10512 - Community Placement Coordinator South Essex - Southend on Sea

Ministry of Justice; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Community Payback Placement Coordinator responsible for establishing community-based work projects and ensuring health and safety compliance. Candidates should have a full UK Manual Driving License and experience in managing community engagement. This role involves monitoring placements and promoting positive relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence.
• Experience in community-based project management.
• Understanding of health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Identify and establish community-based work projects.
• Assess suitability and viability of placements.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Support the CP Manager in placement oversight.

Skills

Health and Safety compliance

Community engagement

Risk assessment

Tools

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Health and Safety training materials

Job description

Please note: Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence when applying for this role, this is a mandatory technical requirement in order to carry out this role. We cannot accept candidates who hold an automatic Driving Licence only.

Please note: Community Payback Placement Coordinators will be expected to work weekends when needed. You will be paid a higher rate for any weekend days you do work.

Post holders may be required to undertake weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working. The post holder will support the CP Manager to ensure that all Community Payback placements meet the policy objectives of the organisation and comply with relevant legislation. The job holder will identify and establish community-based work projects that fulfil the requirements of the Community Payback Guidance Manual. This includes monitoring and review of existing projects. The post holder will conduct relevant health and safety assessments of work placements and ensure compliance with organisational policy and health and safety legislation. The post holder will have oversight of the placement induction procedure, defining tasks and safe working practices and appropriate allocation and use of required tools and equipment.

Summary

The job holder will identify and establish community-based work projects that fulfil the requirements of the Community Payback Guidance Manual. This includes monitoring and review of existing projects.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

• Find and assess a wide range of suitable Community Payback placements, including those providing an opportunity for service user training and future employment and placements appropriate for people with protective characteristics.
• Assess the viability of income generation opportunities within new placements, discuss with beneficiaries and manage the process to maximise this potential.
• Complete a schedule of safe working practice for work and create a project file in accordance with Health and safety standards.
• Promote positive relationships with beneficiaries/ stakeholders, including meetings and site visits as required to manage customer/stakeholder relationships and promote a positive perception of the PS with community networks.
• Ensure that a safe working environment for staff, service users and beneficiaries is maintained on all Community Payback work sites in compliance with Health and Safety legislation and PS policy.
• Ensure that placements remain compliant with quality requirements and take action as required to improve or discontinue placements where quality standards cannot be met.
• Be responsible for coordinating tools, equipment, appropriate clothing and PPE and other resources used on Community Payback placements and ensure that all equipment complies with Health and Safety requirements and that users know how to safely use the equipment.
• Ensure that relevant Health and Safety Training is provided to staff both in response to ad‑hoc needs and as required by the service delivery plan.
• Support investigations into Health and Safety incidents and ensure that serious incidents including near misses are reported and that lessons learned are shared within the team.
• Support the electronic, social media and other innovative means to receive nominations for new placements from the public and promote Community Payback, within PS guidelines.
• Liaise with probation practitioners as necessary to exchange information and maintain appropriate working arrangements.
• Participate in rota planning, delivering and reviewing the service user induction.
• Recruit, support and coordinate Mentors who will encourage service user compliance, engagement and access to local support networks.
• Cover the CP supervisor role where required to avoid cancellation of work placements for operational reasons.
• Contribute to training of CP supervisors and beneficiaries, as appropriate.

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.