Volunteers needed on Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) at HMYOI Aylesbury
- Body
- Independent Monitoring Board
- Appointing Department
- Ministry of Justice
- Sector
- Prison & Policing
- Location
- HMYOI Aylesbury, Bierton Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 1EH
- Skills required
- Regulation
- Number of Vacancies
- 2
- Remuneration
- Unremunerated though reasonable expenses will be re-imbursed
- Time Requirements
- Approx. 3 to 4 visits per month. This can be flexible depending on the needs of the Board and the individual.
Campaign Timeline
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Competition Launched
30/09/2019
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Closed for Applications
03/11/2019
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Panel Sift
TBC
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Final Interview Date
TBC
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Announcement
TBC
Vacancy Description
We are currently looking for new volunteers to join IMB Aylesbury helping to ensure that proper standards or care and decency are maintained.
Person Specification
Applicants do not need any special qualifications or experience as we will provide all necessary training and support. Candidates need to be over 18 years of age and live within approx. 20 miles of the prison. You need to be enthusiastic, open-minded, possess effective communication skills and have the ability to exercise sound, objective judgment.
Additional Information
HM YOI Aylesbury is part of the High Security Estate (although a Cat B prison) for 18 – 21-year-old males. The prison is housed in a mixture of buildings, whose ages range from Victorian to early twenty-first century, based towards the centre of the town of Aylesbury. The town is well served by train, bus and road. The prison holds the longest sentenced young adult males in the English prison system, the majority serving a sentence of four years or more. The Institution has a capacity of 444 although the population has temporarily been reduced as a result of Aylesbury being placed in Special Measures. Inside every prison there is an IMB – a group of ordinary members of the public doing an extraordinary job. IMB members are independent, unpaid and work an average of 4 days per month depending on the needs of the Board and the individual. Members are the eyes and ears of Ministers and monitor the day-to-day life in their local prison to ensure that proper standards of care and decency are maintained. Your background can be as a student, a person of working age or retired. We welcome applications from people over 18 and are particularly keen to hear from those of working age and individuals from black and minority ethnic communities, since these groups are under-represented on the existing Boards. The role is about fairness and decency and is always rewarding, educational and challenging. Please click on www.imb.org.uk to find out how being an IMB Member can benefit you.
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuQ4WxirPlg and view the short film ‘Joining the Independent Monitoring Board’ and hear current IMB Members talking about their role.