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About the Role

Post holders will undertake the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation under supervision, including assessment, sentence implementation, and report production, utilizing service procedures and practice directions to underpin professional judgment. The role involves assessing and managing the risk posed by people on probation to protect victims and the public.

Responsibilities

Provide professional advice and assessment, including written reports, to courts, the Parole Board, other criminal justice agencies, and partner organizations.
Undertake the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation assessed at all levels of risk of serious harm, including high and very high.
Use computer-based systems to produce, update, and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales.
Ensure timely and effective referrals to, and relationships between, offender management, court teams, victim contact units, interventions, Approved Premises, prisons, and external agencies to enhance positive outcomes, manage risk, and reduce reoffending.
Attend professional meetings and represent the PS at appropriate partnership forums (e.g., MAPPA, MARAC).
Work collaboratively with colleagues, maintain effective team relationships, and provide professional guidance and support to Probation Services Officers (PSOs) and other staff as appropriate.
Provide cover within your team and to other teams as required.
Undertake prison, home, or other alternate location visits as required.
Deliver and co-lead accredited programmes commensurate with grade.
Conduct mandatory alcohol and drug tests as required, and follow prescribed medication procedures.
Carry out safeguarding children duties in accordance with the PS statutory responsibilities and agency policies.
Demonstrate pro-social modeling skills by consistently reinforcing pro-social behavior and attitudes and challenging anti-social behavior and attitudes.
Work within the aims and values of PS and HMPPS.

Requirements

Experience of working with a wide variety of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties.
Experience of working with diverse communities, including promoting equality and valuing diversity.
An understanding and appreciation of equality.
Experience of working with individuals and groups in order to motivate and change offending behavior.
Experience of working with people who have committed offenses.
Ability to fulfill all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.

Skills

Making Effective Decisions
Changing and Improving
Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Knowledge and understanding of the work of the Criminal Justice System and the Probation Service.
A working knowledge of relevant legislation and National Standards.
Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice and risk/needs assessment tools.

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid Working
Full Time
Part Time
Flexible Working
Job Share

Experience Level

Experience of working with a wide variety of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties.
Experience of working with diverse communities including promoting equality and valuing diversity.
Experience of working with individuals and groups in order to motivate and change offending behaviour.
Experience of working with people who have committed offences.

Education Level

Probation Officer qualification or be a qualified Probation Officer.
PQF Honours Degree/Graduate Diploma and Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice; or Diploma in Probation Studies; or Diploma in Social Work (Probation option); or CQSW (Probation option).

Salary/Compensations

£37,238 - £44,520
London Weighting allowance

Benefits

Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
Pension: The National Probation Service is covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF).
Training: The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Networks: The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management.
A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

About the Company

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs.
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant.
This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020, Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service.

Equal Opportunity

In line with PS policies and procedures, the job holder must at all times demonstrate a commitment to equality and inclusion and an understanding of their relevance to the work they undertake.
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs.