12400 - Community Payback Supervisor - Lancaster - Part time

Ministry of Justice; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A government service organization in the UK is looking for a part-time community payback role. Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence, as the position involves practical tasks that benefit the community. Responsibilities include conducting induction sessions, ensuring health and safety compliance, and monitoring service users. The starting salary is £26,475, with opportunities for annual pay progression.

Qualifications

• Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence.
• Ability to engage with service users effectively.
• Experience in risk assessment and health & safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Pre-Placement Unpaid Work Induction sessions.
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed.
• Monitor the attendance of service users allocated to agency placements.

Skills

Communication

Motivation techniques

Risk assessment

Job description

Overview of the job

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: This vacancy is a Part‑Time role for 7.4 hours - Sunday.

A career in community payback gives you the power to make a positive impact on the lives of People on Probation as well as your community. People come from all walks of life to form one team in the Probation Service. It’s all about supporting People on Probation on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that’s building benches or cleaning the streets, you’re there because you genuinely want to help. If this sounds like you, apply now.

If you are successful in the recruitment process to join the Probation Service, your starting salary will be £26,475.

Summary

The post holder will work on varied projects that involve practical tasks that should be seen by the public to be a credible punishment providing reparation to the community. The post holder will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline and good behaviour within working groups, alerting the relevant staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour. The post holder will contribute towards the rehabilitative potential of the sentence and will support some service users to gain employment skills through a positive work experience with the opportunity to gain vocational or skills‑based training. Staff are expected to contribute towards review and evaluation of all aspects of service delivery and to contribute towards a culture of continuous improvement. Post holders may be required to undertake weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

• Conduct Pre‑Placement Unpaid Work Induction sessions.
• Conduct a start‑of‑the‑day ‘tool box’ talk to ensure all service users understand the task at hand, safe working practice and motivate and support service users to complete their order.
• Follow work directions within the project placement file.
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed, alerting relevant staff to any risk, ensuring any associated paperwork is completed accurately and on time as required, including contributing to the review of placement risk assessments.
• Ensure that appropriate tools, equipment and supplies are available in accordance with local procedure and that instructions for safe use are followed by service users.
• Conduct a dynamic risk assessment to ensure all hazards are noted and managed.
• Use pro‑social and other motivational techniques to ensure that service users complete the work assigned in a disciplined and well‑behaved manner.
• Monitor the attendance of service users allocated to agency placements and promote successful completions.
• Maintain all service users’ records in accordance with organisational requirements ensuring that all information is updated onto the case management system in a timely and accurate manner.
• Work towards accreditation as a workplace assessor or deliver training assessments for selected service users within the supervised work group to provide enhanced learning opportunities.
• Contribute towards promoting Community Payback with colleagues, external agencies, Sentencers and the public.

Qualifications

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or, where specified in Wales, Welsh. Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence – a mandatory technical requirement; automatic driving licence only will not be accepted.

Probation Service offers the opportunity for annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework (CBF). New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Probation Service also increases pay band ranges annually in line with Civil Service Pay guidance.

Post holders may be required to work weekends as part of their normal pattern of working. When weekend days are worked, a higher rate will be paid.