PSO 2800 - Inside Time

PSO 2800 Annexes – Page 6CHAPTER 3 – MANAGEMENT OF RACE EQUALITY IN ESTABLISHMENTS3.1 Implementing the Service's race equality policies is an integral part of the day-to-dayresponsibilities of staff at all levels. All staff working in the Prison Service are bound by thegeneral and specific duties under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. These dutiesare set out in Chapter 2.3.2 Although race equality is everyone‟s business, in establishments there are keymanagement functions that must be fulfilled by the Governor and the Senior ManagementTeam (SMT). The Governor must provide active personal leadership and set a clearpositive example. Functional heads must take personal responsibility for race equalitywithin their areas and it should be a routine agenda item at SMT with formal discussion atleast quarterly.3.3 The Governor must establish a sub-group of SMT, known as the Race Equality ActionTeam (REAT), to manage the establishment’s Race Equality Action Plan (REAP). TheRace Equality Action Team must meet regularly and submit a formal report to the SMT atleast quarterly.3.4. Whilst delivery of the Race Equality Action Plan is the responsibility of all staff, andmanaged by the Race Equality Action Team, Governors must appoint a Race EqualityOfficer (REO) to take the lead role in this work. Appropriate support must be provided forthe Race Equality Officer.3.5. The Race Equality Action Plan must set out a programme of work derived from this orderand other relevant sources and constitutes a comprehensive plan of action that is managedby the Race Equality Action Team. It must be updated by the SMT quarterly, with a reporton progress being sent to the Area Manager and copied to Race Equality Action Group.The Role of the governing GovernorThe Governor must provide active personal leadership and set a clear positive example.3.6. The Governor has overall responsibility for race equality for all staff and prisoners within theestablishment. Governors carry the primary responsibility for ensuring that the Service‟sRace Equality Policy Statement is implemented in practice, and that the general andspecific duties under the RR(A)A 2000 are met by all staff. Governors must also provideactive personal leadership to ensure the effective delivery of their establishment’s REAP.In doing so they must set a clear positive example in their own behaviour and attitudes.3.7. Governors are responsible for integrating the management of race equality into the generalwork of the establishment, ensuring that it is included in all relevant managementprocesses such as business planning and risk registers.The Role of the Senior Management TeamFunctional heads must take personal responsibility for race equality within their areas and it mustbe a routine agenda item at SMT with formal discussion at least quarterly.3.8. The Governor will be supported by the SMT. SMT members have a role to play indelivering race equality, both within their specific area of responsibility and across theestablishment. The SMT must receive and discuss the quarterly report from the RaceEquality Action Team, and agree any resulting changes to the Race Equality Action Plan, atleast quarterly.Issue No. 264 issue date 25/09/06