Job Description

Your new company
HMP Cardiff is a Category B men's prison located in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It primarily holds adult and young adult male offenders, including those on remand and those serving short sentences.

Your new role
As a painter and decorator, you will be required to ensure the site is maintained to the agreed standard with the undertaking of planned maintenance, refurbishment and new works. Painting and decorating staff and prisoner facilities on the estate, with adherence to Health and Safety guidelines and security procedures to meet the site's short term and long-term goals and objectives.
Main duties of this role include but are not limited to:

• Undertake planned maintenance, refurbishment, new works, and painting and decorating of staff and prisoner facilities across the estate.
• Ensure all activities are effectively prioritised in line with local procedures.
• Ensure workloads and regimes are delivered, escalating any issues to the Site Manager when required.
• Supervise prisoners throughout the day and during training sessions as required.
• Uphold agreed standards of prisoner discipline within the work area, including issuing behaviour warnings and maintaining appropriate records.
• Undertake quality control of prisoner work in accordance with the Service Delivery Agreement (SDA).
• Conduct survey inspections, including in confined spaces and at height, ensuring all work is properly recorded and registers/logs are completed.
• Monitor stock levels, request procurement of goods and services, and ensure all materials used are logged and fit for purpose.
• Escort and supervise technical contractors in accordance with the Local Security Strategy (LSS) when required.
• Maintain regular communication via radio network.
• Comply with all Health and Safety policies, procedures, and legislation to ensure statutory and mandatory compliance.
• Drive estate vehicles and operate plant equipment when required.
• Carry out locking duties as necessary.
• Respond to incidental, emergency, or urgent tasks in line with Service Delivery Agreement timescales, ensuring all work is carried out safely.
• Contribute to the development of local practices, processes, and initiatives, ensuring consistency in the application of policies and procedures affecting both prisoners and staff.
• Support the effective management of tool inventory and maintain security standards within the designated work area.
• Contribute positively to a culture of excellent customer service, building strong working relationships with the client.
• Take accountability for compliance with Health and Safety legislation and company policy, including undertaking roles such as Fire Warden and/or First Aider when required.
• All tools and equipment are provided on site.

Hours are Monday to Friday- 8-4.30pm- 39 hrs per week.
What you'll need to succeed
Applicants must hold a City and Guilds, NVQ level 3 in Painting and decorating or an equivalent. Time-served candidates will be considered. They must have experience in a similar role. All candidates are subject to satisfactory referencing and full prison clearance, which can take 6-8 weeks to be processed.
What you'll get in return
This role is a temporary to permanent opportunity.
What you need to do now

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