Job Description (JD)
Band 4
Group Profile: Facilitator(F)
Job Description: F: Learning Skills Employment
Advice and Guidance Wales
Document Ref.
OR-JES-582-JD-B4 : F : Learning Skills Employment
Advice and Guidance Wales v8.0
Document Type
Management
Version
4.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
8th August 2024
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-582-JD-B4 : F : Learning Skills Employment Advice and Guidance Wales v8.0
Job Description
Job Title
F : Learning Skills Employment Advice and Guidance Wales
Group Profile
Facilitator
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
4
Overview of the
This is a prisoner facing job based in an establishment in Wales.
job
Summary
The job holder will be responsible for providing advice and
guidance to prisoners on available learning skills employment
opportunities. Contributes to sentence planning and reducing
reoffending.
This is a non-operational job with no line management or
supervisory responsibilities. This role is non-rotational.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Provide a comprehensive Advice and Guidance process to
prisoners within the establishment.
• Attend the Activity Allocation Board to monitor and
prioritise activity allocation according to the individual
needs of the prisoners.
• Promote education and training opportunities through the
establishment.
• Assist Learning Skills Employment Management to ensure
that prisoners are enrolled on the correct courses
appropriate to their needs.
• Process open learning and Open University applications.
Facilitate and advise on funding and complete attendant
paperwork.
• Liaise with all work areas in the establishment to co-
ordinate outstanding learning and skills inductions.
• Support the achievement of the Learning Skills
Employment. Service Delivery Indicators through
attendance at the discharge board and designated
resettlement sessions.
• Research appropriate internal or external courses collating
information on cost and entry criteria to provide information
to prisoners.
• Assist and support prisoners, signpost them to appropriate
education and training opportunities; internal and external.
• Monitor induction assessments and follow up as
appropriate.
• Monitor and evaluate advice and guidance provision and
produce a monthly report on performance and make
recommendations for improvement.
• Liaise with colleagues in offender management to
contribute to sentence planning.
OR-JES-582-JD-B4 : F : Learning Skills Employment Advice and Guidance Wales v8.0
• Maintain appropriate prisoner records, provide statistics
and produce written reports.
• Contribute to the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP)
system when required.
• Attend and actively contribute to team meetings and
external meetings as required.
• Plan and facilitate meetings with mentors.
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.
Civil Service Success Profile Criteria
Behaviours
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
Strengths
We recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally.
Experience
Technical
Will be required to hold or work towards a recognised Advice and
requirements
Guidance qualification to at least level 3.
Ability
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Minimum
Please do not alter this box
Eligibility
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
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 consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
OR-JES-582-JD-B4 : F : Learning Skills Employment Advice and Guidance Wales v8.0