Group Profile: Mentor
Band 3
Document Ref.
HMPPS OR T 41 GP : Mentor v10.0
Document Type
Management
Version
10.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
17th October 2024
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HMPPS OR T 41 GP : Mentor v10.0
Group Profile
Group Profile
Mentor
Name
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
3
Overview
This is a non-operational job in an establishment.
The job holder will be responsible for providing supervision,
knowledge and skills to prisoners in non-specialist workshops
where no qualifications are being delivered and nor is the job
holder deployed in training prisoners up to the required level to
gain qualifications.
This job description is not designed for use by job holders in
specialist workshops as the role will not be required to be
qualified in a specialist area or to train prisoners up to the
required level to gain qualifications. In these circumstances
Specialist Production Instructor should be used.
Although this is a non-operational job in an establishment with no
line management responsibilities the job holder will have
workshop and prisoner management responsibilities.
This is a rotational role.
Characteristics
Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:
• Participate in the selection process of prisoners for the
workshop.
• Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them
in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance
Hazardous to Health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage.
Ensuring all tools, equipment and raw materials are safe,
secure and properly accounted for.
• Provide support for prisoners where required; tailor learning
and training requirements to individual needs. Setting work
schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining
delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, safely and
securely whilst carrying out all activities, with responsibility for
their performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and
development. Conduct a metal detector scan or rub down
search of prisoners attending and leaving their own
workshops.
• Initiate product development reviews to maintain
workshop/area of work output levels, and to provide variety of
work and experience for prisoners.
• Contribute to risk and health and safety assessments on
consumables and Health and Safety risk assessments
relating to the workshop/area of work and specialist areas.
• Actively contribute to prisoner reports, parole and sentence
planning, Assessment, Care in Custody & Teamwork (ACCT)
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and Security Information Report (SIRs) by providing
information to case managers. Open and complete
Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms,
Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security
Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to
Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports.
• Contribute to prisoner reports including parole and sentence
planning, regime monitoring information and update prisoner
training records.
• Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance
with Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Request materials and estimate usage in order to meet work
targets whilst providing quality assurance against product
specification.
• Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked and
wages including recording piece work where appropriate.
• Attending and contributing to relevant meetings as required.
• Providing administrative support for workshop activities.
Preparing relevant documentation to managers for
verification/quality checking purposes. Maintaining and
updating systems in line with local agreements.
Job Descriptions
The role holder once in post will be in matched to a job
relating to this
description a sample list is attached below. The post is rotational
Group Profile
(refer to individual job description) so the job holder during their
career could carry out the role of several job descriptions.
• Mentor: Instructor
Minimum
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
Eligibility
taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 months
probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they
have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a
group or organisation which HMPPS considers to be racist.
Essential Skills/
None
Qualifications/
Accreditation/
Registration
Hours of Work
37 hour working week (standard).
and Allowances
Unsocial Hours Working
Unsocial Hours Working will be confirmed by the Recruiting
Manager and only paid where applicable:
This role requires working regular unsocial hours and a payment
at the current approved organisation rate will be made in addition
to your basic pay to recognise this.
Unsocial hours are those hours outside 0700 - 1900hrs Monday
to Friday and include working evenings, nights, weekends and
Bank/Public Holidays.
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Behaviours
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential
Experience
Technical
N.B these are the technical requirements for the group profile,
Requirements
please check the individual job description relating to this group
profile for the any job specific requirements and add if required.
N/A
Ability
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