escalate to Out of Hours Manager, which may lead to enforcement and/or compliance with court orders, licences, AP rules.
Support, create and maintain a safe working environment for staff, residents and visitors by adhering to Health and Safety legislation, ensuring Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and Risk Assessments are followed reporting incidents to Manager.
Undertake Health and Safety, fire alarm, curfews and room curfew checks in line with procedures.
Undertake pre-arranged or initiate room searches based on concerns around risk.
Pack up residents’ possessions as directed.
Set up and/or deliver purposeful activities linked to residents’ sentence plan objectives as agreed by the Offender Manager and AP Manager.
Supervise residents’ meals.
Undertake effective induction of residents.
Follow prescribed medication procedures including the issuing of medication to residents and both weekly and nightly audit of medication sheets.
To carry out drug and alcohol tests in line with risk management plan which may include times when job holder believes that the resident maybe under the influence and therefore increase in risk.
Undertake First Aid if a resident is injured or self-harms.
Maintain Approved Premises records and files as required, including data entry as necessary and contribute to the completion of incident reports.
Carry out safeguarding children duties in accordance with the PS statutory responsibilities and agency policies.
Deal with visitors and telephone calls, and monitor the work of visiting contractors in accordance with health and safety.
Demonstrate pro-social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing pro-social behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti-social behaviour and attitudes.
To work within the aims and values of PS and HMPPS.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder. An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Additional Information
This campaign will be used to create a 12-month merit list, that may be utilised to fulfil future permanent, full-time/part-time and/or annualised hours positions at an AP within locality of cluster
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